Goebbels and the Führer

Goebbels and the Führer

From 1938 to 1945, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels makes Hitler’s plans for war and annihilation acceptable to the masses – with speeches, newsreels and feature films, while even his marriage becomes an affair of state. Joachim A. Lang interweaves re-enacted scenes from the innermost circle of power, whose dialogue is based on diaries and minutes, with historical archive footage and testimonies of Holocaust survivors. The film exposes how propaganda works and why its mechanisms still have an effect today. Original title: “Führer und Verführer”.

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Editing: Rainer Nigrelli

Winner: Audience Award (National), 41st Filmfest München 2024
Prädikat: „besonders wertvoll“ (FBW)
Festivals: Filmfest München 2024 (world premiere, Spotlight), Film Fest Gent 2024

Theatrical release: 11 July 2024 (Germany), 6 June 2025 (UK, “Goebbels and the Führer”)

“In a precisely crafted editing sequence (editing: Rainer Nigrelli), the film weaves available archive material […] together with dramatised scenes” – Weltexpresso

“… supported by Rainer Nigrelli’s brilliant editing” – FBW-Jury

“… virtuosically edited parallels between fiction and archive footage” – film-rezensionen.de

“Here, archive footage and feature film plot are woven into an organic whole.” – artechock

„The film shrewdly mixes real archive footage with dramatic dialogue scenes“ – The Guardian

Cast: Robert Stadlober, Fritz Karl, Franziska Weisz, Katia Fellin, Sascha Göpel, Oliver Fleischer and others

Written and directed by: Joachim A. Lang

Cinematography: Klaus Fuxjäger

Music: Michael Klaukien

Production: Zeitsprung Pictures (Till Derenbach, Michael Souvignier) in co-production with SWR, in collaboration with MAYA Film and Act HeadQuarter Media