Mr. Schmidt of the Gestapo

(Herr Schmidt von der Gestapo – Filmische Dokumentation einer Beamtenkarriere)

GDR, 1989, 102 min, color/b&w
In German; no subtitles
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Synopsis

A 74-year-old man is brought before a regional court in Dresden. The former high-up SS official is brought back to the scene of his crimes after more than 40 years. The trial provides the framework for this film, in which an understanding of this SS-man's social development reveals the origins and mechanisms of National Socialism.

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