Our Hitler: A Film from Germany
- Alternative title
- Hitler: Ein Film aus Deutschland and Hitler: A Film from Germany
- Synopsis
- "The most extraordinary film I have ever seen," says Susan Sontag of director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg’s epic nightmare rumination on Adolf Hitler, the cultural mechanisms underlying his mythic rise, and the effect he continues to wield over Germany. In a series of 22 tableaux set on a soundstage, Syberberg makes use of puppets, props, a thundering Wagnerian soundtrack, and rear-screen projection to evoke the origins of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany, and the disturbing aftermath. Neither a feature film nor a conventional documentary, Hitler: Ein Film aus Deutschland is a seven-hour avant-garde fever dream on coming to terms with Nazism. Originally distributed by Francis Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios, this notorious film was hailed by Coppola as a work that rendered all other films of the time obsolete.
Includes Facets Cine-Notes booklet with essays by Susan Sontag and others. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2007
- Year of production
- 1977
- Subjects
- Drama; History; Politics & government
- Keywords
- cultural influences; drama production; Hitler, Adolf; Nazi Germany
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.syberberg.de/Syberberg2/Hitler_full_eng_QT2.html
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Hans Jürgen Syberberg
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 NTSC
- Price
- $79.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 450 minutes
- Year
- 2007
Distributor
- Name
Facets Multi-media Inc.
- sales@facets.org
- Web
- http://www.facetsdvd.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 773 281 9045
- Fax
- +1 773 929 5437
- Address
- 1517 West Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
60614
USA - Notes
- A pioneering US distributor of over 65,000 international, animated, independent, art, classic, documentary, silent, and experimental films on DVD, some of them exclusive to the Facets label.
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