- Summary
- "Dokumentation über den NS-Reichsinnenminister Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), die sich auf seinen umfangreichen privaten Nachlass stützt. Aus dem Off vorgetragene Ausschnitte aus seinen Briefen und Tagebüchern ergeben eine Art biografischer Erzählung, während die Aussagen auf der Bildebene anfangs assoziativ, während des Holocaust dann zunehmend kontrastiv illustriert werden. Dabei stehen die banalen Briefinhalte im krassen Gegensatz zur Tätigkeit des "Architekten der Endlösung". Die provozierende Ton-Bild-Montage stellt die Schrecken der Bilder der Biederkeit und Kälte des pflichtbewussten Bürokraten gegenüber, [...]" [film-dienst.de].
This biographical documentary, based on a cache of previously undiscovered photos from Himmler's own personal collection, private letters, diary entries and documents (read by actors) that were found in the Himmler family house in 1945, as well as archival footage from key German archives, exposes the inner mind, ideals, plans and secrets of SS commander and architect of the Final Solution, Heinrich Himmler.
- Variant Title
- Heinrich Himmler, the decent one
Himmler, the decent one
- Format
- Video
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Kino Lorber, c2015
- Locale
- Germany
Austria
- Other Authors/Editors
- Lapa, Vanessa, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Weisbrod, Ori, screenwriter.
Moretti, Tobias, voice actor.
Rois, Sophie, 1961- voice actor.
Moretti, Antonia, voice actor.
Ledl, Lotte, 1930- voice actor.
Groll, Florentine, voice actor.
Knof, Pauline, voice actor.
Moretti, Lenz, voice actor.
Sheffer, Jonathan, composer (expression)
Salomon, Daniel, composer (expression)
Feldman, Gil, composer (expression)
Brook, Sharon.
Amit, Noam.
Realworks (Firm), production company.
Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt, production company.
Österreichischer Rundfunk, production company.
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, production company.
Westdeutscher Rundfunk, production company.
Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.
- Notes
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Originally released as a documentary film in 2014.
Bonus features: introduction by Errol Morris; making-of; mixing "The decent one"; Q&A moderated by Errol Morris; researching "The decent one"; trailer.
Director of photography, Jeremy Portnoi ; editors, Sharon Brooks, Noam Amit ; art director, Miklós Falvay ; original score, Jonathan Sheffer, Daniel Salomon, Gil Feldman.
Tobias Moretti, Sophie Rois, Antonia Moretti, Lotte Ledl, Florentin Groll, Pauline Knof, Lenz Moretti, Markus Riexinger, Alexander Riemann, Thomas Zerck, Martin Lalis, Florian Wandel, Tom Zahner.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 1.85:1 (16x9); 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo.
In German with English subtitles.
Winner, Jerusalem Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature.
