Human Remains (1998)
Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives -- their favorite foods, films, habits and sexual preferences. There is no mention of their public lives or of their place in history. The intentional omission of the horrors for which these men were responsible hovers over the film.
Director: Jay Rosenblatt
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Eva Braun as Self (archive footage) |
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Francisco Franco as Self (archive footage) |
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Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) |
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Vladimir Lenin as Self (archive footage) |
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Mao Zedong as Self (archive footage) |
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Benito Mussolini as Self (archive footage) |
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Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage) |
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Leon Trotsky as Self (archive footage) |
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Paul von Hindenburg as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Jay Rosenblatt | Director |
