Human Remains

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Eva BraunSelf (archive footage)

Francisco FrancoSelf (archive footage)

Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)

Vladimir LeninSelf (archive footage)

Mao ZedongSelf (archive footage)

Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage)

Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)

Leon TrotskySelf (archive footage)

Paul von HindenburgSelf (archive footage)