Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust" (2022)
Six million Jews died during World War II, both in the extermination camps and murdered by the mobile commandos of the Einsatzgruppen and police battalions, whose members shot men, women and children, day after day, obediently, as if it were a normal job, a fact that is hardly known today. Who were these men and how could they commit such crimes?
Director: Manfred Oldenburg
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Philipp Moog as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Christopher R. Browning as Self - Historian |
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Hilary Earl as Self - Historian |
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Stefan Klemp as Self - Historian |
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Stefan Kühl as Self - Sociologist |
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Harald Welzer as Self - Social Psychologist |
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Benjamin Ferencz as Self - Jurist |
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Markus Friedmann as Reenactment Performer |
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Philine Conrad as Reenactment Performer |
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Roman Boeer de Garcez as Reenactment Performer |
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Johnny Engelmann as Reenactment Performer |
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Andreas Heine as Reenactment Performer |
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Sönke Hünding as Reenactment Performer |
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Max Jundt as Reenactment Performer |
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Christian Kemmling as Reenactment Performer |
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Thomas Marufke as Reenactment Performer |
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Waldemar Müller as Reenactment Performer |
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Michael Nowak as Reenactment Performer |
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Paul Pfeiffer as Reenactment Performer |
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Tino Ruhlig as Reenactment Performer |
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Erik Schwarz as Reenactment Performer |
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Frank Stüdgens as Reenactment Performer |
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Marc Wehner as Reenactment Performer |
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Alexander Wilczek as Reenactment Performer |
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Otto Ohlendorf as Self (archive footage) |
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Dina Pronicheva as Self (archive footage) |
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Julius Wohlauf as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Manfred Oldenburg | Director |
| Production | Leopold Hoesch | Producer |
| Writing | Manfred Oldenburg | Writer |
| Camera | Domenic Barbero | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Björn Schneider | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tizian Satlek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Oliver Halmburger | Co-Director |
| Editing | Dirk Hergenhahn | Editor |
| Production | Carsten Götsche | Production Manager |
| Camera | Ed Regan | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lisa Oellers | Researcher |
| Writing | Laura Freialdenhoven | Creative Producer |
| Camera | Florian Ungerer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Till Möhrke | Sound |
| Sound | Michael Thäle | Sound |
| Sound | Tim Teichmann | Sound |
| Camera | Tobias Corts | Director of Photography |
| Editing | André Hammesfahr | Editor |
| Camera | Jonas Köck | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Philipp Krebser | Sound |
| Sound | Stefan Ziethen | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Bettina Kluge | Production Controller |
| Writing | Daniel Gaziano | Creative Producer |
| Camera | Sebastian Woithe | Director of Photography |
| Production | Niko Körner | Researcher |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalie Aust | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yasmin Vardar | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Kelly Oostman | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Marc von Kuk | Gaffer |
| Editing | Maurice Langehein | Colorist |
| Production | Karl Hax | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Lenin de los Reyes | Sound |
| Production | Tobias Sybel | Unit Manager |
| Production | Anica Liebetruth | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joachim Kuhlmann | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Camera | Florian Epple | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sarah Schneider | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lara Sauer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Sebastian Kaltmeyer | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Maurice Langehein | Post Production Supervisor |