Apr 30th
Hitler: The Rise of Evil**
Canada/US TVM 2003. Alliance Atlantis. 177m. (2 parts)

One-dimensional biopic covering Adolf Hitler's rise to power up to and including the first blood purges in 1933, played by an actor who frequently drops his t's and h's, but physically a remarkable performance, and the production is strong and offers detailed depictions of the failed Munich Beer Hall putsch of 1921, and of Hitler's tragic infatuation with his niece.

Written by: John Pielmeier, G. Ross Parker.
Producer: John Ryan.
Director: Christian Duguay.
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Julianna Margulies, Liev Schreiber, Matthew Modine, Jena Malone, Stockard Channing, Peter O'Toole (as Hindenburg), Peter Stormare, Frederick Von Thun, Zoe Telford.
Photography: Pierre Gill.
Music: Norman Corbeil.
Editing: Henk Van Eeghen, Sylvain Lebel.