Andras Stohl, David Horovitch, Janet Suzman
A fictional story which is loosely based upon the post-WWI period when the young Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was an aspiring painter with a love for the classical periods. Set in 1918, the tale is based ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003
Stats: 260 reviews
Interesting but not great story about how Adolf Hitler's failed art career may have intercected with, and possibly actually inspired, his political career.
This film is in the style of Gods and Monsters, whereby a actual historiical figure's life is placed into a fictional se...( read more)
This is a fascinating look at rarely treaded territory...a chapter in the life of Adolf Hitler before his rise to power and European domination. This film focuses on a 30-year-old Hitler who has ambitions to become a successful artist, and is then taken under the arms of an amput...( read more)
Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).
First viewing: 26.05.2003
This thought-provoking movie is clearly a surprise and should have got alot more attention then it did given its unique take on a very dark figure of world history.
It really delves into the human side of Hitler (played brilliantly by Noah Taylor) showing a lonely conflicted ind...( read more)
Fascinating film, with a great cast. I think the idea of insisting that Hitler be seen only as 'evil' is hysterical and nonsensical. After all, it is the fact that Hitler was human and the idea that people are capable of such horror that makes people so quick to other him. Thi...( read more)
As good as I thought it would be. This film explores the young life of Hitler, after the WWI, when he was a struggling artist. Most of it is fiction, but it plays in a way that one believes it and at the end the film is a way to understand one of the most interesting, powerful an...( read more)
Taylor, hawk-faced and gaunt, pours everything into his portrayal of Hitler, never once seeking our sympathy for this angry, homeless loner. full review
With lines that feel like long soliloquies -- even as they are being framed in conversation -- Max is static, stilted. full review
As a ravishingly photographed, high-minded meditation on the potential of art and therapy to exorcise the vilest sort of psychological poison, it is positively riotous -- an Everest of idiocy. full review
An intelligent film with a sophisticated understanding of art and the significance it played in Hitler's psychology. full review
It's a big idea, but the film itself is small and shriveled. full review
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