The Architecture of Doom
The Nazi philosophy of beauty through violence
Synopsis
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.
Détails techniques
Titre original
Undergångens arkitektur
Langue originale
SV
Langues parlées
German
Swedish
Production
Compagnies de production
Poj Filmproduktion AB
SVT Drama
Sandrews
Svenska Filminstitutet
Pays de production
Sweden
