Obyknovennyy fashizm

Feb 1 1968 R 2h 18m
Documentary, History, War

Romm's "Ordinary Fascism" pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s–1940s Europe, but also to a firmest of convictions that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world.

Plot

The film uses captured trophy chronicles from the film archives of the Ministry of Propaganda of Nazi Germany (Third Reich) and Hitler's personal photo archive, as well as numerous amateur photographs discovered by the SS men. Romm, a direct follower of Eisenstein, Vertov, Pudovkin, in this film masterfully uses expressive means of editing, musical design, journalistic speech to characterize the Nazi regime. It is due to the counterpoint of chronicles, voiceover and music that the film has such a strong emotional impact on the viewer.

Written by

Yuri Khanyutin, Mikhail Romm, Maya Turovskaya

Directed by

Mikhail Romm

Cast

Mikhail Romm, Martin Bormann, Willy Brandt

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
2,184
Average Rating
8.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA