"The Destruction of Empire" shows the revelation of the truth in a convincing way. It is not a simplistic irony, but it retains the complex nature of the world to the maximum. This simplistic irony is mixed with a blind sense of moral superiority, making Hitler farther and farther away from the true face of history, and turned into an evil symbol that allows future generations to be smeared—anything done to Hitler contradicts this sense of morality. The interpretation of this will cause huge controversy and inexplicable anxiety. For Oliver Sisberg, all this seems very absurd.
Sisberg did not simply regard Hitler as a messenger sent by Satan to the world. He looked back on this darkest chapter in German history with a stronger sense of mission and responsibility, and in a more sincere way, and proposed to history. A powerful question: Why would a loving father become an evil murderer and the people become barbaric? Why is the whole country looking at the world in such an absurd light? Sisberg did not evade the pain caused by these problems. His insight into historical facts and the courage to resist the nihilism of history made him take a powerful step to shoot this film in a documentary way, almost objectively. ()
This is one of the best films so far reflecting on the crimes of the Nazis. The reason is that the film reduced Hitler to an ordinary person, instead of letting the so-called "devil" act as a scapegoat for human conscience. ()
No matter how cruel Hitler is, we still cannot deny his existence as a person. The Hitler we see in the film has a gentle side, but also a hysterical side, old and desperate, especially when he is on the verge of extinction, there will inevitably be humanity revealed. ()
"The Destruction of the Empire" shows that Germany has become increasingly mature in its attitude towards the history of World War II. Have more confidence in the artistic and cultural expression of that period of history. Critics generally believe that Germans can review their past through art forms. This film captures the painful introspection of Germans, without falsification or concealment. ()
