In January 1942, General Heydrich chaired a meeting of Hitler's top men from various Nazi bodies including the Party, the SS etc. The reason was to discuss the inevitably of the Jews and try to bring them to a practical solution that can easily be dealt with. The 'inevitable' being a problem that has come out of control regarding the Jews. They all met on the 20th Janurary 1942 for the Wanasee Conference where the top 15 ranking Nazi's across all departments would discuss the fate of the Jews. All the different attendees all had different ways which they wanted the Jews to be dealt with. The main argument was how the Jews would be treated via ghettos and being transported. This is a chilling dramatisation of the meeting that sealed the fate of millions of Jews. It is merely a board meeting with the focus being on the characters of those involved. The film plays as a normal board meeting although in fact Heydrich is almost comic. One of the most shocking concepts is that no-one in the room believes that the Jews are normal people, although some of them are shocked when Heydrich plans to put them on production lines to kill them. However all of their alternatives ways of getting rid of the Jews are not humane. Tucci and Branagh are both excellent and Colin Firth is the best as Dr Stuckart from the Interior Ministry. All the actors play the characters extremely well. All these Nazi's were normal people and it is clear that not one of them has experienced any form of pain. The facts are allowed to speak for themselves and it's all the more chilling for it. Overall this is an excellent film that benefits from great acting, a great script and great direction. Overall I think that Conspiracy is not entirely historically accurate but mostly is and it is very informative and a good watch.
Review of Conspiracy
