Eva Braun

The Private Films of her Beloved Adolf Hitler

Author: Beate Schwarz

Length: 52'

On October 11, 1945, five months after the fall of the Third Reich, the American Secret Service discovered 28 rolls of film in Schladming, Austria. They were being hidden away by a SS officer's mother. It was a sensational discovery - the private films of Eva Hitler, née Braun. Private films of Adolf Hitler and his friends and surroundings. They are, up to now, the only uncensored films of the 'Fuehrer' and his trusted Nazi cronies. Additionally, Eva Braun filmed the outings and the many activities they did together with her family and the wives of Hitler's confidants: trips to Norway and Italy, swimming and ski outings in the Austrian Alps. It was a luxurious life, devoid of privation but with its own strict observance of form and custom, the same daily conformity, the same guests - completely juxtaposed to the bloody reality of the Third Reich.

year of production: 1997