Hitler: The Rise of Evil begins by tracing the young, developing mind of a burgeoning madman, following him through his formative years and how he evolves into the man who exploited a nation, which cried out for a leader they could follow.Finding his foothold in politics, Hitleer begins his ruthless climb to power and brutal seduction of Germany. He draws in the support of Ernst Rohm from the German Army, who forms the militant SA. Hitler attracts socialites Ernst and Helene Hanfstaengl, who help ploish his image and fund his political efforts. He also manages to attract the attention of journalist Fritz Gerlich, as he manipulates the fears of politicians like President Hindenburg.Through the birth of the Nazi Party, the failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, the charge of treason which turns him into a national figure, his time in Landsberg Prison and the writing of Mein Kampf, and his reintroduction to politics as the leader of the National Socialists, the film follows Hitler's rise from wayward young man to presidential candidate to Chancellor. As the Reichstag burns in 1933, German democracy sighs its final breath and everyone who has been pulled into Hitler's vortex realizes the hideous truth of what has been created - only now, it is to late to change it.

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