Hitler's Evil Science

Hitler's Evil Science

98 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | May 25, 2019

In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history to legitimize a hideous system and was an accomplice to its unspeakable crimes. The story of the Ahnenerbe, a sinister organization created to rewrite the obscure origins of a nation.

Hitler's Evil Science

98 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | May 25, 2019

Hitler's Evil Science
In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history to legitimize a hideous system and was an accomplice to its unspeakable crimes. The story of the Ahnenerbe, a sinister organization created to rewrite the obscure origins of a nation.
Producers ARTE, Upside Production
Original title Sciences nazies : la race, le sol et le sang
Directors David Korn-Brzoza
Writers Johann Chapoutot, David Korn-Brzoza

Cast

Vincent Lindon

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Yves Ternon

as Self - Historian / Physician

Michael Kater

as Self - Historian

Laurent Olivier

as Self - Archeologist / Historian

Peter Schöttler

as Self - Historian

Christian Ingrao

as Self - Historian

Christina Kott

as Self - Historian

Raphaël Toledano

as Self - Physician

Adolf Hitler

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ernst Schäfer

as Self - Explorer (archive footage)

Bruno Beger

as Self - Anthropologist (archive footage)

Richard Walther Darré

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Wolfram Sievers

as Self - Ahnenerbe Director (archive footage)

Ernest Idoux

as Self - Farmer (archive footage)

Henri Henripierre

as Self - Hirt's Employee (archive footage)

Telford Taylor

as Self - Prosecutor (archive footage)