The rise of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is often credited to propagandist Joseph Goebbels, who can mobilize the masses into a single belief. With the help of archival footage and documents, Goebbels and the Führer narrates the last years and friendship between Goebbels and Hitler before their demise.

The historical docudrama stars Robert Stadlober (Andrea Gets a Divorce, Summer Storm), Franziska Weisz (The Swarm, Stations of the Cross), and Fritz Karl (Sisi, The Silent Mountain).

Goebbels and the Führer is directed and written by Joachim A. Lang (Mack The Knife—Brechts Threepenny Film).

Here is the film description:

The film follows the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler’s “Minister of Propaganda,” Joseph Goebbels, in his last seven years by Hitler’s side. While Hitler is at the height of his power, Goebbels is the cunning architect of the imagery and words powering the support of the genocidal Third Reich. As the Nazis face defeat in Stalingrad in early 1943, Goebbels plans his most radical propaganda act of his regime.

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LRM Online’s Gig Patta spoke with writer-director Joachim A. Lang with professor Thomas Weber translating on crafting the historical drama, the cast, and keeping it historically accurate with the archival footage.

Joachim A. Lang produced and directed numerous documentaries, feature films, and shows for German television. In 2013, he directed the German television award-winning film George. He followed in 2018 with Mack The Knife—Brecht’s Threepenny Film, in which Lars Eidinger was starring in the lead role.

Thomas Weber is a history and international affairs professor and the founding director of the Centre of Global Security and Governance at the University of Aberdeen. Also, he is a visiting fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; an associate fellow of the Center of Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies at the University of Bonn; a senior associate of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Munk School for Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto; and a member of security history network at Utrecht University.

Goebbels and the Führer is on-demand and digitally on Friday, October 4.

Watch the exclusive interview with director-writer Joachim A. Lang and professor Thomas Weber below. Let us know what you think of the interview.

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Source: LRM Online Exclusive, Samuel Goldwyn Films