The Followers

The Followers (1985)

DramaDocumentary

Combining archival footage with dramatized episodes based on real accounts, this film examines everyday life in Nazi Germany through the experiences of ordinary citizens. Directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz and Erwin Leiser, it traces how conformity, opportunism, fear, and routine compromise drew “ordinary” men and women into complicity with the regime, revealing the banality of evil at work in daily life.

Directors: Eberhard Itzenplitz, Erwin Leiser.

Casts

	Armin Mueller-Stahl as
	Gottfried John as Brocke
	Karin Baal as Elisabeth Kurz
	Friedrich W. Bauschulte as
	Horst Bollmann as Strobel
	Felix von Manteuffel as
	Lisi Mangold as
	Therese Lohner as Ellen Kurz
	Edith Teichmann as
	Regina Lemnitz as
	Ilsemarie Schnering as

Crew