
2006
In 1945, 160 German cities lay in ruins and the loss of millions of lives, billions in material assets and countless cultural treasures was mourned throughout Europe... With the question “How could it happen?”, the film goes back to the year 1914, when the “primal catastrophe of the 20th century” took its course with the First World War.

Ulrich Ritter
Narrator (voice)

Beate Schubert
Narrator (voice)

Paul von Hindenburg
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Albert Speer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Microcosmos

Challenging Churchill

Killing the Colorado

From the Depths

Smokes and Lollies

Touched

The Pharmacy: Shanghai

The Man Who Made Angels Fly

En enkel till Manila

Advanced Style

Water & Power: A California Heist

Patron

France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

Dance for All

Sunday Beauty Queen

My America... or Honk If You Love Buddha

8000 Stolen Futures: The Children at the Center of the A-Bomb

The American St. Nick

One Thousand Days in Saigon

Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess