The Architecture of Doom
“The Nazi philosophy of beauty through violence”
1989•1h 59m•7.4•Released
Documentary
Featuring never-before-seen film footage of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, The Architecture of Doom captures the inner workings of the Third Reich and illuminates the Nazi aesthetic in art, architecture and popular culture. From Nazi party rallies to the final days inside Hitler's bunker, this sensational film shows how Adolf Hitler rose from being a failed artist to creating a world of ponderous kitsch and horrifying terror. Hitler worshipped ancient Rome and Greece, and dreamed of a new Golden Age of classical art and monumental architecture, populated by beautiful, patriotic Aryans. Degenerated artists and inferior races had no place in his lurid fantasy. As this riveting film shows, the Nazis went from banning the art of modernists like Picasso to forced euthanasia of the retarded and sick, and finally to the persecution of homosexuals and the extermination of the Jews.
Director
Peter Cohen
Writer
Peter Cohen
Languages
German, Swedish
Studio
Poj Filmproduktion AB
Cast
Rolf Arsenius
Swedish narrator (voice)
Bruno Ganz
German narrator (voice)
Jeanne Moreau
French narrator (voice)
Sam Gray
English narrator (voice)
Production
Company
Poj Filmproduktion AB
Company
SVT Drama
Company
Sandrews
Company
Svenska Filminstitutet
Producer
Peter Cohen
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