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Any Pro Hitler Movies?


Of course Hollywood and everyone hates Hitler for the massacre of Jews etc and one can see numerous movies on this issue. My personal favorite is 'Life is beautiful'.
However, to reach to the extent of killing people, ill treating them without showing any mercy, Nazis must had unprecedented anger against Jews. Is there any movie on the rise of hitler, the versai treaty and falling economy of germany post WW I and before WWII ? (Please do not suggest documentaries)

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Whilst there has never been a "pro Hitler" movie, the movie Downfall at least humanised him and made you feel a degree of sympathy for the man, so if you haven't seen that film yet, I would suggest you check it out.

However I would love to see a film that depicted the economic conditions that lead to the Nazi's rise to power, as that would be a very interesting film.

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'Downfall'
I haven't seen it myself, but from what I've been told (bearing in mind this may be inaccurate), it's an independant movie based around the final years of WWII, and Hitler's tituler downfall from power into failure and suicide.
It's been parodied many times due to a famous scene at the end, where Hitler begins screaming 'no!' and pounding his fist on a desk, so chances are you've seen that clip already.
Either way, look up 'Downfall'. I think that's what you're aiming for.

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I know it is a documentary but it is a very good one
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3526810/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

You can watch it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnu5uW9No8g

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Since so many of the responses here have digressed from the original query,"Any pro-Hitler movies?", I'd like to return to the original comments and question posed by kothawade-amol.
The observation that "Nazis must (have) had unprecedented anger against Jews", is an acknowledged fact by reputable historians of all persuasions. Some comments on this thread have referred to the economic crippling of Germany by the impositions of the Treaty of Versailles. The Great Depression and the ineptitude of the Weimar Republic politicians were other obvious factors which prepared the ground in which National Socialism (Nazis) could flourish. Hatred or at least suspicion and distrust of Jews were not attitudes peculiar to the Germans nor to this period in history. Most school students have come across "The Merchant of Venice" and the usurer Shylock in literature studies - so Shakespeare was familiar with anti-Jewish feeling nearly 400 years prior to the Nazi era. Reasons for this anti-Jewish attitude (widespread through much of Europe) should really be the subject of study and discussion outside this movie discussion site but put simply in the inter-war years and well before, German Jews were more adept and proficient in their employment opportunities, so much so that Germans generally resented Jews and accused them of taking jobs to the exclusion of non-Jews.
Regarding movies on the rise of Hitler which may show the social, economic, psychological background to explaining the German's acceptance of him, I really
think you DO NEED TO RELY ON DOCUMENTARIES, because not too many movies (apart from German propaganda of the time) would be available.

And for those commentators here who speak of Hitler as the 'devil incarnate', in terms of mass murders and genocide of sections of the homeland population, no one comes even close to the greatest tyrant of humanity - Joseph Stalin.
Saying this does not of course in any way lessen the crimes against humanity of other despots. And surely, a comparison of these two butchers with Napoleon, is way, way beyond the pale. For anybody to make such a comparison can only mean they have little knowledge of history and in particular the fruits of Napoleon's dominance which western civilization enjoys today.

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Intention for the question was not to start a debate of whether Hitler was good or bad.
But now if it has started, as an art lover, I feel, we should be acceptable to all kinds of emotions, situations on screen. If we can make so many movies against Hitler why not few neutral ones if not pro hitler ? Who are we to do moral censorship? How come one know that pro hitler movie would generate Hitler sympathisers? Better we will be able to rationally handle such topics and avoid the mistakes we did after world war I. History repeats itself. It is our moral duty to avoid past mistakes by carefully understanding them and striving hard not to repeat them. Ignoring them won't help.
For those who suggested relevant movies...thanks !

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I'm guessing the people who responded to your post are primarily young people. If you want to see pro-Hitler films look up Lili Riefenstahl. She was Hitler's filmmaker during the rise of the Nazi party. Despite her infamy, she was an interesting story.

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Considering that Hitler started a world war that killed over 50 million people and was responsible for turning a cultured refined country like Germany into a pack of callous thugs then the answer is no, there are no " pro " Hitler films out there, why would there be, he was a madman.

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Triumph of The Will (1935) seems to fit the bill.

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