Conspiracy (2001) 7.8
A dramatic recreation of the Wannsee Conference where the Nazi Final Solution phase of the Holocaust was devised. Director:Frank PiersonWriter:Loring Mandel |
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Conspiracy (2001) 7.8
A dramatic recreation of the Wannsee Conference where the Nazi Final Solution phase of the Holocaust was devised. Director:Frank PiersonWriter:Loring Mandel |
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Kenneth Branagh | ... | ||
Clare Bullus | ... |
Maid
(as Claire Bullus)
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Stanley Tucci | ... | ||
Simon Markey | ... |
Stenographer
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David Glover | ... |
Supervising Butler
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David Willoughby | ... |
Orderly #1
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Tom Hiddleston | ... |
Phone Operator
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David Spinx | ... |
Cook
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Dirk Martens | ... |
NCO
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Barnaby Kay | ... | ||
Peter Sullivan | ... | ||
Ben Daniels | ... | ||
Andreas Günther | ... |
NCO2
(as Andreas Guenther)
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Ewan Stewart | ... | ||
Brian Pettifer | ... |
The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking German officials came to the historic and far reaching decision that the Jews of Europe were to be exterminated in what would come to be known as the Holocaust. Written by Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>
Conspiracy debuted on HBO in 2001 and centers on the infamous Wannsee conference, where fifteen high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany government and military devised the final solution of the Jewish problem in Europe. The meeting took place in a beautiful house in rural Germany, where food and wine were served, and ideas were born.
This film is the best World War II era film i have ever seen, and one of the best movies i have seen, period. The cast is mostly unknown, but out-act any all-star cast Hollywood has ever produced. Kenneth Branaugh delivers an excellent performance as Heydrich, the head of the table at the meeting. He threatens people with a smile on his face, and barely bats an eye while speaking of killing thousands of people. Stanley Tucci is also great as the party-planner Eichmann, who set up the entire meeting, from the venue to the food to the topics. The way he counts the number of Jews that can be exterminated in a a given period of time is downright creepy. The cast also includes great turns by Colin Firth, a lawyer and professor who thinks the systematic slaughter of the Jews is bad for Germany's future, and Ian McNiece, who plays a hateful and witty official.
The dialogue is smart, funny, and chilling, and contains some jabs at all sides of the biggest war in Earth's history. This is a great movie to show in a history class, before watching a bunch of war movies, or if you just have an interest in the war. It teaches a lot more about the time than Saving Private Ryan (great movie too, but really one-sided), and features the best acting this side of the Godfather.---9/10