Moloch (1999) on Netflix
In 1942 Bavaria, Eva Braun waits at an Alpine retreat for Adolf Hitler. He arrives with Josef and Magda Goebbels, Martin Bormann and a priest for a stay without politics.
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Plot summary
In the spring of 1942, Eva Braun waits at the Berghof, Adolf Hitler's secluded retreat in the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, having learned that he will visit. She passes the hours dancing naked, humming military marching music and going through his belongings. Hitler arrives with Josef and Magda Goebbels, Martin Bormann and a priest, and the household settles into talk. Hitler speaks at length about food, health, climate and wartime politics, and roams the mountain landscape. Eva tries to find common ground with the man she calls Adi, while his upset stomach, the war and the closed circle of his staff stand in her way.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Moloch (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Alexander Sokurov cast Russian actors from Saint Petersburg to shoot Moloch, but their voices were later dubbed by German theater actors from Berlin.
- Moloch is the first film in Alexander Sokurov's "tetralogy of power", followed by Taurus (2000) about Vladimir Lenin, The Sun (2005) about Japanese emperor Hirohito, and Faust (2011), drawn from the old German legend.
