On6May1945,soldiersofthe88thUSInfantryDivisionoccupiedtheHimmlers’familyhomeinGmundonLakeTegernseewheretheydiscoveredhundredsofprivateletters,documents,journalsandphotographs.ThefilmmakesuseofthesematerialsandcopiousarchivefootagetosketchthebiographyofSScommanderHeinrichHimmlerwhocommittedsuicideattheendofMay1945bytakingacyanidecapsule.Howdidthisnationalisticlower-middle-classmanbecomeHitler’shenchmanresponsiblefordevelopingandexecutingthestrategiesthatledtothemurderofmillionsofJews,homosexuals,CommunistsandRomanypeople?Wheredidhisideologyoriginate?HowdidheseehimselfandhowwasheperceivedinprivatebyhiswifeMargarete,hisdaughterGudrunandhismistressHedwig?Howcouldthemanwhooftenreferredtoso-calledGermanvirtuessuchasorder,decencyandgoodnessalsowritehomeinthemidstofthewarandHolocaust:‘Iamwellinspiteofmyheavyworkload’?WhatwasitthatcausedhisdaughtertosayafteravisittoDachauconcentrationcamp:‘Itwaslovely…’Afilmaboutthepretensionsofamassmurdererandtherepressionofanysenseofguilt.Berlinale2014如果您喜欢卡斯电影(www.kszkbzj.net)分享的《体面的人》,别忘了推荐给你的好友!
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