The Architecture of Doom
The Architecture of Doom

The Architecture of Doom

The Nazi philosophy of beauty through violence

7.2119 min
Documentary

Overview

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 10/13/1989

Runtime: 119 min

Director: Peter Cohen

Writers: Peter Cohen

Top Cast

Rolf Arsenius

Rolf Arsenius

Swedish narrator (voice)

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

German narrator (voice)

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

French narrator (voice)

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