Hitler's Hit Parade
Time Out says
Codirectors Axer and Benze redefine Deutschland's darkest hour using nothing but
the nation's own pop-cultural output of the time. Juxtaposing brightness and
barbarism is nothing new, but it comes as a visceral gut-punch to see swastika
flags unfurling in the garishly grainy color of home movies, or to hear jaunty
Irving Berlin–style ditties detailing the "perfect" Aryan lifestyle. By the time
the familiar monochromatic scenes of death camps appear near the end, you're
reminded that those same smiling German faces sanctioned the atrocities, and the
horror suddenly feels one misguided mob-step away.
Details
Release details
Duration:
76 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Oliver Axer, Suzanne Benze