CinemaOSMovie · 1989 · 1h 59m

The Architecture of Doom

The Nazi philosophy of beauty through violence

74%(33)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byPeter Cohen

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 59m
Language
SV
Released
October 13, 1989
Studios
SVT DramaSandrewsSvenska Filminstitutet

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
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)

Creative team
Directed by
Peter Cohen
Peter Cohen
Written by
Peter Cohen
Peter Cohen
Produced by
Peter Cohen
Peter Cohen

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