Fatherland (1994)
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Director: Christopher Menaul · Writers: Stanley Weiser, Ron Hutchinson
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
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Director
Christopher Menaul
Cast
Rutger Hauer
SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March 
Miranda Richardson
Charlie Maguire 
Peter Vaughan
SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe 
Michael Kitchen
SS-Untersturmführer Max Jäger 
Jean Marsh
Anna von Hagen 
John Shrapnel
General Globus 
John Woodvine
Luther 
Bob Mason
Coroner Eisler 
Clive Russell
Krebs 
Neil Dudgeon
Sex Crimes Cop 
Rupert Penry-Jones
Jost 
David Ryall
Administrator Kruger User Reviews (1)
Fatherland is a alternate-history thriller with a decent cast and a premise that feels ahead of its time. The world-building is surprisingly meticulous with authentic German signage, propaganda styles, and impressive sets/effects that really sell the atmosphere. They went in-depth with all the named historic figures and the different branches of the Nazi-government infighting. This is clearly the major strength of this movie. The story has a couple of interesting twists and characters, but the ending felt a bit underwhelming, as if the budget ran out in the last act. The epilogue reminded me of The Simpsons' "Poochie died on the way back to his home planet". It’s definitely worth a watch though.
