Mein Kampf

Using exclusively archival footage, this documentary traces the rise and collapse of the Third Reich, from Adolf Hitler’s early years to the devastation of Europe and his suicide in 1945. Directed by Erwin Leiser, the film draws heavily on material produced and preserved by the Nazi propaganda apparatus to confront the mechanisms, imagery, and consequences of totalitarian power.

Cast

Adolf Hitler

Claude Stephenson

Heinrich Brüning

Friedrich Ebert

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon

Walther Rathenau