…a 1984 West German - Austrian TV film portraying the events of the Wannsee Conference, held in Berlin in January 1942. The script is derived from the minutes of the meeting.[1] Since no verbatim transcription of the meeting exists, the dialogue is necessarily fictionalised. The main theme of the film is the bureaucratic nature of the genocide. … Die Wannseekonferenz opens with the arrival of a group of high-ranking Nazi officials at a luxurious villa on the shores of Lake Wannsee.[3] … the conference is convened ostensibly to discuss administrative matters related to the Jewish population under Nazi control. However, it soon becomes apparent that the true purpose of the meeting is to coordinate the systematic extermination of European Jews. … The attendees engage in chillingly pragmatic discussions about the most efficient methods of mass murder, referring to Jews in dehumanizing terms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wannsee_Conference_(film)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Ug_MXToEE - the link from above. German with embedded English subtitles, spoken English introduction.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp0QrsWmX7U - another copy. 2160p remastered, color and framerate adjusted. German with optional English subtitles, spoken English introduction. haven’t watched this copy.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ave9RHTqkI (480p) another copy. German with embedded English subtitles, spoken English introduction. haven’t watched this copy.
BONUS FILM: The 2022 version of this film, titled Die Wannseekonferenz aka The Conference
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTxliHbPHhU (2022 1080p) - German with optional English subtitles. The wording of the subtitles looks a little off at times but it’s not too bad
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Wannseekonferenz_(2022_film)
There was also a 2001 film in English based on this, but it’s not free on youtube: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(2001_film)
Thank you for posting this! I don’t believe I had heard of this before - or the other versions you also mentioned. I’m not able to watch it at the moment, but I hope to soon. It sounds interesting, heavy, and, unfortunately, all too relevant.
Since the US is now run by a nazi-accepting government it’s worth considering this movie.
This whole movie is just one meeting. A bunch of people, some in uniform, sit around a table and make jokes, eat snacks, have rivalries, recite numbers, flirt with the secretary, talk about their pets, and euphemistically plan the arrest and transfer and killing of millions of civilians.
But of course this movie takes place in a distant time, another place, a different set of victims…