Summary An absorbing and chilling documentary about the National Socialist aesthetic, and how attempts to create the Aryan Ideal caused the extermination of millions. Aspects covered include: Hitler's epiphany while viewing Wagner's opera 'Rienzi', the rise of the homo-erotic Grecian/Nordic ideal, the parallels drawn between the 'degenerate' art of the cubists and dadaists and the mentally ill/physically deformed, the Nazi obsession with purity and cleanliness, and, finally, the descent of the Jewish people to the level of a virus/vermin. View more details
Directed : Peter Cohen
Written : Peter Cohen
Stars : Bruno Ganz Martin Bormann Sam Gray Rolf Arsenius
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Oct 12, 1989
Countries of origin : Sweden
Language : Swedish
Production companies : SVT Drama Sandrews Poj Filmproduktion AB
Summary An absorbing and chilling documentary about the National Socialist aesthetic, and how attempts to create the Aryan Ideal caused the extermination of millions. Aspects covered include: Hitler's epiphany while viewing Wagner's opera 'Rienzi', the rise of the homo-erotic Grecian/Nordic ideal, the parallels drawn between the 'degenerate' art of the cubists and dadaists and the mentally ill/physically deformed, the Nazi obsession with purity and cleanliness, and, finally, the descent of the Jewish people to the level of a virus/vermin. View more details
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Oct 12, 1989
Countries of origin : Sweden
Language : Swedish
Production companies : SVT Drama Sandrews Poj Filmproduktion AB
