In this movie review I will be comparing Conspiracy and Downfall. Both films showing such crucial determining factors of World War II within one setting. While having the ability to tell the story of Nazi Germany from the highs, and lows of the Third Reich, before and after the gruesome events of the Holocaust. Several SS Generals that were in attendance at the Wannsee Conference in Conspiracy, are later represented in a different aspect in the film Downfall. These two films help the viewer comprehend the arrogance represented at the Wannsee Conference in 1942 and the final fearful moments of the Third Reich in 1945.
Conspiracy, is exactly what this film entails. The Wannsee Conference was held in complete secrecy to finalize the grim ending of all Jews across the …show more content…
Kritzinger and Dr. Stuckart are portrayed as already aware of what disasters committing the crime of genocide would amount to if the Fuhrer’s thousand year plan was unsuccessful. In Downfall, we witness the total destruction of Berlin, Germany, and the end of the Third Reich. Allied troops have moved into Berlin, while Hitler and his men cower in a concealed bunker to wait out the invasion. In neither Conspiracy nor Downfall does the audience see anymore than a few brief moments out of the Bunker or outside the walls of the Wannsee Conference house. This shows us that life’s most important historical moments don’t always occur on a battlefield or on television, but in the privacy of a closed off room amongst at times the smallest groups of men.
Both Conspiracy and Downfall did a wonderful job of representing such a vast number of German leaders and front-runners. Downfall, depicted Hitler in such a moving and unbiased manner. Showing the good he brought to himself, Eva Brown, and the people whom he surrounded himself with. While also not forgetting the evil aspect that he brought to millions of people across not only Europe but the
Conspiracy, is exactly what this film entails. The Wannsee Conference was held in complete secrecy to finalize the grim ending of all Jews across the …show more content…
Kritzinger and Dr. Stuckart are portrayed as already aware of what disasters committing the crime of genocide would amount to if the Fuhrer’s thousand year plan was unsuccessful. In Downfall, we witness the total destruction of Berlin, Germany, and the end of the Third Reich. Allied troops have moved into Berlin, while Hitler and his men cower in a concealed bunker to wait out the invasion. In neither Conspiracy nor Downfall does the audience see anymore than a few brief moments out of the Bunker or outside the walls of the Wannsee Conference house. This shows us that life’s most important historical moments don’t always occur on a battlefield or on television, but in the privacy of a closed off room amongst at times the smallest groups of men.
Both Conspiracy and Downfall did a wonderful job of representing such a vast number of German leaders and front-runners. Downfall, depicted Hitler in such a moving and unbiased manner. Showing the good he brought to himself, Eva Brown, and the people whom he surrounded himself with. While also not forgetting the evil aspect that he brought to millions of people across not only Europe but the