Film Info
Swastika

Film Information

Exhibition Title	Swastika
Original Title	Swastika
English Title	Swastika
Director	Philippe Mora
Country
Year	1974
Format	HD
Colour	Color + B&W
Duration	113'

Production:

Guión / Scriptwriter: Lutz Becker, Philippe Mora
Edición / Editing: Andrew Patterson
Producción / Producer: Sanford Lieberson, David Puttnam
Compañía Productora / Production Company: Visual Programme Systems

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Synopsis

“If Hitler is dehumanized and shown only as a devil, any future Hitler may not be recognized, simply because he is a human being”. Since it follows such a simple and rational premise, it is hard to believe that Philippe Mora’s documentary generated so much reaction at the time of its Cannes premiere. But yes, the people’s reaction to the unseen footage of a humanized Hitler –a recreational, idle, and colored one– was such a scandal that his director remembers the screening had to be interrupted after several shouts and a chair thrown to the screen. Almost forty years later, and even when the recurrent images of Hitler and Eva Braun at their Alps home still haven’t lost their infuriating aspect, Swastika remains as an intact compilation film that not only exposed the rise and fall of Nazism through everyday footage, but also anticipated the future of the documentary genre.