Rent Double Headed Eagle (1973)
3.4 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
- The renowned German filmmaker Lutz Becker's the "Double Headed Eagle" is a dramatic documentary, tracing the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party through the social chaos of the Weimar Republic. It shows how they provoked, manipulated and exploited this chaos between 1918 - 1933. Their victims were the vast majority of the politically uncommitted democratic sections of society. The film highlights the anatomy of a disintegrating society and reveals parallels with contemporary social and political problems. By demonstrating these parallels the film makes Hitler's rise more understandable and in many ways more chilling.
- Actors:
- Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler, Buster Keaton, Josephine Baker, Hermann Göring, Ernst Thälmann, Hjalmar Schacht, Paul von Hindenburg, Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein
- Directors:
- Lutz Becker
- Producers:
- David Puttnam, Sanford Lieberson
- Writers:
- Lutz Becker, Philippe Mora
- Aka:
- Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933
- Studio:
- Odeon Entertainment
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Collections:
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Reviews (1) of Double Headed Eagle
Brilliant early 70s documentary featuring newsreel footage 1918-1933 of Hitler, Nazis & Germany - Double Headed Eagle review by PV
This is the partner film to SWASTIKA (1974) which shows the home movies discovered in the early 70s, showing the human side of Hitler, relaxing at the 'Eagle's Nest' with Eva Braun and the boys...
It's more traditional really. Though I had never seen some of the newsreel footage of Hitler here, and I have watched just about every WWII/Nazi documentary ever! Here we can see Hitler aged 30 in 1919 (never seen that before) at a nationalist meeting, and again in 1923.
Baffled why the 2 films have never been shown on TV. They should be compulsory viewing for all kids in school really.
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