Moloch (1999)

Original title

Молох

Directed by

Alexander Sokurov

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romantic comedy film

Country

Germany, Russia

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

12

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 64 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fictional portrait of Adolf Hitler during a brief stay in the Bavarian Alps. The film focuses on his domestic life and personal interactions, showing him as an ordinary man isolated from the world outside his villa.

slow-burnbleakintimateunsettlingcontemplativesparseausterestatic

What happens

Moloch (Russian: Молох) is a 1999 Russian biographical film, directed by Alexander Sokurov. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Yuri Arabov and Marina Koreneva. It portrays Adolf Hitler living life in an unassuming manner during an abrupt journey to the Bavarian Alps. The film stars actors Leonid Mozgovoy, Yelena Rufanova, Vladimir Bogdanov, and Leonid Sokol in principal roles. Moloch explores companionship, intimacy and dictatorship. A joint collective effort to commit to the film's production was made by a number of studios, including Arte, Fabrica, Fusion Product, Goskino and Lenfilm Studio. It was commercially distributed by Koch Lorber Films. Following its release, the film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and won other awards selections, including those from the Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards. The film was also selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist. It was generally met with mixed critical reviews before its initial screening in 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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