Hitler: A Film from Germany - Season 1

First aired: 11/5/1977 4 episodes

A structure-free, four-part examination of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Each part explores a different topic, from Hitler's cult of personality in propaganda to how said propaganda was associated with pre-Nazi German cultural, spiritual, and national heritage to the Holocaust and the ideology behind it, particularly from Himmler's point of view.

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Episodes

1. The Grail: From the Cosmic Ash-Tree to the Goethe Oak of Buchenwald

Aired: 11/5/1977

A look at Hitler's cult of personality in Nazi propaganda.

2. A German Dream ... Until the End of the World

Aired: 11/12/1977

Focuses on how Nazi propaganda associated with pre-Nazi German cultural, spiritual, and national heritage.

3. The End of a Winter's Tale and the Final Victory of Progress

Aired: 11/19/1977

Recounts the Holocaust and the ideology behind it, particularly from Himmler's point of view.

4. We Children of Hell Recall the Age of the Grail

Aired: 11/26/1977

André Heller reads unfilmed script segments, climaxing in Heller discussing with a Hitler puppet on how he completely destroyed Germany spiritually, combined with a satire on former Nazis who, after the war, profited from the era by running a Nazi tourism and entertainment industry for foreigners.