This documentary makes a LOT of assumptions about what Goering, Himmler, Hess, Bormann, Speer or Goebbels might a have wanted, felt or said at any given moment while in reality we simply do not know. They are presented like they are participants in a Big Brother type reality show. Making alliances, plotting and betraying each other at any chance they get, apparently just to keep this documentary interesting.
It is very repetitive, many events are shown and explained more than once. There must be at least a hundred shots of Himmler sitting at a desk looking at papers or Bormann smoking.
The actors playing the inner circle during the 3 first episodes taking place in the 1920s were mostly spot on in terms of appearance, but once we move to the 1930-1940s, they are all replaced by much older actors that do not look at all like their real life counterparts. The actor playing Himmler at 45 looks like he's 65. They should have kept the same actor until the end and simply used some aging make-up.
The British historians (all but one) that are featured seem to revel in calling each members of the inner circle twisted, evil, mad, jealous, murderous, coward... OK we get it, they are nazis. The British empire, long before WWII and even a bit after, committed its share of atrocities all over Africa, Asia and Oceania. Sometimes it seems that these historians are just too happy to point fingers at nazis to deflect from their own history.
It is very repetitive, many events are shown and explained more than once. There must be at least a hundred shots of Himmler sitting at a desk looking at papers or Bormann smoking.
The actors playing the inner circle during the 3 first episodes taking place in the 1920s were mostly spot on in terms of appearance, but once we move to the 1930-1940s, they are all replaced by much older actors that do not look at all like their real life counterparts. The actor playing Himmler at 45 looks like he's 65. They should have kept the same actor until the end and simply used some aging make-up.
The British historians (all but one) that are featured seem to revel in calling each members of the inner circle twisted, evil, mad, jealous, murderous, coward... OK we get it, they are nazis. The British empire, long before WWII and even a bit after, committed its share of atrocities all over Africa, Asia and Oceania. Sometimes it seems that these historians are just too happy to point fingers at nazis to deflect from their own history.