The Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier

Movie·2006·1h 37m

The Unknown Soldier

Damning Documentary Indicts German Civilians in Slaughter of Jews during WWII

Country

Germany

Language

English

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The Story

Original title: Der unbekannte Soldat

In the wake of World War II, most Germans have been raised with the mistaken belief that the Holocaust had been planned and executed by just a tiny minority of Nazis, namely, the Gestapo and the SS. The sad truth, however, is that Hitler's philosophy of ethnic cleansing, as the Fuhrer so brazenly espoused in his frightening manifesto, "Mein Kampf," had been enthusiastically embraced not only by the entire military but also by most of the civilian population. The long-suppressed proof of their widespread collaboration and participation was unveiled in The Wehrmacht Exhibition, a damning collection of photographs and film footage that toured Deutschland between 1999 and 2004. The show shook the country to its core because it forced folks to face up to the fact that it took much more than a madman and his henchmen to wipe out six million.

Producer

Michael Verhoeven, Ernst Ludwig Ganzert

Editor

Gabriele Kröber

Themes

naziwar crimesworld war iiwehrmachtexhibition

Production House

Sentana Filmproduktion
BR
WDR
ARTE
Eikon Media

Audience Score

70%

7 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

Where to watch

Region: US

Free

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Cast

Hannes Heer

Self

Jan Philipp Reemtsma

Self

Charlotte Knobloch

Self

Ralph Giordano

Self

Oskar Negt

Self

Klaus von Dohnanyi

Self

Christian Ude

Self

Hans-Jochen Vogel

Hans-Jochen Vogel

Self

Klaus Wowereit

Klaus Wowereit

Self

Petra Pau

Self

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Crew

Michael Verhoeven

Michael Verhoeven

Director, Producer, Writer

Gabriele Kröber

Editor

Ernst Ludwig Ganzert

Producer

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