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Dominican Rep. Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin documentary
- Original title
- Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 86 min.
- Country
Austria- Director
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Documentaries about history
- Synopsis
- In the documentary production “Blind Spot” 81-year-old Traudl Junge describes on camera for the first time an absolutely extraordinary aspect of her life. From autumn 1942 to the final collapse of the Nazi regime Frau Junge was Hitler’s private secretary. In this capacity she worked with him in the Wolf’s Lair (his field headquarters in East Prussia), at his Bavarian residence at Berchtesgaden, on the Führer’s special train and - in the final weeks of the war - in Hitler’s bunker as Berlin came under siege. He dictated his final will and testament to her. In spring 2001, due to the efforts of the writer Melissa Müller, André Heller met Traudl Junge and was able to persuade her that it would be fascinating as well as historically important to make a record of her unique experiences... and of her present attitudes to that time, after years of contemplation and self-analysis. Together with documentary filmmaker Othmar Schmiderer, Heller has condensed 10 hours of material into a 90-minute film that renounces all form of stylistic embellishment and instead relies entirely on the compelling force of this woman and her stunning tale. 56 years after the end of the war one of the most important eye witnesses to the events reveals her story. We learn that her experiences left her with a vehement hatred for the Nazi regime and ideology, though – and this is perhaps the most painful aspect of her very personal story – she still seems unable to forgive the young girl she once was for the naivete and ignorance that led her to admire Hitler.
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- Awards
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2002: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary Award2002: Chicago Film Festival: Best Documentary2002: Berlin Film Festival: Panorama Audience Award
- Critics' reviews
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"A riveting encounter with the woman who was Hitler's secretary...In a daring and successful stylistic choice, directors Heller and Schmiderer include almost nothing in the film but Junge."
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"The filmmakers are smart to cut between their primary interview and later footage of Junge watching that interview and offering further commentary -- living footnotes, as it were."
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"Isn't an act of expiation but a gift of understanding."
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"Junge's testimony about the last days in Hitler's bunker will fascinate the layperson, but it adds little to what is already known by historians."
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"Viewers hoping for new revelations will have to be content with learning that Hitler suffered from severe stomach problems. Yet there's much more here than a trickle of unsatisfying tidbits."
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"Although Junge had consulted with a few historians and moviemakers over the years, she had never really unburdened herself, and this 90-minute documentary is a devastating act of personal confession."
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