Mein Kampf

Using exclusively archival footage, Erwin Leiser 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. 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

Heinrich Brüning

Friedrich Ebert

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon

Walther Rathenau

Franz von Epp

Marinus van der Lubbe