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Conspiracy

  • TV Movie
  • 20012001
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  • 1h 36m
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Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
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At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

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  • Director
    • Frank Pierson
  • Writer
    • Loring Mandel
  • Stars
    • Clare Bullus
    • Stanley Tucci
    • Simon Markey
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  • Director
    • Frank Pierson
  • Writer
    • Loring Mandel
  • Stars
    • Clare Bullus
    • Stanley Tucci
    • Simon Markey
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    • 169User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 7 wins & 21 nominations total

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    Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
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    Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
    Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
    Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
    Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
    Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
    Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
    Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
    Ian McNeice, David Threlfall, and Nicholas Woodeson in Conspiracy (2001)
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    Clare Bullus
    • Maidas Maid
    Stanley Tucci
    Stanley Tucci
    • Eichmannas Eichmann
    Simon Markey
    Simon Markey
    • Stenographeras Stenographer
    David Glover
    • Supervising Butleras Supervising Butler
    David Willoughby
    • Orderly 1as Orderly 1
    Tom Hiddleston
    Tom Hiddleston
    • Phone Operatoras Phone Operator
    David Spinx
    • Cookas Cook
    Dirk Martens
    Dirk Martens
    • NCOas NCO
    Barnaby Kay
    Barnaby Kay
    • Langeas Lange
    Peter Sullivan
    Peter Sullivan
    • Schöngarthas Schöngarth
    Ben Daniels
    Ben Daniels
    • Bühleras Bühler
    Andreas Guenther
    Andreas Guenther
    • NCO2as NCO2
    Ewan Stewart
    Ewan Stewart
    • Leibbrandtas Leibbrandt
    Brian Pettifer
    Brian Pettifer
    • Meyeras Meyer
    Kevin McNally
    Kevin McNally
    • Lutheras Luther
    Florian Panzner
    Florian Panzner
    • Luther's Driveras Luther's Driver
    Ross O'Hennessy
    Ross O'Hennessy
    • Adjutant 1as Adjutant 1
    • (as Ross O'Hennessey)
    Kenneth Branagh
    Kenneth Branagh
    • Heydrichas Heydrich
    • Director
      • Frank Pierson
    • Writer
      • Loring Mandel
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    In January 1942, as the United States enters World War II, a conference assembles near Berlin. S.S. General Heydrich and his associate, Lieutenant Colonel Eichmann call the meeting to discuss the "evacuation" of Germany's Jews and other undesirables, a code word for their extermination in concentration camps. To begin this Final Solution, they must change the mind of a small group of men opposed to the idea, led by Chancellor Kritzinger. —Jwelch5742
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    • political crime
    • final solution
    • conference
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      • One Of The Greatest Crimes Against Humanity Was Perpetrated In Just Over An Hour.
    • Genres
      • Biography
      • Drama
      • History
      • War
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for language
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      The house shown when General Reinhard Heydrich (Sir Kenneth Branagh) is shown flying into the conference is the house of the original conference. The inside of the house shown in the movie, however, was made for this movie.
    • Goofs
      Klopfer is portrayed as seriously obese and displaying a lack of tact foul enough to make even the other Nazis uncomfortable, yet in real life Gerhard Klopfer was slim-built, and his co-workers remembered him as a calm and usually very polite man.
    • Quotes

      Müller: Perhaps the judge has a special love for them?

      Klopfer: [mutters appreciatively] Yes, yes a special love for them... very good...

      Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart: For whom? For Jews? Wonderful, you don't have my credentials. Forgive me, from your uniform I can infer that you're shallow, ignorant and naive about the Jews. Your line, what the party rants on about is how inferior they are, some-some-some sub-species, and I keep saying how wrong that is! They are sublimely clever. And they are intelligent as well. My indictments to that race are stronger and heavier because they are real, not uneducated ideology. They are arrogant and self-obsessed and calculating and reject the Christ and I will not have them pollute German blood!

      General Reinhard Heydrich: [tries to calm Stuckart down] Please, Doctor...

      Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart: He doesn't understand! And neither do his people. Deal with the reality of the Jew and the world will applaud us. Treat them as imaginary phantoms, evil in human fantasies, and the world would have justified contempt for us! To kill them casually without regard for the law martyrs them, which will be their victory! Sterilization recognizes them as a part of our species but prevents them from being a part of our race. They'll disappear soon enough. And we will have acted in defense of our race and of our species and by the law! This fellow mentioned the law for the protection of German blood, *I wrote that law*! When you have my credentials then we'll talk about who loves the Jews and who hates them. Pigs don't know how to hate. I know, too, that when it comes to the half-mixed, that to kill them abandons that half of their blood which is German.

      Klopfer: I'll remember you.

      Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart: You should. I'm very well known.

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      Featured in The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      String Quintet in C Major', D.956: Adagio
      Written by Franz Schubert

      Performed by Ensemble Villa Musica

      courtesy of Naxos of America

      by arrangement with Source Q

    User reviews169

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    Classy acting in a chilling theatrical piece
    In January 1942, General Heydrich chaired a meeting of Hitler's top men from various Nazi bodies including the Party, the SS etc. The reason was to `discuss the inevitable and try to bring it about in the most practical way under one command'. The `inevitable' being the spiralling problem of the huge numbers of Jews and how best to deal with them.

    This is a chilling dramatisation of the meeting that sealed the fate of millions of Jews. The story is quite simple and could be easily put on the stage - it is merely a board meeting with the focus being on the characters of those involved. The film plays as a normal board meeting - no one in the room is portrayed as monsters - in fact Heydrich is almost comic. One of the most chilling elements is that no-one in the room believes the Jews were normal people, some are horrified by the thought of killing them all on production lines but even then their alternatives never approach humane options.

    This very wordy production would never have succeeded without strong actors and here it is blessed by not only famous faces but unknowns giving great performances. It is difficult at first to accept English actors playing Nazis but you soon get past it. Tucci and Branagh are both excellent and Colin Firth is the best I've seen him as Dr Stuckart from the Interior Ministry. I could literally name the whole cast as the members of the meeting are all well played.

    This is not presented as a terrible moment and the men are not portrayed as Indiana Jones style evil Nazis. The facts are allowed to speak for themselves and it's all the more chilling for it. Overall this is an excellent film that benefits from great acting, a great script and great direction.
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    • bob the moo
    • Jan 28, 2002

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 2001 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Konspirationen
    • Filming locations
      • Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz, Am Grossen Wannsee 56-58, Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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