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Swastika


Swastika is the most controversial documentary about Hitler and the Nazi's ever made. Using propaganda footage and colour home movies made by Hitler's fiancee Eva Braun, Swastika captures the unseen side of Hitler. Highly controversial on its original release in 1973, Swastika relates the story of Hitler's rise to power and creation of the Nazi state through previously unseen archive footage and without a narrative. Rather than telling viewers how they should feel about Hitler, the filmmakers took the unique step at the time of letting the viewer decide whether Hitler was a man, or an evil abbration.
 
Released to co-incide with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of WW2.

 
Over 80 Minutes of Special Features including contributions from the Director and Producers.
 

Produced by Lord David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire, Bugsy Malone, The Killing Fields).
 
Special Features (Total Running Time 81 Minutes) 
* Historian Introduction
* Swastika revisited - The Filmmakers discuss the making of Swastika
* Interview with producer Sanfrod Lieberson
* Ludovic Kennedy Interviews Albert Speer and Lutz Becker
* Colour Film in Nazi Germany Featurette
* Manpulation and Nazi Propaganda Featurette
* Puncturing the Myth of Leni Riefenstahl (Audio Only)
 
 

Picture Format:


PAL 4:3
Colour Mode:Colour & B&W
Audio Content:Dolby Digital Mono
Region Code: All
Duration:Approx 95 Mins
Bonus Features: Approx 82 Mins


Subtitles: none (non-English parts are hardsubbed in English).

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