18 May 2006

Moloch (Russia/Germany, 2003)

Sokurov's version of Hitler is portrayed in Moloch, a film about the Führer and his and her closest friends. The film is quite slow, but the photography is excellent. The dialogue is a little poetic: I wonder if Hitler ever made such reflections, but in any case, we get a glimpse of what it was like living with him on an everyday basis. There are no war or violent scenes from the concentration camps. Although it is a Russian production, director Alexander Sokurov decided to shoot the film in German to keep the original atmosphere. I especially like the last dialogue, where Hitler says: "We have to find a way to control death", and Eva Braun replies: "What are you talking about? You cannot control death!" Maybe a this point she realizes how insane Hitler really was.

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