antimatter33 This film makes the essential point that Hitler did not succeed because he was Hitler - he succeeded, for a while, because the Germans believed as he did, that they were morally, physically, and mentally superior to everyone else. It was a form of mass insanity and it needs to be seen that way. Such delusions can overtake any society at any time that loses its moral compass, and it threatens to happen here, although comparisons of Trump to Hitler are, as yet, a far stretch. More concerning is our fetishism of militarism and penchant for authoritarianism. Only by seeing clearly can these traps be avoided. This is a wonderful film.

outerbreak My takeaways from this documentary were lot of footage I have never seen, the colorization and/or actual color photography, and the many translations of his speeches. It made this entire work contemporary in feel since the reproduction of the movie clips and photographs was pristine...as if the photographs were made last night. The classical music score seemed to be more ironic than dramatic. The aerial filming back to cities where the actual speeches and incidents took place were a new twist/technique I had never seen applied to Hitler with nearly a current day European travelogue look to it...I do agree with the other comments on here that there was not hardly enough inspection of the "charisma" theme to warrant it being mentioned in the title of the series. However the way this was presented left it up to the viewer to somehow make that connection on their own by laying all these various parts out on a table and letting you personally develop your own assembly of the parts to draw some sort of conclusion re charisma ..... The musical score and the rare color photographs/movies with sufficient new narrative information in this chronological format with copious translations made this worthwhile to watch IMHO to give us current day clues of how this kind evil gets started and sustained. The BBC obviously had a dog in this fight but the use of all this rare footage lets what happened speak for itself to some great extent.On many levels this film leaves you somewhat uncomfortable ...it did me... and I am a student of WWII films and documentaries. This is a different kind of documentary and worth the watch.

500DVDLibrary As you watch this documentary pay close attention to the traits of this tyrant, the methods he used to rise to power in Germany, the manipulation, the propaganda, the hatred, the blaming of others...and it won't be difficult to draw overwhelming comparisons to Trump. This is why everyone should study and learn from history because only then can we avoid making the same mistakes. That's why it is imperative th we remove the current lunatic from power. IMPEACH Trump.

skyscorpio Didn't expected this from revered BBC. Or maybe this was exactly what one can expect from BBC. After all Hitler was THE enemy.Anyone expecting a serious documentary on how that man really ticked will be extremely disappointed. Instead of trying to dissect Hitler's mind we are TOLD what a bad guy he was. How atrocious his conduct was. How much hatred he had in him…in short we are told what everyone already know. But NEVER is discussed WHY? Every two minutes screen turns rusty blood red with Nazi symbol in front. Whenever Hitler is shown, music turn ominous. Hitler's stills are overlaid with gunshots and explosions! People who made this sadness must be big fans of B grade teen horror movies.Narrator does his best to prove that Hitler was a foolish buffoon!! Tell me Mr. Narrator, how did a clown conquered half the world? And since you are obviously way more smart than Hitler, what have YOU done any worthwhile in life? You said Hitler was incapable of making human bonding…do your homework. Hitler loved his mother and wept like a child on his mother's grave. He was heart broken when his niece did suicide and called her the only love of his life. He was an animal lover also.The only saving grace of this sorry joke is ADOLF Hitler himself as he speaks to crowd in his thundering voice from his heart and you will start understanding the real charisma of that terrible but extraordinary man.