Heinrich himmler documentary
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Himmler: The Decent One
What is more important, story or character?
Story.
The character is the tool to tell the story.
What made you first want to explore the subject?
The phone call I got that there is a never read nor published collection with the private Himmler letters, diaries and photographs.
How long did it take to get the film off the ground?
The whole filmmaking/project took eight years.
What were you most surprised to learn in the course of production?
1) The fact that almost everything we all know about WW2 is what the German propaganda machine showed us and the amount of private footage/home videos that is out there, never seen before and often never even digitized.
2) The role of digital restoration, which is bringing the image to how it looked when it was shot. The scratches, mould, dust and other defects are time defects and not the authentic shots.
What have been the differences in reception to the film in countries it has now travelled to?
In all of the countries the reception has been extremely positive, raising curiosity, reflection and a lot of questions on different levels.
East Europe: mainly questions on the filmmaking process, the choices of storytelling, image and sound.
West Europe: mainly questions on the artistic choices, on
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The Decent One
2014 film
| The Decent One | |
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| Der Anständige | |
| Directed by | Vanessa Lapa |
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| Produced by | Felix Breisach |
| Cinematography | Hermann Poelking-Eiken |
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Production | Realworks |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
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| Language | German |
| Budget | €1.2 million[2] |
| Box office | $20,240 (US)[3] |
The Decent One (German: Der Anständige) is a 2014 German-Austrian-Israeli documentary directed by Vanessa Lapa about Heinrich Himmler. The film was based on a cache of letters and diary entries that were purchased by Lapa's parents and published in the German newspaper Die Welt. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and received mixed reviews.
Synopsis
[edit]Its a biographical documentary produced and directed by Vanessa Lapa[4] that explores the life of Heinrich Himmler, a leading figure in the Nazi regime and a key architect of the Holocaust. The film presents a compilation of source materials, including diaries, love letters, and official reports, read by unseen actors, alongside archival footage[4][5]
The documentary traces Himmler’s anti-Semitic beliefs to his col