Comprised of footage shot during the Nazi regime, including propaganda, newsreels, broadcasts and even some of Eva Braun's colorized personal home movies, we explore the way in which the Third Reich infiltrated the lives of the German population, from 1933 to 1945.
Editing
Mora's jarring cuts force you to confront your own voyeurism.
Direction
No narrator. Just footage. The silence screams louder.
Director
Philippe Mora
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Eva Braun
Self (archive footage)
Galeazzo Ciano
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
Albert Einstein
Self (archive footage)
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in Germany for decades, Swastika forced audiences to confront that Hitler's regime wasn't just marching troops—it was beach vacations and dog videos.
Mora found Braun's footage in a Maryland warehouse, forgotten for 30 years. The color home movies were so unprecedented that early audiences literally didn't believe they were real.
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