The Decent One
2014•12•1h 34m•6.4•Released
DocumentaryWar
Through previously undiscovered private letters, photos and diaries that were found in the Himmler family house in 1945, the "The Decent One" exposes a unique and at times uncomfortable access to the life and mind of the merciless "Architect of the Final Solution" Heinrich Himmler.
Director
Vanessa Lapa
Writer
Ori Weisbrod, Vanessa Lapa
Languages
German, English
Studio
Medienwerkstatt Wien
Cast
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage)
Tobias Moretti
Heinrich Himmler (voice)
Sophie Rois
Marga Himmler (voice)
Lotte Ledl
Hedwig Potthast (voice)
Gudrun Himmler
Antonia Moretti
Gudrun Himmler (voice)
Florentin Groll
Gehbard Himmler (voice)
Pauline Knof
Anna Himmler (voice)
Lenz Moretti
Young Heinrich Himmler (voice)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Rudolf Gorsleben
Margarethe Himmler
Ernst Röhm
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Medienwerkstatt Wien
Company
Realworks
Producer
Vanessa Lapa
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