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The Empty Mirror
The Empty Mirror
Directed by	Barry J. Hershey
Written by	Barry J. Hershey; R. Buckingham
Produced by	William Dance; David D. Johnson; Jay Roach
Starring	Norman Rodway; Camilla Søeberg
Music by	John Frizzel
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films
Release date	November 1996
Running time	118 minutes
Language	English
Budget	Unknown

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The Empty Mirror is a 1996 film set in a world where Adolf Hitler and his cadre of closest followers survived the fall of Nazi Germany.

Plot

This speculative psychodrama attempts to explore Hitler's mind as he converses with Eva Braun, Hermann Göring, Josef Göbbels, and Sigmund Freud. It is a decidedly minimalist film set in a secret subterranean bunker where Hitler spends endless hours watching films, of his best years, flicker over his blueprints for the new Berlin. Though he lost the war, Hitler still believes himself successful in becoming an immortal figure. His conversations add insight to his grand schemes, his obsession with blondes, and his moral justification for genocide. At Freud's prompting, Hitler also looks into his own neurosis and fears.^[1]

Cast

Influences

While not cited in the movie or its credits, the movie is, for all intents and purposes, a dramatized version of Robert Waite's psychohistory of Hitler, The Psychopathic God (1993, Da Capo Press). For example, the movie includes several psychological theories (Hitler's speculated fear of decapitation) and his enjoyment of the artwork of Franz Stuck, theories which only Waite has put forward.

Notes

^ The Empty Mirror - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - New York Times

References

"The Empty Mirror (1996) - Cast and Crew, News, Reviews", 1996, webpage: WDW-6273-empty.

External links

[1] The Empty Mirror - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - New York Times

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- name = The Empty Mirror |
+| name = The Empty Mirror
- image = The Empty Mirror.jpg |
+| image = The Empty Mirror.jpg
+| director = [[Barry J. Hershey]]
- imdb_id = 0116192 |
- director = [[Barry J. Hershey]] |
+| writer = [[Barry J. Hershey]]<br>[[R. Buckingham]]
- writer = [[Barry J. Hershey]]<br>[[R. Buckingham]] |
+| starring = [[Norman Rodway]]<br>[[Camilla Søeberg]]
+| producer = [[William Dance]]<br>[[David D. Johnson]]<br>[[Jay Roach]]
- starring = [[Norman Rodway]] |
+| distributor = [[Lions Gate Films]]
- producer = [[William Dance]]<br>[[David D. Johnson]]<br>[[Jay Roach]] |
+| released = November 1996
- distributor = [[Lions Gate Films]] |
+| runtime = 118 minutes
- released = [[1996]] |
+| language = [[English Language|English]]
- runtime = 118 minutes |
+| music = [[John Frizzel]]
- language = [[English Language|English]] |
+| budget = Unknown
- music = [[John Frizzel]] |
+| imdb_id = 0116192
- budget = Unknown |
 }}
+'''''The Empty Mirror''''' is a 1996 [[film]] set in a world where [[Adolf Hitler]] and his cadre of closest followers survived the fall of [[Nazi Germany]].
-'''''The Empty Mirror''''' is a 1996 [[film]] set in a world where [[Adolf Hitler]] and his cadre of closest followers survived the fall of [[Nazi Germany]]. This speculative [[psychodrama]] attempts to explore Hitler's mind as he converses with [[Eva Braun]], [[Hermann Göring]], [[Josef Göbbels]], and [[Sigmund Freud]]. It is a decidedly [[minimalism|minimalist]] film set in a secret subterranean [[bunker]] where Hitler spends endless hours watching films of his best years flicker over his [[blueprints]] for the new [[Berlin]]. Though he lost the war, Hitler still believes himself successful in becoming an [[Immortality|immortal]] figure. His conversations add insight to his grand schemes, his obsession with blondes, and his moral justification for [[genocide]]. At Freud's prompting, Hitler also looks into his own [[neurosis]] and fears.<ref>[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=136359 The Empty Mirror - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-==Casting==
+==Plot==
+This speculative [[psychodrama]] attempts to explore Hitler's mind as he converses with [[Eva Braun]], [[Hermann Göring]], [[Josef Göbbels]], and [[Sigmund Freud]]. It is a decidedly [[minimalism|minimalist]] film set in a secret subterranean [[bunker]] where Hitler spends endless hours watching films, of his best years, flicker over his [[blueprints]] for the new [[Berlin]]. Though he lost the war, Hitler still believes himself successful in becoming an [[Immortality|immortal]] figure. His conversations add insight to his grand schemes, his obsession with blondes, and his moral justification for [[genocide]]. At Freud's prompting, Hitler also looks into his own [[neurosis]] and fears.<ref>[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=136359 The Empty Mirror - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+==Cast==
 *[[Norman Rodway]] as [[Adolf Hitler]]
 *[[Camilla Søeberg]] as [[Eva Braun]]
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 ==See also==
 *[[List of Holocaust films]]
+==Notes==
+{{reflist}}
+==References==
+* "The Empty Mirror (1996) - Cast and Crew, News, Reviews", 1996, webpage: [http://www.whosdatedwho.com/topic/6273/the-empty-mirror.htm WDW-6273-empty].
 ==External links==
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 *[http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/1999/05/07/fp15s3-csm.shtml ''Christian Science Monitor'' review]
 *[http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/24/film-patterson.php ''LA Weekly'' review]
+<br>
-==Footnotes==
-{{reflist}}
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