Conversation with the Beast (1996)

Original title

Gespräch mit dem Biest

Directed by

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American researcher travels to Berlin to interview a 103 year old man who claims to be Adolf Hitler. The man tells his life story in a calm and detached manner, leaving the researcher to decide whether he is telling the truth or delusional.

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What happens

Conversation with the Beast (German: Gespräch mit dem Biest) is a 1996 German film directed by Armin Mueller-Stahl, and written by Mueller-Stahl and Tom Abrams. The film is about an American researcher (played by Bob Balaban), who interviews a 103-year-old man claiming to be Adolf Hitler. The film was released on 10 September 1996 at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival, shown at over twenty film festivals worldwide, but never released on video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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