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Dramatization of the conference at Wannsee organized by SS General Reinhard Heydrich where the "final solution to the Jewish question" was to be decid
On January 20, 1942, with the tide of war turning in favor of the Allies, a small group of SS officers, government ministers, and Nazi officials met near Berlin to decide the fate of Europe's Jews. Based on the only surviving record of that meeting, Conspiracy is a powerful combination of historical reconstruction and speculation that attempts to offer new insights into a pivotal moment in history. The cast does a marvelous job of fleshing out the documentary evidence to create convincing characters. Kenneth Branagh is especially chilling as SS Chief of Security Reinhard Heydrich, who uses a combination of charm and ruthless power-mongering to gain support for his plans. Colin Firth is fascinating as Wilhelm Stuckart, a lawyer who sees the brutal tactics of the SS as a threat to his own intellectualized anti-Semitism, and Stanley Tucci gives a wonderfully understated performance as Adolf Eichmann. Conspiracy is a carefully crafted, completely unsensational film that offers ample proof of the banality of evil. There are no histrionics and no comic-book Nazi villains, just a small group of politicians and war-weary soldiers arguing about the meaning of words and the logistics of extermination, calmly preparing to unleash an unimaginable horror on the world. --Simon Leake
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Summary: A brilliant glimpse into the "banality of evil"
Kenneth Branagh's masterpiece takes imaginative liberties with an actual event, the infamous "Wannsee Conference" of January 1942 where some administrative details of the evolving "Final Solution" were discussed. The only surviving copy of the minutes leaves abmiguity about just how far this discussion went, but Branagh unerringly captures the essence of Naziism -- an unstable mix of psychopathic anti-semitism, ruthless bureaucratic politics, self-delusion, and orderly, businesslike German behavior. Branagh himself turns in a star performance as the courtly yet implacable Reinhard Heydrich, one of history's most fascinating monsters. Within the ensemble cast of brilliant actors Stanley Tucci absolutely nails the obsequeous Adolph Eichmann, and Barnaby Kay is compelling in the role of Rudolph Lange, a hardened SS veteran of the Eastern Front who exhibits no conscience but some curiousity over the business in which he finds himself engaged. Colin Firth is utterly brilliant as Wilhelm Stuckart, author of the infamous Nuremburg Laws and a man who tempers his pathological hatred of Jews with an equally obsessive need to see the elimination of the Jews done in a legal fashion. Ian McNeice steals scene after scene as the oafish yet jolly Nazi party hack Gerhard Klopfer. The remaining cast members deliver convincing performances in a beautifully recreated setting. This film comes closer than any I have seen in terms of explaining how evil really works, and why the Nazis continue to fascinate us.
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Summary: Instant Classic!
You know the movie has great writing and acting when the entire film takes place inside two rooms but is just as entertaining as any big budget hollywood film! These are what movies were like back in the day, no big special effects just a great story and great acting. Kenneth Branagh shows that he can easily be the star of a movie, he plays Reinhard Heydrich, the man assigned to assure the final solution is agreed upon. If you are a WWII buff or want to learn more about this period you must watch this.
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Summary: must see
This movie about the Wannsee Conference which led to the "Final Solution" will keep you glued to the screen with exceptional dialogue and acting and not much else. It is a chilling representation of the psyche of Hitler's henchmen
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Summary: An appaling history lesson!
Based on the sole surviving record of this historical meeting, "Conspiracy" dramatizes the gathering of high-ranking SS officers and Nazi Party officials in Wannsee, outskirts of Berlin, to outline the guidelines, procedures and logistics of the "Final Solution", the systematic extermination of jews. With impeccable performances of Branagh & Tucci, and a irreproachable supporting cast, the picture displays the efficiency, as well the arrogance and contempt, wich the so-called "Master Race" plotted to commit the mass-assassination of 6 millions lives. Highly recommended to Holocaust scholars and drama movies fans.
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Summary: Chilling movie - at least they didn't have Powerpoint
One of the best movies of that type around. They acting is superb with Branagh proving himself a worthwhile Nazi yet again(check him out in Swing Kids). The movie points to how the Solution was made practical in the eyes of the criminals- remove the humanity of the victims and it becomes a basic problem. The meeting itself was run with a cold attention to details- Dilbert was never like this.
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