Movie: Human Remains

Top 9 Billed Cast

Eva Braun
Eva Braun

Self (archive footage)

Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin
Иосиф Сталин

Self (archive footage)

Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky

Self (archive footage)

Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg

Self (archive footage)

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    Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives -- their favorite foods, films, habits and sexual preferences. There is no mention of their public lives or of their place in history. The intentional omission of the horrors for which these men were responsible hovers over the film.

  • Release Date

    1998-03-21

  • Average

    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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  • Languages:

    English

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