An Episode in "The World: A Television History", a documentary series on the history of the world, based on the Times Atlas of World History. The 1929 crash of the American stock market preceded a decade of worldwide depression in which the defeated nations of WWI seemed to suffer most. Germany turns to Hitler and his promises of regained glory and WWII begins. A three-cornered contest of democrats, Nazis and Communists for the future of the world leads, among other things, to Communist control of China. Italy and Japan's attempts at empire building are also discussed. Archival footage and map illustrations.
This BBC documentary seeks to answer how did Hitler manage to win the support of the majority of the German people? And to what extent did they share his goal of the mass murder? It argues that most Germans came, after January 1933, to support Hitler because of their belief that he had brought to an end the hardships of the economic depression and the humiliations of Versailles Treaty and points out that by 1936, having fallen to his "fatal attraction," probably over 90% of the German people were, in some degree, supporters of the Nazi regime. What does emerge clearly from the film is the fact that a very large...
Produced by the Israeli Television, this documentary series deals with the history of Zionism till the establishment of the State of Israel. First episode of this 4-years complicated production aired in 1981 and created a public stir and controversy regarding the presentation of the Sephardim Jewry contribution to the Zionist movement. “Pillar of Fire” us based on archival films and photos takes from 30 archives, both in Israel and abroad, interviews and illustrations. This short 7-episodes version of the series was produced for foreign markets. Narration by British actor Ian MacCellen.
Documentary film about Joachim von Ribbentrop, a German statesman and Hitler's foreign minister in the years 1938-1945. The film deals with the figure of Ribbentrop and his diplomatic career, political agreements and processes connected to him, his activity during the war, his relations with Hitler and with senior Nazis, his arrest and trial at Nuremberg. Includes archival films, interviews and testimonies of former diplomats and close associates.
An introduction of the film by a TV presenter. Film mostly based on the signing of the Munich agreement on 30th September 1938. Lord deputy Foreign Minister, Great Britain 1938, remembers when Chamberlain returned from Munich.
The second part of a documentary trilogy about Hitler's career which examines the consolidation of his power and his build-up of the Nazi totalitarian state.
A sitcom. About the fictionalized lives of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun as if they were living in an apartment and acted like any old husband and wife. They also avoid the crazy antics of their Jewish neighbors, the Goldsteins.
A thriler. Fall of 1938 when Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain’s government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. British civil servant Hugh Legat and Paul von Hartmann, a German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger.
Based on the novel "Munich" by Robrt Harris.