
Through previously undiscovered private letters, photos and diaries that were found in the Himmler family house in 1945, the 'The Decent One' exposes a unique and at times uncomfortable access to the life and mind of the merciless 'Architect of the Final Solution'... (Full plot summary below)
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Through previously undiscovered private letters, photos and diaries that were found in the Himmler family house in 1945, the 'The Decent One' exposes a unique and at times uncomfortable access to the life and mind of the merciless 'Architect of the Final Solution'
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| The Arts DeskJasper ReesThere is little unknown about Himmler's pivotal part in genocide. The film's power is in its access to the private workings of psychotic power-mongering, ideological hatred and pious self-pity. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerHimmler in one of his letters says that “in life, one must be always decent, courageous and kind-hearted,” and “decent” is apparently how he saw himself right up to the time he swallowed a cyanide capsule after he was captured by the British. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenThis biopic of one of the 20th century's worst mass murderers features archival film you may never have seen before. |
| Movie DearestFr. Chris CarpenterAn extraordinary if necessarily unpleasant documentary. One of the most potent exposes to date--as well as one of the few surviving insider accounts--of Nazism and its self-described "decent" architects. |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonHome movies juxtaposed with horrific Nazi footage paints the picture of the sleeping monster in us all. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe fascination of the film is to see his anti-Semitic development and how matter-of-factly and self-righteously he carries out his monstrous race-cleansing. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAt its most effective, though, The Decent One reveals a psychological portrait of a man devoted to his family yet consumed by a soul-blackening and horrifically destructive cause. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanVanessa Lapa constructed this straightforward biopic about SS leader Heinrich Himmler from a recently found trove of his personal letters and photographs. Her streamlined approach seems appropriate for the subject, which boils down to the banality of evil. |
| The DissolveMatthew DessemLapa’s story is in the disconnect between the words and the visuals, or the visuals and what we know to be true, or even the words from one moment to the next. |
| The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe voice-over-driven readings and the illustrative footage — unwisely augmented with new sound effects — lack a fundamental filmic momentum. |