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The Followers

Combining archival footage with dramatized episodes based on real accounts, this film examines everyday life in Nazi Germany through the experiences of ordinary citizens. Directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz and Erwin Leiser, it traces how conformity, opportunism, fear, and routine compromise drew “ordinary” men and women into complicity with the regime, revealing the banality of evil at work in daily life.

Top Cast

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl

    Armin Mueller-Stahl

  • Gottfried John

    Gottfried John

    Brocke

  • Karin Baal

    Karin Baal

    Elisabeth Kurz

  • Friedrich W. Bauschulte

    Friedrich W. Bauschulte

  • Horst Bollmann

    Horst Bollmann

    Strobel

  • Felix von Manteuffel

    Felix von Manteuffel

  • Lisi Mangold

    Lisi Mangold

  • Therese Lohner

    Therese Lohner

    Ellen Kurz

  • Edith Teichmann

    Edith Teichmann

Overview

Combining archival footage with dramatized episodes based on real accounts, this film examines everyday life in Nazi Germany through the experiences of ordinary citizens. Directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz and Erwin Leiser, it traces how conformity, opportunism, fear, and routine compromise drew “ordinary” men and women into complicity with the regime, revealing the banality of evil at work in daily life.

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