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An expose of Hitler´s relationship with film and his influence on the film industry
A presence in Third Reich cinema, Adolf Hitler also personally financed, ordered, and censored films and newsreels and engaged in complex relationships with their stars and directors. Here, Bill Niven offers a powerful argument for reconsidering Hitler´s fascination with film as a means to further the Nazi agenda.
In this first English-language work to fully explore Hitler´s influence on and relationship with film in Nazi Germany, the author calls on a broad array of archival sources. Arguing that Hitler was as central to the Nazi film industry as Goebbels, Niven also explores Hitler´s representation in Third Reich cinema, personally and through films focusing on historical figures with whom he was associated, and how Hitler´s vision for the medium went far beyond "straight propaganda." He aimed to raise documentary film to a powerful art form rivaling architecture in its ability to reach the masses.

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