Hitler: The Rise of Evil (TV Mini-Series) [DVD] [2003]

Hitler: TROE gives a fascinating insight into the happenings of Adolf Hitler's rise to power from a mere amateur painter on the streets of Vienna to taking power as Chancellor of Germany.The mini-series covers the events from 1899, in which a 10-year old Hitler is beaten by his father, yet beloved by her mother, to his teenage years spent on the streets of Vienna after being rejected by art academies, through his service in WW1 and wounding by poisonous gas, his rise and fall in the 1920s, and subsequent rise in the early 1930s, to August 1934, in which Reichspresident Von Hindenburg dies and Reichschancellor Hitler takes complete power as absolute ruler of Germany.A must-watch for anybody interested in history, I only wish the series had gone on for longer and perhaps detailed Hitler's European designs, i.e. his 1934 Anschluß attempt on an unwilling Austria (Prompting a then-uncooperative Italy to seek alliances with Britain and France), his 1935 retaking of the Saarland and the singing of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement (the preliminary step to Hitler's planned Anglo-German Alliance), the restructuring of the Reichsmarine and Reichswehr into the Kriegsmarine and Wehrmact, respectively, the birth of the Luftwaffe in the mid 1930s.If you ask me, the series should have ran right up to 1939. The 3 hours (approx.) went very quickly, and left me wanting more! I would love a second series detailing Hitler's continued rise from 1934 to 1939, perhaps detailing the events mentioned prior and events of the late 1930s i.e the successful Anschluß and taking of the Sudetenland in 1938 and the taking of the rest of Czechoslovakia in mid 1939, as well as the several assassination attempts of the late 1930s.

Although this works as drama for those interested in the period in history, it works really well to introduce students who do not understand how a man so small and seemingly lacking in quality as Hitler could rise to totally dominate a powerful nation and lead them into a global war in which millions were killed.The facts in a text book or black and white news reel do not capture how step by step, gamble followed by gamble, an astonishing tall house of cards was built up as each individual under-estimated him and eventually feared him with a total fear.Robert Carlyle is a superb actor and especially good in this lead role.Hitler was evil but he was given a platform by others to translate intention into action on an unprecedented scale. It is the shallow end of the swimming pool but that is where you start before the much deeper study in the deep end of history books, primary sources and documentaries.

Carlyle can act, of that there is no doubt, however, in this role he is directed to overplay the part to the point of the ridiculous in some scenes. There are many basic historical inaccuracies alongside obvious creative additions coming from the imagination of the makers of the film.If you can accept these negative aspects and keep them in mind then the film is watchable entertainment.

Arguably the best depiction of Hitler ever done. Anything to do with his occult leanings was missed out, but his personality and obsessions came across chillingly well. Well done, Robert Carlyle. Superb.

was shown on tv years ago mr Carlisle put in a good performance of hitler in his early years as leader of the Nazi party starting as young man who left home to be a artist and turned at every art college and university serving in the army during ww1 his erratic behavior shone thru even then. paid to spy on various political groups he became a admirer of the fledging Nazi party and quickly ousted the leader to become the leader himself. his sorded desire of his neice who he totally controlled and eventually leading to her death. its no clear how she died some say suicide some say he killed him self due to insane jealously . but this was the start of his way to control every thing and everybody

Robert Carlyle is an exceptional talent. He's so menacing and convincing. His hand gestures mimic the murderer's so convincingly when he's making the speeches that you can sort of understand how audiences were so mesmerised by the tyrant. Worth watching.

I have to say that as a person who does not watch television at all if I can help it, this two part DVD was astonishing in it's depiction. Alright, it has a bit of filmic license, but overall it told quite a decent story about the rise of Adolf Hitler. For the in-depth researcher who has 100% prior knowledge and has seen contemporary photographs, this DVD leaves a lot to be desired in the realism stakes, but it did tell the story very well and can make one feel uncomfortable in it's truth.

After a recent visit to Nuremburg, my interest in the process that led up to Hitler's rise to power was piqued and a friend recommended this dramatisation of the story. It's historically pretty accurate, and for me provided two things - a sense of the scale of the growth of Hitler's support, and some insight into his personality.At first, it's a little disconcerting to hear so many English accents, but it does ultimately serve to build the characters - I can hear toff-ish-ness much better in an English accent than I can an attempt at a German one, and Carlyle's working-class demeanour conveys an aspect of Hilter's character that's easy to overlook.