年份:2014
地区:其它
类型:纪录片 记录
导演:Vanessa Lapa
主演:未知
简介:On6May1945,soldiersofthe88thUSInfantryDivisionoccupiedtheHimmlers’familyhomeinGmundonLakeTegernseewheretheydiscoveredhundredsofprivateletters,documents,journalsandphotographs.ThefilmmakesuseofthesematerialsandcopiousarchivefootagetosketchthebiographyofSScommanderHeinrichHimmlerwhocommittedsuicideattheendofMay1945bytakingacyanidecapsule.Howdidthisnationalisticlower-middle-classmanbecomeHitler’shenchmanresponsiblefordevelopingandexecutingthestrategiesthatledtothemurderofmillionsofJews,homosexuals,CommunistsandRomanypeople?Wheredidhisideologyoriginate?HowdidheseehimselfandhowwasheperceivedinprivatebyhiswifeMargarete,hisdaughterGudrunandhismistressHedwig?Howcouldthemanwhooftenreferredtoso-calledGermanvirtuessuchasorder,decencyandgoodnessalsowritehomeinthemidstofthewarandHolocaust:‘Iamwellinspiteofmyheavyworkload’?WhatwasitthatcausedhisdaughtertosayafteravisittoDachauconcentrationcamp:‘Itwaslovely…’Afilmaboutthepretensionsofamassmurdererandtherepressionofanysenseofguilt.Berlinale2014