Underplayed Gems

Das radikal Böse (2013)

Das radikal Böse poster
Directed by
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany, Austria
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary looks at the ordinary young German men who served in Nazi mobile killing units during World War Two. It explores how they were able to carry out mass shootings of Jewish civilians.

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What happens

Das radikal Böse ist ein deutsch-österreichischer Dokumentarfilm, der versucht, psychologische Prozesse und individuelle Entscheidungsspielräume „ganz normaler junger Männer“ in den deutschen Einsatzgruppen der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD zu ergründen, die ab 1941 während des Zweiten Weltkriegs im Rahmen des Holocaust zwei Millionen jüdische Zivilisten in Osteuropa erschossen. Autor und Regisseur ist der österreichische Oscar-Preisträger Stefan Ruzowitzky (Die Fälscher). Der Film wurde im Oktober 2013 auf den 47. Hofer Filmtagen präsentiert; Kinostart in Deutschland war der 16., in Österreich der 17. Januar 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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