
1940 · Alexandre Ryder · 105 min
The film shows the seizure of power by the Nazis and Hitler wants a trial, at a time when France has just declared war on Germany (Sept. 3, 1939). Hybrid composition, it alternates originals and reconstructions performed by actors (docudrama). A not-so-subtle condemnation of Hitler, Nazism and Germany by the movie's French film makers, which conveniently makes no mention of how the policies of Great Britain and France created Hitler and allowed him to go as far as he did prior to the beginning of the Second World War.
Roger KarlLe colonel
Line NoroFrieda
Alexandre Mihalescole tailleurJean Heuzéle capitaine autrichienSandra MilovanoffMadame Schleicher
André ValmyErnst
Nicolas Amatole sous-lieutenant
Simone Bourday
Georges FronvalAdolf HitlerDalmaïsEngelbert Dollfuss
Alain CunyMarinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)
Pierre LabryErnst Roehm
Jacques HenleyGeneral Kurt von SchleicherAlbert MonysAdolf Hitler jeune
Fernand Bellan