"Molokh" is a Nazi-themed movie from over 15 years ago that runs for 108 minutes. It is the beginning of a quadrilogy by director Aleksandr Sokurov. Fittingly to the topic, the film has German as its language although it is obvious that all or almost all of the cast were dubbed. Also the fourth film in the quadrilogy ("Faust") is in German. There, however, a big part of the cast are also German actors in contrast to here. I think the guy who dubbed Hitler here could be Monk's German voice, but I am not 100% sure. One of the reasons I watched this film is because of the screenplay award it won in Cannes. Another would be that I read that Mozgovoy's Hitler may be the biggest competition to Ganz in terms of who played the Fuehrer best. Mozgovoy was almost a rookie when this was made in terms of film acting, but an experienced theater actor. No surprise this looks like an intimate play. The Eva Braun actress is a bit more experienced, but not really that much either. The supporting players may have the most experience here. Note that Goebbels (maybe even more bizarre than Hitler here) is played by a woman here. This also adds to the theater atmosphere as do most of the settings.
The movie looks much older than it actually is, but this applies to some of Sokurov's works. The film moves very slowly and there are repeatedly section with little to none dialog. In the first 10 minutes, we only watch Eva Braun dance. Later on, we see her practice on the rings like a professional athlete and near the end she is dancing wildly again on a table. Very physical performance from her. Almost ballet-like at times. Hitler joins her on the table at the end and I personally felt occasionally that without the costumes and the famous names and judging from their actions and dialogs, this could have been a random unknown family too instead of the Fuehrer and his wife. Anyway, it left me fairly unimpressed. Maybe it simply was too slow for my taste. This movie never really captured my interest, so i cannot recommend it. Next time "Downfall" again.
The movie looks much older than it actually is, but this applies to some of Sokurov's works. The film moves very slowly and there are repeatedly section with little to none dialog. In the first 10 minutes, we only watch Eva Braun dance. Later on, we see her practice on the rings like a professional athlete and near the end she is dancing wildly again on a table. Very physical performance from her. Almost ballet-like at times. Hitler joins her on the table at the end and I personally felt occasionally that without the costumes and the famous names and judging from their actions and dialogs, this could have been a random unknown family too instead of the Fuehrer and his wife. Anyway, it left me fairly unimpressed. Maybe it simply was too slow for my taste. This movie never really captured my interest, so i cannot recommend it. Next time "Downfall" again.