Speer Goes to Hollywood

Name: Speer Goes to Hollywood
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: October 29, 2021
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Albert Speer

2021

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| Release Date: October 29, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Albert Speer

Summary: How did a man in charge of 12 million slaves become "the good Nazi"? A cautionary tale about Albert Speer's 1971 attempt to whitewash his past with a Hollywood adaptation of his bestselling wartime memoir, "Inside the Third Reich".

Director: Vanessa Lapa

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Gary Goldstein

Nov 4, 2021

The movie is nothing if not unnervingly timely. Read full review

Ray Lobo

Nov 2, 2021

Speer Goes to Hollywood is essential viewing for those who want a deeper understanding of the horrors Nazis committed and the still lingering aftermath. Read full review

Sarah Ward

Nov 2, 2021

[Speer’s] damning answers to Birkin’s questions might have threatened to become repetitive if they didn’t paint a horrifying yet bleakly fascinating picture of a man doing something that remains thoroughly relevant today: spinning fake news. Read full review

The Film Stage Jordan Raup

Nov 2, 2021

While Speer Goes to Hollywood effectively shows the delusions of Speer’s mythologization, one wishes it didn’t skirt around more complicated questions of cordiality in the filmmaking process when dealing with such monstrous history. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Nov 2, 2021

This is a fascinating and pertinent tale, but one major aspect of its telling gives me serious pause. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

Nov 2, 2021

A rather pedestrian presentation of a potentially fascinating story, Vanessa Lapa’s Speer Goes to Hollywood expands on a little-known footnote to the Hydra-headed history of the post-war fates of top Nazi lieutenants. Read full review

Beatrice Loayza

Nov 2, 2021

“Speer” is an intriguing document, highlighting the ease with which the most reprehensible figures are able to whitewash their legacies. But once you settle into its wavelength, the documentary begins to feel simplistic, like a one-track excuse to roll out rare film clips and testimony. Read full review

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