Force of Evil

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 0M

Director : Dimitri Miades

Synopsis

This Emmy Award-winning documentary traces the rise of Nazism in general and the career of Adolf Eichmann in particular by documenting the small incremental steps the Nazis took to introduce their ideology of anti-semitism in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.

Actors

Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse
Narrator

Crews

Dimitri Miades
Dimitri Miades
Director
Stephen Schlow
Stephen Schlow
Producer
Stephen Schlow
Stephen Schlow
Writer
John Baynard
John Baynard
Cinematography
Marc Hopmayer
Marc Hopmayer
Editor

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