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.
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Eva Braun
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Third Reich: In Private
Francisco Franco
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Franco. La vida del Dictador en color
How to Stage a Coup
Jay Rosenblatt
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Also in
War of the Century
Hitler's Last Year
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Europa: The Last Battle
How to Stage a Coup
Mao Zedong
Self (archive footage)
Also in
中华人民共和国大阅兵合集
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Oh! Man
Death Scenes 3
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Also in
War of the Century
I Was Stalin's Bodyguard
Leon Trotsky
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Trotsky y México. Dos revoluciones del siglo XX
Stalin - Trotsky: A Battle to Death
Paul von Hindenburg
Self (archive footage)
Jay Rosenblatt Director
United States release March 21, 1998 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 15, 1998
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Sundance Film Festival)
United States · March 21, 1998
Limited theatrical · Ann Arbor Film Festival
Argentina
April 8, 2010 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Czechia
October 28, 2001 · Premiere · Jihlava Film Festival
April 9, 2003 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
Finland
January 7, 2007 · Digital
Greece
November 11, 2002 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Netherlands
September 1, 1998 · Amnesty International Film Festival
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