The Unknown Soldier

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 21, 2006

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

WDR,ARTE,BR,Eikon Film,Sentana Filmproduktion

Cast

Jan Philipp Reemtsma,Petra Pau,Charlotte Knobloch,Klaus von Dohnanyi,Ralph Giordano,Hannes Heer,Oskar Negt,Christian Ude,Hans-Jochen Vogel,Klaus Wowereit

Director

Michael Verhoeven

Writer

Michael Verhoeven

Producer

Michael Verhoeven,Ernst Ludwig Ganzert

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0844462