Moloch

One of the films that inevitably must have a very controversial rating. An attempt at "culture for the demanding" - and who wouldn't want to be considered an aesthete... Such a film will either appeal to you, or you will die of boredom while watching it. For me, it is an unnecessary film that attempts satire, but uses problematic methods and tools in doing so. The long shots are ultimately boring, the story practically non-existent, and the characters are bizarre but rather embarrassing, not unsettling or provocative in any way. As for parody, it is not funny enough. A cold, impersonally directed film - a calculation for festival audiences... Overall impression 25%. (11/13/2007)

The oppressive atmosphere of the Eagle's Nest, which futilely tries to rise above the fog and the death that its owner helped unleash in the valleys of all of Europe. The entire film essentially describes the efforts/illusion of a moody and increasingly neurotic old man trying to escape the crushing weight of the surrounding world, which he already senses will have fatal consequences for him. That is why his refuge transforms into a kind of summer holiday visit (perhaps with relatives), where Adolf, longing to forget, at least for a moment, the crumbling destruction of himself and his thousand-year "work," encounters an infantile, unrealizable love for Eva (perhaps like a summer love for a distant cousin). And just as children convince themselves that if they don't think about the impending start of school (or the Eastern Front), they can prolong their summer dream, Hitler and Eva seal themselves in their refuge, where time truly almost stands still, because like everything in the proximity of this leader, he too is slowly dying. I admire Sokurov for capturing that, and we can only congratulate the screenplay writer for the Prix de scénario. (02/18/2014)