Title: Terrible script, mediocre direction, miscast
Product review: I agree with one reviewer that the script lacks believable dialogue. Many of the statements seem to be historical fact disguised as part of discussion between the characters as if there is a need to continually explain what and why to the audience.My wife and I just finished Fortunes of War and are almost done with War & Remembrance. This mini-series was quite below par when compared with those two series. One can see why good writing is important to a mini-series and why Holocaust fell miserably short in this endeavor. I also didn't understand why the director had some of the key Nazi roles (Dorf, Heydrich, & Eichman) played so one-dimensionally. The actors chosen to portray Heydrich & Eichman didn't even begin to look like their characters, much less present a performance that would make you believe them as such.After watching a couple hours, my wife and I put the DVD back into its container and saved ourselves from further misery.
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