Conspiracy (2001 film)

The Wannsee Conference ( original title: Conspiracy ) is an American- British drama film from 2001 The film shows on the documentary approach, carried out on 20 January 1942 Wannsee conference, during which was discussed the " Final Solution of the Jewish Question". .

The film was produced by the BBC and Home Box Office.

Action

On 20 January 1942, 15 representatives of the SS and the German ministries and departments meet to a secret conference, which takes place in Berlin at the Villa at Wannsee. SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann has been entrusted with the preparation of the conference and take the minutes. He leaves a buffet and drinks mount up before the conference participants arrive one by one in the villa. As a final meets an SS -Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, who has invited to the conference and this leads.

At the beginning of the conference, Heydrich reads an authorization letter from the Reich Marshal Hermann Goering, who has Heydrich in charge of the " Final Solution of the Jewish Question". Heydrich understands his ministry so that it will in future be no more Jews in Germany and in the territories occupied by Germany.

There are details of the Nuremberg Laws explained, as well as the possibilities of sterilization to prevent the Jews can beget children. However, Heydrich speaks repeatedly of " evacuation " and it turns out during the conference that the SS has long prepared for the mass extermination of the Jews. Heydrich uses the conference to force cooperation from the attendees. Those who express concerns are, " put right " by him in the break during a private conversation. The conference ends when all participants agree to a holocaust that will leave a deep mark in the history of Germany.

When, after the conference, Heydrich, Eichmann and SS-group leader Heinrich Müller sit still together, told Heydrich of the story that his doctor Wilhelm Kritzinger told during the pause in which it comes to a man when his hated father's death, more grief felt when the death of his beloved mother, as the hatred had on the father met his whole life. Kritzinger wanted this story to warn against the hatred of the Jews subordinate everything. Heydrich says finally, "I will not miss them ."

At the end of the film (deposited with the second set of the String Quintet by Franz Schubert), the viewer is informed about what has happened to the participants of the conference later. The film plot is based on the only existing protocol of the Wannsee Conference. All other log copies were then destroyed, as the conference has officially never happened.

Synchronization

  • SS -Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich: Ulrich Matthes
  • SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann: Lutz Mackensy
  • Secretary Dr. Wilhelm Kritzinger: Udo Schenk
  • Reichsamtsleiter Dr. Georg Leibbrandt: Bernd Vollbrecht
  • SS-group leader Heinrich Müller: Hubertus Bengsch
  • SS-group leader Otto Hofmann: Bodo Wolf
  • SS Senior leader Dr. Gerhard Klopfer: Roland Hemmo
  • SS Lieutenant General Karl Eberhard Schöngarth: David Nathan
  • SS -Sturmbannführer Rudolf Lange: Dietmar Wunder
  • State Secretary Dr. Alfred Meyer: Detlef Bierstedt
  • State Secretary Dr. Erich Neumann: Uwe Büschken
  • State Secretary Dr. Josef Bühler: Patrick Winczewski
  • State Secretary Dr. Roland freisler Helmut Gauss
  • State Secretary Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart: Tom Vogt
  • Undersecretary Martin Luther: Klaus -Dieter Klebsch
  • Narrator: Christian Rode

Reviews

TV 14 13/2006 wrote that the film was " oppressive authentic".

Christopher Null called the film on www.filmcritic.com as " creepy ", but not always " enlightening. "

Der Tagesspiegel wrote in his film review: " So really it does not seem to fit that Heydrich gets a human face by Kenneth Branagh. This can Branagh certainly not be faulted. On the contrary: For his performance, he received an Emmy Award rightly. "

The Swabian newspaper praises the acting by Kenneth Branagh, the " the callous Heydrich with a cynical smile and blue eyes of ice " games, and Stanley Tucci as an SS officer Adolf Eichmann, " the character with remarkably economical facial expressions and gestures to the point" bring.

Awards

Emmy Award

Kenneth Branagh and Loring Mandel won the 2001 Emmy Award. The film received eight nominations for an Emmy Award, including for Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth.

Golden Globe

Stanley Tucci won the Golden Globe in 2002. Kenneth Branagh and the film for Best TV movie were nominated for the same price.

BAFTA Award

The production team won the 2003 BAFTA Award, Kenneth Branagh was nominated for the BAFTA Award.

More Awards

  • The film was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award three times in 2002: Best TV Movie, Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci.
  • Frank Pierson won the 2002 Directors Guild of America Award.
  • Loring Mandel won the 2002 Writers Guild of America Award.

Locations

  • Berlin, Germany
  • London, England, United Kingdom
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