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Hitler's Hit Parade

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83% Tomatometer 12 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
This documentary presents viewers with a montage of German pop culture produced during the Nazi regime and shows the face of pure evil to have been surprisingly bland. As upbeat tunes about romantic love and heartache are juxtaposed with images of idyllic family units and postcard-perfect landscapes, the point that the filmmakers seem to be making is that the vanilla side of Nazi propaganda helped make the more sinister happenings -- genocide, war machinery -- easier to accept or to ignore.

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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 01/13/2005
While never fully fleshing out its thesis linking the mythology of popular culture with the false ideals propagated by the regime, it does offer an evocative portrait of a country fiddling while it, and much of the world, burns. Go to Full Review Ronnie Scheib Variety 01/05/2005
Rare film-clips of what passed for Nazi normality do not materialize every day, and pic is decidedly worth a look-see. Go to Full Review A.O. Scott New York Times 01/05/2005
4/5
This German documentary gathers some of the products of the German culture industry from the 1930's and 40's into a monstrous and fascinating collage. Go to Full Review Prairie Miller Long Island Press 05/28/2007
Takes its chances on the viewer just 'getting it,' through the visual and musical cues threaded together - Hitler, war and death camp images intertwined with cheery chorus lines and ecstatic celeb crooners. Go to Full Review Ken Fox TV Guide 01/07/2005
3.5/5
Never has kitsch seemed so creepy. Go to Full Review Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews 01/07/2005
Nazi kitsch has parallels with red state values Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/21/2010 [font=System][img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/smilies/fresh.gif[/img] I ummm havn't seen the movie but it sounds good.[/font] See more Read all reviews
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Oliver Axer

Director

Susanne Benze

Director

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Movie Info

Synopsis This documentary presents viewers with a montage of German pop culture produced during the Nazi regime and shows the face of pure evil to have been surprisingly bland. As upbeat tunes about romantic love and heartache are juxtaposed with images of idyllic family units and postcard-perfect landscapes, the point that the filmmakers seem to be making is that the vanilla side of Nazi propaganda helped make the more sinister happenings -- genocide, war machinery -- easier to accept or to ignore.
Director
Oliver Axer, Susanne Benze
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 16, 2005, Original
Runtime
1h 16m