The Decent One (2014)

Original title

Der Anständige

Directed by

Vanessa Lapa

Genre

documentary film

Country

Israel, Germany, Austria

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

12

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary uses private letters and diary entries from Heinrich Himmler to show the inner life of a top Nazi leader. The film pieces together his personal writings to reveal how he balanced domestic life with orchestrating mass murder.

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What happens

The Decent One (German: Der Anständige) is a 2014 German-Austrian-Israeli documentary directed by Vanessa Lapa about Heinrich Himmler. The film was based on a cache of letters and diary entries that were purchased by Lapa's parents and published in the German newspaper Die Welt. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and received mixed reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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