This is a brutal documentary that covers the reality of the attacks on Germany. It is hard to read the few negative reviews here on IMDb as the information they call lies is clearly discussed in the film (Dresden bombing death toll is clearly explained in the film and factual, no lie is made up).
What makes this difficult to take in while watching is the horror but the bias as well. Obviously Hitler took aim at the Jews and the film seems to take a "tit for tat" approach to this. There are undertones of something biased here and you will hear it from time to time (take not of this). The producers take notice to highlight where Russian "Jews" who were involved could be cited as opposed to simply calling them Russian bureaucrats. You can pick up on a slant here and there for which there is no excuse but something biased in the producer. It would be interesting to hear a story about Japanese and WWII told by this same producer. That said you will also notice the adjectives utilized by the commentator are indeed "colorful" and often painful to hear. At first I had wondered how "biased" this might be but then I recalled that I know of many other documentaries that discuss these events as well but of course minus any colorful commentary and simply stating dates, times, numbers, etc. Had this same commentator worked on those documentaries they would have had the same adjectives and painful descriptions used.
Now, I am a member of an audience many who see this cannot say they share with me. I am a first born American of Hungarian parents. I grew up learning the truths of WWII from that perspective. Is this film filled with fact, yes! Is it biased, yes but not to the extent as to dismiss anything presented outright. Many of the stories presented however are not cited (they are told but not shown by who is saying this or another resource referenced). One can easily say the "first person accounts" recited in this film are simply made up (they could very well be).
But the most important factor to walk away from after seeing this is not who deserved what, how justified anything is that happens BUT...that war itself is perverse and evil in the truest forms. It is a sick depravity that dreams about it and glorifies it's actions. If a simple mugging or murder for lust is evil then rest assured this scale of violence and death is beyond anything you could label as lawless or unwarranted in a normal society. The horrors of the atrocities wrought by the victors in all wars is evil and this film highlights them in detail. America has no knowledge of anything of the sort. For in fact, America has invaded countries, bombed villages, towns and cities, etc. Vietnam, Korea, the Middle East and of course the Germans, Hungarians, Polish (after all anyplace the Germans ended up winning was now treated as a target).
In closing, if I could create a law it would be this: At the mention from any person that another people, person our country should be wiped out, killed or targeted they should be punched in the nose. Then sent to work for nothing more than shelter and food in a hospital, mental asylum and orphanage for a minimum of 5 years.
What makes this difficult to take in while watching is the horror but the bias as well. Obviously Hitler took aim at the Jews and the film seems to take a "tit for tat" approach to this. There are undertones of something biased here and you will hear it from time to time (take not of this). The producers take notice to highlight where Russian "Jews" who were involved could be cited as opposed to simply calling them Russian bureaucrats. You can pick up on a slant here and there for which there is no excuse but something biased in the producer. It would be interesting to hear a story about Japanese and WWII told by this same producer. That said you will also notice the adjectives utilized by the commentator are indeed "colorful" and often painful to hear. At first I had wondered how "biased" this might be but then I recalled that I know of many other documentaries that discuss these events as well but of course minus any colorful commentary and simply stating dates, times, numbers, etc. Had this same commentator worked on those documentaries they would have had the same adjectives and painful descriptions used.
Now, I am a member of an audience many who see this cannot say they share with me. I am a first born American of Hungarian parents. I grew up learning the truths of WWII from that perspective. Is this film filled with fact, yes! Is it biased, yes but not to the extent as to dismiss anything presented outright. Many of the stories presented however are not cited (they are told but not shown by who is saying this or another resource referenced). One can easily say the "first person accounts" recited in this film are simply made up (they could very well be).
But the most important factor to walk away from after seeing this is not who deserved what, how justified anything is that happens BUT...that war itself is perverse and evil in the truest forms. It is a sick depravity that dreams about it and glorifies it's actions. If a simple mugging or murder for lust is evil then rest assured this scale of violence and death is beyond anything you could label as lawless or unwarranted in a normal society. The horrors of the atrocities wrought by the victors in all wars is evil and this film highlights them in detail. America has no knowledge of anything of the sort. For in fact, America has invaded countries, bombed villages, towns and cities, etc. Vietnam, Korea, the Middle East and of course the Germans, Hungarians, Polish (after all anyplace the Germans ended up winning was now treated as a target).
In closing, if I could create a law it would be this: At the mention from any person that another people, person our country should be wiped out, killed or targeted they should be punched in the nose. Then sent to work for nothing more than shelter and food in a hospital, mental asylum and orphanage for a minimum of 5 years.
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