Human Remains

1998
30m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

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Documentary Short

Film clips of the 20th century's great dictators with narration in first person combine to form a fascinating portrait of power and evil.Film clips of the 20th century's great dictators with narration in first person combine to form a fascinating portrait of power and evil.Film clips of the 20th century's great dictators with narration in first person combine to form a fascinating portrait of power and evil.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

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Awards
- 9 wins & 1 nomination

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Eva Braun

Self
(archive footage)

Francisco Franco

Self
(archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self
(archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Self
(archive footage)
(as V.I. Lenin)

Zedong Mao

Self
(archive footage)
(as Mao Zedong)

Benito Mussolini

Self
(archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self
(archive footage)
(as Iosif Stalin)

Lev Trotskiy

Self
(archive footage)
(as Leon Trotsky)

Paul von Hindenburg

Self
(archive footage)

Director
- Jay Rosenblatt
Writer
- Jay Rosenblatt
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10/10

A powerful look at the banality behind evil

This short psuedodocumentary is worth the search. It takes 5 of the major dictators of the 20th century (Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Franco, Mao) and shows us glimpses of their daily personal lives. It captures the averageness in the lives of dictators, but is never boring. With a first-person narration, the subjects take on a familiar feel, which becomes even creepier when you realize how their everyday habits, gripes, and superstitions could lead to genocide.

A first-rate effort, from the research to the footage to the narration.