Our Hitler, A Film From Germany

German director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg, who was born in 1935 and grew up under Nazi rule, presents an epic nightmare ruminating on the effect Adolf Hitler had and continues to have on Germany and on humankind. Originally presented on German television in four parts, OUR HITLER's American release (at seven and a half hours) is generally shown in two parts. Syberberg presents a simple theme: Such evil as occurred in Hitler could never have existed without the support, however unwitting, of the rest of humanity. (The word "our" was added to the American title by its distributor, Francis Ford Coppola, driving the point home further.) The presentation is the stuff of nig...