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Released
1998 · FILM

Human Remains

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Runtime
30 min
Documentary

Synopsis

*Human Remains* is a documentary that presents the banality of evil by offering intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most reviled dictators: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco, and Mao Tse Tung. The film focuses on the private and mundane aspects of their daily lives, including their favorite foods, films, habits, and sexual preferences. It does not address their public lives or their historical roles. The intentional omission of the atrocities for which these men were responsible is a central feature of the film.

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Principal cast & crew: 10

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Edited by Jay Rosenblatt

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