主演：未知
导演：Vanessa Lapa
类型：纪录片 记录 地区：其它 年份：2014
简介：On6May1945,soldiersofthe88thUSInfantryDivisionoccupiedtheHimmlers’familyhomeinGmundonLakeTegernseewheretheydiscoveredhundredsofprivateletters,documents,journalsandphotographs.ThefilmmakesuseofthesematerialsandcopiousarchivefootagetosketchthebiographyofSScommanderHeinrichHimmlerwhocommittedsuicideattheendofMay1945bytakingacyanidecapsule.Howdidthisnationalisticlower-middle-classmanbecomeHitler’shenchmanresponsiblefordevelopingandexecutingthestrategiesthatledtothemurderofmillionsofJews,homosexuals,CommunistsandRomanypeople?Wheredidhisideologyoriginate?HowdidheseehimselfandhowwasheperceivedinprivatebyhiswifeMargarete,hisdaughterGudrunandhismistressHedwig?Howcouldthemanwhooftenreferredtoso-calledGermanvirtuessuchasorder,decencyandgoodnessalsowritehomeinthemidstofthewarandHolocaust:‘Iamwellinspiteofmyheavyworkload’?WhatwasitthatcausedhisdaughtertosayafteravisittoDachauconcentrationcamp:‘Itwaslovely…’Afilmaboutthepretensionsofamassmurdererandtherepressionofanysenseofguilt.Berlinale2014