The Architecture of Doom

An absorbing and chilling documentary about the National Socialist aesthetic, and how attempts to create the Aryan Ideal caused the extermination of millions. Aspects covered include: Hitler's epiphany while viewing Wagner's opera 'Rienzi', the rise of the homo-erotic Grecian/Nordic ideal, the parallels drawn between the 'degenerate' art of the cubists and dadaists and the mentally ill/physically deformed, the Nazi obsession with purity and cleanliness, and, finally, the descent of the Jewish people to the level of a virus/vermin.

The Architecture of Doom is a 1989 history documentary movie directed by Peter Cohen, starring Bruno Ganz, Rolf Arsenius, Martin Bormann. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.0/10 from 1,210 votes and runs 1h 59m.