Released:
1978-06-07

Overview:
A structure-free, four-part examination of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Each part explores a different topic, from Hitler's cult of personality in propaganda to how said propaganda was associated with pre-Nazi German cultural, spiritual, and national heritage to the Holocaust and the ideology behind it, particularly from Himmler's point of view.

Director:
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Runtime:
7h 22min

Genre:
Drama, History, War

• Cast:
• 
  Harry Baer
  as
  Junger Ellerkamp
• 
  Heinz Schubert
  as
  Zirkusdirektor / Heinrich Himmler / Himmler-Puppenspieler / Adolf Hitler
• 
  Peter Kern
  as
  Mörder aus „M“ / Göring-Puppenspieler / Alter Ellerkamp / SS-Mann / Fremdenverkehrsdirektor
• 
  Hellmut Lange
  as
  Hitlers Kammerdiener / Goebbels-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann
• 
  Rainer von Artenfels
  as
  Jahrmarkt-Ausrufer / Hitler-Puppenspieler / Junger Goebbels / Schüler des Kosmologen / SS-Mann