The Architecture of Doom
The Architecture of Doom

Movie·1989·1h 59m

The Architecture of Doom

The Nazi philosophy of beauty through violence

Country

Sweden

Language

German

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The Story

Original title: Undergångens arkitektur

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.

Producer

Peter Cohen

Themes

naziworld war iibeautyarchitecturethird reich (iii reich 1933-45)

Production House

Poj Filmproduktion AB
SVT Drama
Sandrews
Svenska Filminstitutet

Audience Score

73%

31 votes

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Timepass20%
Go for it39%
Perfection33%

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Cast

Rolf Arsenius

Rolf Arsenius

Swedish narrator (voice)

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

German narrator (voice)

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

French narrator (voice)

Sam Gray

English narrator (voice)

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Crew

Peter Cohen

Peter Cohen

Director, Producer, Writer

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