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Fatherland

Fatherland

Drama · Thriller · Action · 1994

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.

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Fatherland

1994 Drama · Thriller · Action 1h 46m

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6.3 / 10

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Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.

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Directed by

Christopher Menaul

Written by

Stanley Weiser · Ron Hutchinson

Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer

SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Charlie Maguire

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe

Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

SS-Untersturmführer Max Jäger

Jean Marsh

Jean Marsh

Anna von Hagen

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

General Globus

John Woodvine

John Woodvine

Luther

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The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Momentum is a formal choice.”

The velocity sharpens instinct and tension, making every beat land before self-importance can settle in.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Speed as an alibi.”

The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.