Conspiracy

Author

Frank R Pierson

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Languages

In English, French or Spanish, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth, Ian McNeice, Kevin McNally, David Threlfall, Ewan Stewart, Brian Pettifer, Nicholas Woodeson, Jonathan Coy, Brendan Coyle, Ben Daniels, Barnaby Kay, Owen Teale, Peter Sullivan, Tom Hiddleston.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : HBO Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

By the winter of 1942, Hitler's dream of Aryan supremacy had become a nightmare. His armies could be found freezing and starving on the Eastern front, and America's fighting forces had just entered the war to the West. On January 20th of that year, 15 officials attended a conference at Wannsee on the outskirts of Berlin. Comprised of mid-ranking SS commanders and a variety of government ministers, the meeting was organized by SS Major Adolf Eichmann, under the direction of the ruthless and efficient Chief of Security Reinhard Heydrich. It was to be a polite conference with food, wine and some debate, but beneath this thin veneer of manners lay an evil intent. By the meeting's close, the fate of six million lives would be decided, and a terrible machine put into operation that would alter the shape of the world. Conspiracy is based on the only surviving record of that meeting. It would be the blueprint for Hitler's "final solution."

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on HBO in 2001.

Special features: Two featurettes ; cast & director bios.