The Architecture of Doom (Undergångens arkitektur) 35 years old

The Nazi philosophy of beauty through violence

Featuring never-before-seen film footage of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, The Architecture of Doom captures the inner workings of the Third Reich and illuminates the Nazi aesthetic in art, architecture and popular culture. From Nazi party rallies to the final days inside Hitler's bunker, this sensational film shows how Adolf Hitler rose from being a failed artist to creating a world of ponderous kitsch and horrifying terror. Hitler worshipped ancient Rome and Greece, and dreamed of a new Golden Age of classical art and monumental architecture, populated by beautiful, patriotic Aryans. Degenerated artists and inferior races had no place in his lurid fantasy. As this riveting film shows, the Nazis went from banning the art of modernists like Picasso to forced euthanasia of the retarded and sick, and finally to the persecution of homosexuals and the extermination of the Jews.

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The Architecture of Doom Cast

Name	Character
Bruno Ganz He was 48, 77 years old when he died	as German narrator
Jeanne Moreau She was 61, 89 years old when she died	as French narrator
Sam Gray He was 66, 29 years old when he died	as English narrator

The Architecture of Doom Crew

Name	Department
Peter Cohen as Director. He was 43 (now 78) years old	Directing
Peter Cohen as Writer. He was 43 (now 78) years old	Writing