"Das Dritte Reich - In Farbe" is a German 105-minute documentary from almost 15 years ago and the title already says what this is about. It is all kinds of color video recordings from the days of the 3rd Reich. This includes Hitler himself, his closest advisers, but also every day life in Germany and war footage. A couple years ago, I watched a documentary series about World War II in color, and this one we have here also covers the 6 years before that, i.e. the first half of the Nazi regime. The heart and soul here is obviously the visual side and the rare addition of color adds very much to the material. I would not say that the contents in here are boring or uninteresting, but it is all overshadowed by the color. So it is a bit style over substance, but still, there are interesting sequences, such as the Goebbels children shown together in harmony, completely unaware of their tragic fates at this point and a couple more interesting scenes. All in all, this documentary by Michael Kloft adds nothing really new in terms of the historic context, but it is still a convincing watch and I recommend it to everybody with an interest in 20th century politics. Thumbs up.
