Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality (2004)

Original title

The Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality

Directed by

Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey, Gabriel Rotello

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary explores the controversial theory that Adolf Hitler was homosexual. It presents interviews with historians and scholars who debate evidence from Hitler's life and the Nazi regime.

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What happens

Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality is a documentary film based on the research of German professor Lothar Machtan for his 2001 book The Hidden Hitler that claimed Adolf Hitler was a homosexual. Aired by HBO's CINEMAX Reel Life, the 90 minute documentary was directed by Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato and Gabriel Rotello and was produced by Gabriel Rotello. Other interviews in the documentary include those with: Geoffrey Giles, author of a study of gays in the Nazi party, professor at the University of Florida Brigitte Hamann, German historian and author Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler Ralf Dose, German gay historian and founder of the Magnus Hirschfeld Society Michelangelo Signorile, gay activist author (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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