Hitler Berlin

Lors de l'été 1936, les Jeux Olympiques de Berlin offrent au monde l'image d'une Allemagne ouverte et pacifique. Ce documentaire instructif, auquel Denis Podalydès prête sa voix, montre comment Hitler a su duper ses hôtes.

In April 1945, the Red Army stood at the gates of Berlin; inside the shattered city, only the pathetic remnants of the Home Guard, the Hitler youth and the SS Wehrmacht stood against them. Berlin and its population lay at the mercy of the Russians, who exacted a terrible revenge.Like old soldiers everywhere, they are fading away, but these German veterans of World War Two have an incredible and sometimes shocking story to tell. This is a unique opportunity to see and hear the last testimonies of Hitler's armies.These are remarkable personal accounts of Germany's rise and fall from the inside. Leahow those responsible for the maelstrom sent their armies to conquer only to see them crushed as the world united against them; of men seduced by the siren call of Hitler only to pay a very heavy price.The programme features: Rare archive footage from German and Allied sources The major campaigns behind the veterans accounts The harrowing testimonies of the veterans themselves with their own personal records and pictures from the period

From April 20th, 1945, the day when Berlin first saw the face of war, until June 22nd, when it was sacked by the Russian Army, the anonymous author of A Woman in Berlin captured the stark reality of life within the falling city. Fending off the boredom and deprivation of hiding, the author recorded her experiences, observations and meditations in this vivid diary. Accounts of the bombing, the rapes, the rationing of food and the overwhelming terror of death are rendered in the dispassionate, though determinedly optimistic prose of a woman fighting for survival amidst the horror and inhumanity of war…