In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history to legitimize a hideous system and was an accomplice to its unspeakable crimes. The story of the Ahnenerbe, a sinister organization created to rewrite the obscure origins of a nation.
Cast
Vincent Lindon
Self - Narrator (voice)
Yves Ternon
Self - Historian / Physician
Michael Kater
Self - Historian
Laurent Olivier
Self - Archeologist / Historian
Peter Schöttler
Self - Historian
Christian Ingrao
Self - Historian
Christina Kott
Self - Historian
Raphaël Toledano
Self - Physician
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ernst Schäfer
Self - Explorer (archive footage)
Bruno Beger
Self - Anthropologist (archive footage)
Richard Walther Darré
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Wolfram Sievers
Self - Ahnenerbe Director (archive footage)
Ernest Idoux
Self - Farmer (archive footage)
Henri Henripierre
Self - Hirt's Employee (archive footage)
Telford Taylor
Self - Prosecutor (archive footage)
Crew
David Korn-Brzoza
Director, Writer
Johann Chapoutot
Writer
Jean-Paul Le Grouyer
Editor
Charles Sautreuil
Director of Photography
Sébastien Deurdilly
Producer
Thomas Théry
Producer
Julien Bonvicini
Sound Editor
Georges Lafitte
Sound Mixer
Michele Tarantola
Sound Engineer
Matt Norman
Original Music Composer
Bénédicte Perrot
Production Manager
Deborah Ford
Researcher
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