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This is for sure a very interesting, documentary, styled reenactment. For any one who enjoyed the rather excellent 'Hunting Hitler' series TV series (me included) will obviously find this of great interest. I wonder though about a lot of the information they deem as fact and the dramatization is padded out, on what we are told as "factual testimony". We do know for sure that 30,000 high ranking Nazis escaped to South America and most lived out very peaceful lives, as well as the ones who ran very successful companies in a Post War Germany.

This needed to follow the actual book to the letter to be a believable account of Hitlers escape to Argentina. He most likely did escape and there is overwhelming evidence that an imposter was left to be identified as his dead body. Basically the third reich was just a huge smash and grab of all the wealth of the Jews and any undesirables that were just killed off as well as all the art and wealth of any countries that the nazi took over. Typical of tyrants, to take from those less fortunate and amass wealth and luxury for themselves as the populace suffers. What happened to Mussolini should have happened to Hitler but he got away with it. But in the end he actually did not as far as Gods judgment was on him after he died. I'm sure he's not in a good place today and forever.

After DNA test of a skull in Russia proved to be that of a woman and not Hitler, I have had doubts that he died in Berlin. This could be fiction but quite a lot of high profile Nazi's escaped to south-america and a tunnel from Hitlers bunker was discovered that connected to railway so it was possible that he could get out. This movie continues with those rumors and is based on a book where its author tracked down real eye witnesses. These people if real and telling the truth have proven he did survive and claims C.I.A were also tracking him and maybe knew where he was.

I hated this film. Why? Well, let's dive into it, shall we??

First, 95% of this film consists of reenactment by people who down't look like the real people at all. It all looks and feels like a bad C-grade movie with voice overs telling presumed testimonies or (even more vague) "stories" by people who are very sure they saw Hitler in Argentina after WWII.

So, Hitler is there and Eva Braun (sorry, Eva Hitler) is there too. While Hitler plans to build up a Fourth Reich, Eva records everything like she did on the Obersalzberg (remember those color images?).

The whole time I wonder: "Yeah, okay, but why should I believe all that? Where is the evidence? Where is a source, even a face of one of those witnesses?" And then, at one point, one of those witnesses, a maiden who says she served food to Hitler, tells us "Hitler ate sausage and ham like all the other people".

Really? He did? That's strange, isn't it. Because Hitler was a proclaimed VEGETARIAN. So, maybe they just got this wrong? Maybe she didn't remember correctly? (The filmmakers did neither, since they show us how Hitler eats a chicken or something.)

The further this "documentary" (if you want to call it that) goes, the more fictitious stories pile up. Nothing is backed up by some evidence, nothing feels any more real as the wet fever dream of some Neonazi who really does not want to believe, "the Führer" committed suicide.

Is it that what this film is all about? To cash in on the fascination on Adolf Hitler? give Hitler fans some hope, their idol might have survived? show some new images from a happy, yet determined Führer accompanied by Eva Braun (sorry, Eva Hitler), their dog and their daughter (because of course they have one)?

I can't tell you, only the filmmakers could.

All I can tell you is, I felt irritated, offended, disgusted - and probably most problematic of all - highly bored by this nonsense. Do not watch.

Well done Gerrard Williams brilliantly put together and very well told very very enlightening stuff and the music featured was fabulous .......great job by all .....I will be watching grey wolf again ........the dramatisations of the people in questions testimony is done very well and it really brings the book to life ...really opens your eyes and leaves it for the viewer to make up his or hers own mind ...beutiful soundtrack great title score and really adds to the movie...as I said very well put together ...really enjoyed it...have to say book goes into a lot more detail so check it out gerrard has done a great job bringing the book to life

This film is a hoax. I quit watching halfway through and looked up the facts about the movie. It has links to Stormfront, an online white supremacist hate group. Read the Wikipedia article below for details:

This is a Terrific film about Hitler escaping and moving to Argentina - South America ... well acted, great documentary drama - and the lack of evidence for Hitler's Death in Berlin is very strange - there is just as much evidence that Hitler escaped than he didn't ... i guess you believe who you want to - but Hunting Hitler is a great follow up to this film ...

Horribly written, horribly acted. This had such potential. Im readung the book now and it was put together much better. This needed to be done more like a documentary and less like a bad movie of the week. I wanted facts, not drama.

This is effectively a "daytime TV movie" based on pure speculation and not a shred of remotely convincing factual evidence, despite the blurb on the cover stating "based on interviews with eyewitness and years of dedicated research".

If the evidence for this scenario was so compelling, why didn't they make a documentary?

"Iron Sky" (Nazis on the moon)is only slightly less fanciful.

I'm disappointed Dan Snow has allowed his name to be printed on the front cover of this guff.

Avoid this at all costs.

Terrible film that tries to deceive its audience of an absolute historical falsity. Almost attempts to humanise Hitler, one of the world monsters ever spewed out of the world, there's a scene about 2 minutes and 10 seconds long which is just of Hitler crying - why do we have this scene? What is it meant to show. Implied regret at his actions are also included in this hellfest.

The actual evidence is non existent and all ridiculous hearsay, in fact it sometimes works against this fringe theory such as it being stated that Hitler signed multiple books and everyone from the neighbourhood knew him, oh did they? Where are these books and where are these people? That's right, they don't exist or are vile liars doing it for attention to add insult to injury to the millions of people genocided.

1/10: Disgusting media.

Well done documentary, or a alternate telling of history.

What we KNOW in real life is Hitler did NOT die, like the officials claimed.

The rest is up for debate and this movie, is it a documentary or a documentary drama.... I have no clue, but it was a good watch, well directed and edited.

Do not let people discourage you because their feelings are hurt or they dare not want people to think for themselves.

Excellent movie, a 10 out of 10 imo.

This is a vile little pseudo-documentary. The kind of movie that makes a mockery of 'serious history'. Anyone with a general understanding of the fall of the Third Reich would notice issues with this as soon as it begins. In terms of the voice overs and the acting, the 1.5m that the courts seem to have trouble clawing back for the defunct investment fund have been woefully spent. Don't waste your time. Watch DOWNFALL or read Hugh Trevor Roper on the subject.

Beautiful movie worth your precious time for sure. Thought provoking movie, potraites nicely the other side of the coin. What could have been happened if he had really escaped, soul touching movie. The old age is hell on earth irrespective of your nationality and the power you possess. After reading several books and seeing multiple documentaries I personally think that he really escaped to Argentina. You need to understand one thing that if 1,2,3,4 or even 5 people are saying something it can be a lie. But if more than 5 people are saying the same thing so concretely and also the fact that this all people are of different age and gender and social groups. They are not connected in any possible manner with each other. It can be really true and the movie potraites the same elegantly. Even the furer could not avoid the old age horrors and betrayals.

All this will remain a true mystery forever.

Just wasted my time on this pointless stoopid theory.