On April 30, 1945, while the Russian Army surrounded Berlin, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker. His body was discovered a few days later by the Soviets. He would be positively identified after a top secret inquest in which Hitler's personal dentist would play a central role. And yet, at the same time, Stalin publicly declared that his army was unable to find the Führer's body, choosing to let the wildest rumors develop and going so far as to accuse some of his Allies of having aided the monster's probable escape. What secrets were hidden behind this dissimulation? What happened then to the two ladies involved in the identification of Hitler’s body?
Direction
Tight 52 minutes—no fat, just escalating dread.
Editing
Juxtaposes Soviet footage with secret testimonies perfectly.
Director
Jean-Pierre Bozon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hitler's dentist, Hugo Blaschke, was captured by the Americans and gave identical testimony—but was never imprisoned, unlike his assistant Heusermann who the Soviets tortured and gulaged for years.
Stalin's 'Hitler escaped' lie spawned decades of conspiracy theories, neo-nazi movements, and bad history channel documentaries—proving that controlling a corpse's narrative can be more powerful than the corpse itself.
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