Filmmakers David Puttnam Philippe Mora Lutz Becker and Sandy Lieberson made The Double Headed Eagle to trace the phenomenon of the Nazi Party. Swastika is the most controversial documentary about Hitler ever made. Using propaganda footage and colour home movies made by Eva Braun. The first time these complementary films on the Nazification of Germany by Philippe Mora David Puttnam and Sandy Lieberson have ever been released together. Double Headed Eagle charts the rise of Nazism and Swastika is the most controversial documentary ever made about Hitler and the... Nazis. Special Features: 80 Minutes of Special Features including contributions from the Director and Producers Historian Introduction Swastika revisited - The filmmakers discus that making of Swastika Interview with producer Sanford Lieberson Ludovic Kennedy interviews Albert Speer and Lutz Becker Colour film in Nazi Germany Featurette Manipulation and Nazi Propaganda featurette puncturing the myth of Leni Riefenstahl (audio programme) [show more]
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Double bill of documentaries on Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party. 'Swastika' (1973) uses archive footage to show the side of Hitler often hidden from cameras. Exploring how the German nation began its love affair with the Nazis, director Philippe Mora pulls together propaganda material, alongside 16mm home movies by Hitler's fiancee Eva Braun, to provide a unique portrait of the Nazi leader. 'Double Headed Eagle' (1973) uses rarely seen newsreels, home movie footage and extracts from musicals and documentaries of the time to chart the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis from the chaos of the Weimar Republic.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play.First ever European DVD Release of this astonishing and much sought after Hitler documentary feature. The renowned German filmmaker, Lutz Becker, directed The Double Headed Eagle as a means of allowing Germans to understand and come to terms with the historical phenomenon that was Hitler. It is a dramatic documentary, tracing the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party through the social chaos of the Weimar Republic. Swastika is the most controversial documentary about Hitler and the Nazis ever made. Using propaganda footage and colour home movies made by Hitler's fiancée Eva Braun, Swastika portrays the human side of Adolf Hitler. That a man can orchestrate the Holocaust and yet still enjoy passing the time on a sun lounger makes Hitler more real, and more chilling. Told exclusively through archive footage Swastika leaves you to draw your own conclusions about Hitler.... man or monster. 80 Minutes of Special Features including contributions from the Director and Producers. Actors: Adolf Hitler, Josef Goebbels, Herman GoeringDirectors: Philippe Mora, Lutz BeckerFormat: Dolby, PALSubtitles: EnglishAspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1Number of discs: 2
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