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 |
| Directing | Oliver Halmburger | Co-Director |
| Camera | Domenic Barbero | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ed Regan | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Björn Schneider | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dirk Hergenhahn | Editor |
| Sound | Tizian Satlek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Carsten Götsche | Production Manager |
| Editing | André Hammesfahr | Editor |
| Writing | Laura Freialdenhoven | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Daniel Gaziano | Creative Producer |
| Camera | Jonas Köck | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Florian Ungerer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sebastian Woithe | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Stefan Ziethen | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Lisa Oellers | Researcher |
| Production | Niko Körner | Researcher |
| Crew | Bettina Kluge | Production Controller |
| Sound | Philipp Krebser | Sound |
| Sound | Till Möhrke | Sound |
| Sound | Michael Thäle | Sound |
| Sound | Tim Teichmann | Sound |
| Camera | Tobias Corts | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Florian Epple | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sarah Schneider | Casting |
| Sound | Lenin de los Reyes | Sound |
| Lighting | Marc von Kuk | Gaffer |
| Production | Tobias Sybel | Unit Manager |
| Production | Anica Liebetruth | Unit Manager |
| Production | Karl Hax | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joachim Kuhlmann | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lara Sauer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yasmin Vardar | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalie Aust | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Maurice Langehein | Colorist |
| Crew | Maurice Langehein | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Kelly Oostman | Sound Recordist |
| Visual Effects | Sebastian Kaltmeyer | Visual Effects |