From the creative minds of the husband and wife filmmaking team, Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker, IFC Films brings you “The Meaning of Hitler.” Opening August 13th in theaters and everywhere you rent movies.
Written, directed and produced by: Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
Featuring: Martin Amis, Koen Baert, Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Dr. Mark Benecke, Prof. Sir Richard J. Evans
Run time: 1h 32min
Genre: Documentary
Executive produced by: Jeffrey Lurie, Marie Therese Guirgis and Anthony Dobkin
Producers: Dana O’Keefe and Mike Lerne
Associate Producers: Susan Norget and Matilda Tucker
Cinematography: Michael Tucker
Storyline
Using the eponymous 1978 best-selling book as its frame, THE MEANING OF HITLER is a provocative interrogation of our culture’s fascination with Hitler and Nazism set against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy, the normalization of antisemitism and the weaponization of history itself.
Shot in nine countries, the film traces Hitler’s movements, his rise to power and the scenes of his crimes as historians and writers, including Deborah Lipstadt, Martin Amis, Sir Richard Evans, Saul Friedlander, Yehuda Bauer, and famed Nazi hunters Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, weigh in on the lasting impact of his virulent ideology.
As fears of authoritarianism and fascism now abound, the film explores the myths and misconceptions of our understanding of the past and the difficult process of coming to terms with it at a time in our history when it seems more urgent than ever.
Writer
Written by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
*Based on the book by Sebastian Haffner
Directors
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
Featuring
Martin Amis, Koen Baert, Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Dr. Mark Benecke, Prof. Sir Richard J. Evans, Sarah Forgey, Prof. Ute Frevert, Prof. Saul Friedlander, Prof. Jan T. Gross, Georg Hamann, Klaus Heyne, Dr. Mathias Irlinger, David Irving, Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, Jadwiga Korowaj, Florian Kotanko, Enno Lenze, Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, Wojciech Mazurek , Prof. Winfried Nerdinger, Francine Prose, Prof. Gavriel Rosenfeld, Dr. Peter Theiss-Abendroth and Prof. Klaus Thewele
Opening Date
August 13th in theaters and everywhere you rent movies.
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