Mein Kampf (1960)

Overview

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

Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Brüning

Self (archive footage)

Friedrich Ebert

Self (archive footage)

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon

Self (archive footage)

Walther Rathenau

Self (archive footage)

Franz von Epp

Self (archive footage)