Albert Speer is an enigma.
The highest-ranking Nazi in Nuremberg to be spared the death sentence, Speer was one of Hitler's closest confidants, his chief architect, and responsible for 12 million slave laborers. And yet, even now, he has the reputation of being "a good Nazi" - a myth he carefully constructed himself.
In 1971, while Speer was working on a screenplay for Paramount Pictures, based on his memoir he was interviewed and the resulting 40 hours' long of unpublished audio cassettes have been used in this new documentary which shows Speer's brazen attempt to whitewash his past.
Speer Goes To Hollywood■
Synopsis
How did a man in charge of 12 million slaves become "the good Nazi"? A cautionary tale about Albert Speer's 1971 attempt to whitewash his past with a Hollywood adaptation of his bestselling wartime memoir, "Inside the Third Reich".
Credits
Rating: TBA
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Director: Vanessa Lapa
Cast: Albert Speer (archive footage)
Awards
Israeli Film Academy: Winner, Best Documentary
Jerusalem FF: Winner, Best Director
