History Series / HitlerTheRiseOfEvil

* HopeSpot: Fritz Gerlich has one during Hitler's trial. He's found guilty of treason, but then given a relatively light sentence of five years in prison and a fine of 200 Mark. Gerlich is then horrified when the judge then says that Hitler is eligible for parole in nine months.

* KickTheDog: Literally, after said dog humiliated Hitler in the trenches. However, doing some saves Hitler when a shell explodes in the shelter where they just were.

* KickTheDog: Literally, after said dog humiliated Hitler in the trenches.

''Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' was a Canadian, two-part miniseries [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin covering the rise]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Party]]. Starring RobertCarlyle in the title role, the series shows how Hitler went from a lowly corporal in the German Army to Führer of Germany. Though an ambitious project, the series suffers from several [[ArtisticLicenseHistory historical inaccuracies]], as well as a [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent bizarre lack of German accents]] which would be prevalent in, you know, Germany!

** In the series, Hitler goes to Germany just on the outbreak of WorldWarI in 1914. In reality, he moved to Germany in 1913.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Yes, this series manages to do this to ''Hitler'' (history's most infamous genocidal dictator), taking every aspect which might be considered positive, and tearing it to shreds. The medal he earned in World War One is presented as a political gesture with no real military merit behind it. While in reality Hitler was known to be an animal lover, here he brutally bashes a dog's head in. He is implied to have an abusive sexual relationship with his niece. For all his many faults, there is no historical evidence whatsoever that Hitler was any kind of sexual deviant.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: One of the hallmarks of this series;
** The doctor who treated Hitler's mother for cancer is depicted as noticeably [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Hasidic]]. German Jews of the 19th Century were among the most assimilated in Europe, so they dressed, acted, and looked like German Christians. Hitler himself noted in ''Mein Kampf'' that he never saw a Hasidic Jew until he moved to Vienna...a passage they actually quote ''in this very movie.''

** The Enabling Act is shown as passing only with Nazi Party support. In reality, nearly every single party in the Reichstag supported the bill. The Communists had been banned so weren't present, and the Centre and other moderate parties had been cowed into accepting the bill. Only the 94 members of the Social Democratic Party voted against the bill.
** The scenes in the Kroll Opera House make it look like the Nazis control a majority of the seats. The Nazis were never able to win a majority of seats. Even when Hitler had been appointed chancellor and had turned Germany into a police state, the best they could manage was 44% of the vote.

** Hitler is depicted as recruiting Ludendorff to the Far-Right cause to lend himself credibility. In reality, it was taken for granted by all far-right parties and groups that Ludendorff was their ''de facto'' leader and future dictator of Germany since immediately following the end of the war. Ditto with Rohm, who was the leader of the Steel Helmets, a powerful paramilitary group and the most influential extremist organization in Bavaria until the Nazi party swallowed them up- Rohm and Hitler were also much closer in RealLife than the movie depicts as well.

* HardGay: SA leader Ernst Roehm is a brutal paramilitary thug, and a closeted gay man. When Hitler personally arrests Roehm during the Knight of the Long Knives he finds him lying in bed with another man.

** Ernst Roehm is played by Creator/PeterStormare in the movie, but in reality he was far closer to the fat, balding background character who serves as his lieutenant- and later, Hitlers' SS bodyguard- in the flick.

* ImportantHaircut: Ernst Hanfstaengl suggests that Hitler establish his own look, something to distinguish him like how Lenin is bearded and bald. As he's finalizing his own symbol, the swastika, we see Hitler now sporting his toothbrush mustache.

* ThePurge: Near the end the Nazis purge the SA after Hitler and Roehm have a falling out. They take advantage of this to kill a huge number of other opponents, shown in a death montage.

** Hitler is depicted as recruiting Ludendorff to the Far-Right cause to lend himself credibility. In reality, it was taken for granted by all far-right parties and groups that Ludendorff was their ''de facto'' leader and future dictator of Germany since immediately following the end of the war. Ditto with Rohm, who was the leader of the Steel Helmets, a powerful paramilitary group and the most influential extremist organization in Bavaria until the Nazi party swallowed them up- Rohm and Hitler was also much closer in RealLife than the movie depicts as well.

* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hanfstaengl Ernst Hanfstaengl]] is played by the much more attractive Creator/LievSchreiber.
** Rohm ges this too; he's played by Peter Stormare in the movie, but in reality he was far closer to the fat, balding background character who serves as his lieutenant- and later, Hitlers' SS bodyguard- in the flick.

See also the miniseries ''{{Series/Titanic}}'', another Canadian-produced two-parter which has painful historical inaccuracies and ''also'' aired on CBS.

** Hitler is depicted as recruiting Ludendorff to the Far-Right cause to lend himself credibility. In reality, it was taken for granted by all far-right parties and groups that Ludendorff was their ''de facto'' leader and future dictator of Germany since immediately following the end of the war. Ditto with Rohm, who was the leader of the Steel Helmets, a powerful paramilitary group and the most influential extremist organization in Bavaria until the Nazi party swallowed them up- Rohm and Hitler was also much closer in ReaLife than the movie depicts as well.

** The Enabling Act is shown as passing only with Nazi Party support. In reality, nearly every single party in the Reichstag supported the bill. The Communists had been banned so weren't present, and the Centre and other moderate parties had been cowed into accepting the bill. Only the 94 members of the Social Democratic Party voted against the bill.

** Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, and Rudolf Hess are all either minor characters or non-existent in the story. In reality all of these men played a huge role in Hitler's rise to power.
** Hitler is depicted as recruiting Ludendorff to the Far-Right cause to lend himself credibility. In reality, it was taken for granted by all far-right parties and groups that Ludendorff was their ''de facto'' leader and future dictator of Germany since immediately following the end of the war. Ditto with Rohm, who was the leader of the Steel Helmets, a powerful paramilitary group and the most influential extremist organization in Bavaria until the Nazi party swallowed them up.

** Rohm ges this too; he's played by Peter Stormare in the movie, but in reality he was far closer to the fat, balding background character who serves as his lieutenant in the flick.

** Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, Rudolf Hess and Albert Speer are all either minor characters or non-existent in the story. In reality all of these men played a huge role in Hitler's rise to power.

** The doctor who treated Hitler's mother for cancer is depicted as noticeably [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Hasidic]]. German Jews of the 19th Century were among the most assimilated in Europe, so they dressed, acted, and looked like German Christians. Hitler himself noted in ''Mein Kampf'' that he never saw a Hasidic Jew until he moved to Vienna.

* Hitler is depicted as recruiting Ludendorff to the Far-Right cause to lend himself credibility. In reality, it was taken for granted by all far-right parties and groups that Ludendorff was their ''de facto'' leader and future dictator of Germany since immediately following the end of the war. Ditto with Rohm, who was the leader of the Steel Helmets, a powerful paramilitary group and the most influential extremist organization in Bavaria until the Nazi party swallowed them up.

** The doctor who treated Hitler's mother for cancer is depicted as noticeably [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Hasidic]]. German Jews of the 19th Century were among the most assimilated in Europe, so they dressed, acted, and looked like German Christians.

** Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, and Albert Speer are all either minor characters or non-existent in the story. In reality all of these men played a huge role in Hitler's rise to power.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Ernst Hanfstaengl is portrayed as having fled Germany in 1934 for moral reasons because he realized where Hitler's leadership was taking Germany. He actually continued to clamor for Hitler's approval for several more years and defected to the United States only after falling out of favor with the Nazis.

Hitler: The Rise of Evil was a Canadian, two-part miniseries [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin covering the rise]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Party]]. Starring RobertCarlyle in the title role, the series shows how Hitler went from a lowly corporal in the German Army to Führer of Germany. Though an ambitious project, the series suffers from several [[ArtisticLicenseHistory historical inaccuracies]], as well as a [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent bizarre lack of German accents]] which would be prevalent in, you know, Germany!

** The doctor who treated Hitler's mother for cancer is depicted as noticeably [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Hasidic]], whereas he was likely indistinguishable from Christians.

** When Hitler was in the hospital, one of the doctors announced that Germany surrendered, when Germany only signed an armistice.

** When Hitler was in the hospital, one of the doctor announced that Germany surrendered, when Germany only signed an armistice.
* BritishNazis: Most notably Hitler, who is played by RobertCarlyle.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Yes, this series manages to do this to ''Hitler'', taking every aspect which might be considered positive, and tearing it to shreds. The medal he earned in WW1 is presented as a political gesture with no real military merit behind it. While in reality Hitler was known to be an animal lover, here he brutally bashes a dog's head in. He is implied to have an abusive sexual relationship with his niece. For all his many faults, there is no historical evidence whatsoever that Hitler was any kind of sexual deviant.

* TranslationConvention: Most of the signs and newspapers are in English.

Hitler: The Rise of Evil was a Canadian, two-part miniseries [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin covering the rise]] of AdolfHitler and the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Party]]. Starring RobertCarlyle in the title role, the series shows how Hitler went from a lowly corporal in the German Army to Führer of Germany. Though an ambitious project, the series suffers from several [[ArtisticLicenseHistory historical inaccuracies]], as well as a [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent bizarre lack of German accents]] which would be prevalent in, you know, Germany!

Hitler: The Rise of Evil was a Canadian, two-part miniseries [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin covering the rise]] of AdolfHitler and the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Party]]. Starring RobertCarlyle in the title role, the series shows how Hitler went from a lowly corporal in the German Army to Führer of Germany. Though an ambitious project, the series suffers from several [[ArtisticLicenseHistory historical inacuracies]], as well as a [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent bizarre lack of German accents]] which would be prevalent in, you know, Germany!

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Yes, this series manages to do this to ''Hitler'', as taking every aspect which might be considered positive, and tearing it to shreds. The medal he earned in WW1 is presented as a political gesture with no real military merit behind it. While in reality Hitler was known to be an animal lover, here he brutally bashes a dog's head in. He is implied to have an abusive sexual relationship with his niece. For all his many faults, there is no historical evidence whatsoever that Hitler was any kind of sexual deviant.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Yes, this series manages to do this to ''Hitler'', as it takes every aspect which might be considered positive, and tearing it to shreds. The medal he earned in WW1 is presented as a political gesture with no real military merit behind it. While in reality Hitler was known to be an animal lover, here he brutally bashes a dog's head in. He is implied to have an abusive sexual relationship with his niece. For all his many faults, there is no historical evidence whatsoever that Hitler was any kind of sexual deviant.

* TranslationConvention: Most of the signs and newspapers are in English.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Many critics thought the series was a commentary on the fear surrounding the WarOnTerror.