Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail

1999
6.8| 0h57m| en
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The worldwide Nazi search for archaeological and historical support for their beliefs in the Aryan (German) master race.

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Supelice Dreadfully Boring
Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
M-Schymosch Indeed, and that is what i only can appreciate to the first comment's author, this documentation is one which gives fine selected, rare and deep-going information about what was on the run to the occult plans of the nazi dictation. Given by persons, who were standing near to Himmler and his vision about the reincarnation of Heinrich I. on himself, the interviews are amazing in a point of emotion, which comes from the speakers. You get a quite impressive view about the plan's greatness, about the plan's complexity and about its insanity.Not a second of wasted time.PS: Very impressive too is the classic music playing in the background.
fratton1 The version shown by Channel 4 in the UK is quite a bit longer (77 minutes) than the version described here which, it seems, was the badly edited version shown on a number of PBS stations in the US. Missing from the shortened version are a number of effects that lend gravity to the events but also - and more crucially - are a number of pen pictures that portray a flicker of humanity in some of those featured. See the original version and you will notice methodology, delivery and continuity are excellent. A one stop shop on a set of warped individuals from the top to the bottom.
JustinFichelson This is a fantastic film which I highly recommend for anyone interested in understanding Nazism. British Historian Michael Wood narrates it and as usual does an amazing job! The film covers much of what isn't often discussed when it comes to the Nazis, which is the early 'archeological' work they performed in their pursuit to rationalize and support their racial theories. Many rare video clips are shown depicting the work of early archaeologists who traveled throughout India and Tibet in search of evidence of the existence and roots of the Aryan race. In contrast with many similar documentaries, this particular one has a wonderful classical soundtrack which greatly enhances its appeal. I strongly recommend it!
cjp-10 As interesting as the title is, I soon realized that the documentary had some oddities in it, that made me question the competence of the crew making this documentary. For example, I found that the narrator and documentary crew spent more time on thinking of dramatic overlapping of video clips combined with dramatic music than they should have. And the narrator's poses and dramatic inserts were rather humorous and awkward. I felt as if a more neutral and simply observing perspective could've been used.However there is quite a bundle of information in this ~1 hour long documentary, but it could've been a bit better. There's some footage here that I hadn't seen before, but none of it significantly contributes to the cause. Footage covers for example Nazi excavations around the world and the war trials.