History Series / HitlerTheRiseOfEvil

** Von Hindenburg's funeral wasn't in Berlin, but in East Prussia.

** Hitlers Mother and Father (Klara Hitler and Alois Hitler) were cousins instead of uncle and niece.

* EnfantTerrible: Hitler is shown to be a nasty child spoiled rotten by his mother, who burns his father's beekeeper hive before giving him the evil eye, at which point he suffers a heart attack (the real Alois Hitler died while visiting the local pub).

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: One of the hallmarks of this series. It got so bad that Ian Kershaw-the historian brought on as an advisor for the show, whose two-volume biography of Hitler even ''inspired'' the show-regretted ever taking part of it and wondered why he was brought on in the first place because he felt that everything he said was being ignored.

** Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich and Rudolf Hess are all either [[DemotedToExtra minor characters]] or [[AdaptedOut 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 and Hitler were also much closer in RealLife than the movie depicts as well.

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

* DownerEnding: Hitler establishes absolute power over Germany, dissidents are either murdered or forced to flee the country, and World War II unfolds.

** Hitler had blue eyes, something none of the actors playing him in the series have.

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

** Same goes for [[http://hitlercbs.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/5/3/19533771/3933648.jpg?328 Helene Hanfstaengl]], who was plain-looking in life and nowhere near the looks of [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb4nv8mMH21r7yduto1_500.png Julianne Marguiles]].

* 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. Also a Villain upgrade, since he is portrayed as more important than he was as well.
* 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 for embarrassing him by peeing on his leg. 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.[[note]]That last one is probably based on a public accusation one of Hitler's political opponents did make in real history, but there is no evidence that points towards it being anything more than a baseless smear attempt.[[/note]] Robert Carlyle's take on Hitler is pestered with nervous twitches of all sorts, especially before he takes the reign of the Nazi Party and develops some confidence. In fact, the first acts of the story present his as not quite mentally stable, more like a sectarian preacher than a political extremist, which not only has no grounds in reality, but also makes it hard to believe anyone would actually entrust him with any sort of responsibility in the first place.

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

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: One of the hallmarks of this series. It got so bad that Ian Kershaw- the historian brought on as an advisor for the show, whose two-volume biography of Hitler even ''inspired'' the show-, regretted ever taking part of it and wondered why he was brought on in the first place because he felt that everything he said was being ignored.

** The doctor who treated Hitler's mother for cancer is depicted as noticeably [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Hasidic]]. Austrian Jews of the turn of the century were among the most assimilated in Europe, so they dressed, acted, and looked like Austrian Christians. Hitler himself noted in ''Literature/MeinKampf'' that he never saw a Hasidic Jew until he moved to Vienna... a passage they actually quote ''in this very movie.''

** Hitler is told he's being deployed to the Eastern Front, right before the gas attack that blinds him. The Eastern Front ended in March 1918, with Russia collapsing due to the Bolshevik Revolution, seven months before Hitler being sent to hospital.

** 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 with promises and threats (namely by the SS surrounding the building vowing to retaliate if they didn't vote "yes"). 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. They only got a majority as part of a coalition government (which, obviously, they later nullified when they cowed their partners in accepting a one-party state).

** 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.

* BoomerangBigot: While sleeping on the streets of Vienna, Hitler goes on a rant about Jews. The homeless man sleeping next to him laughs, saying that he thought ''Hitler'' was a Jew.

* DestinationDefenestration: Fritz Gerlich is contacted by a man has inside information on Nazi Party collusion with shady foreign investors. This source is later pursued by a bunch of SA men at a train station, who throw him through a window to his death.
* EmergencyAuthority: Hitler uses the Reichstag fire to have the Enabling Act approved, a significant step in turning Germany into a dictatorship.

* AdaptedOut: Heinrich Himmler never appears, despite Hitler's relationship with SA leader Ernst Rohm and the Night of the Long Knives being a big part of the plot.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Creator/JenaMalone was a tad too [[https://static.fusionmovies.to/images/character/6BTfbLkt36x37O_zjKFabN5Bxbd69E1oyR6Hf6lQpXN2t3ekRcj8afKl3AuG74A5vVy4FWlY6NMDGryiCpK-HWxKIyXCvwm5EW1e5VRkwNs.jpg?1 attractive]] to play Hitler's niece, [[http://ekladata.com/pN9qomKjRCJOYQrLRnlMwAbs9lQ.jpg Geli Raubal]].

** Ernst Rohm 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.

** Several German soldiers, including Hitler, can be seen using the Karabiner 98k rifle, which was not introduced until 1935.
** When Ernst Hanfstaengl sees Hitler speak for the first time, a swastika banner can be seen in the background, well before Hitler chooses that as his symbol.

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

** 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.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ernst Hanfstaengl gets on the first train out of Munich when he sees that the Beer Hall Putsch has collapsed.

''Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' was a Canadian, two-part miniseries [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin covering the rise]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. Starring Creator/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]].

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Hitler is shown violently beating a dog to death after it pisses on his leg. However, in real life Hitler was a massive animal lover and owned two dogs.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: After a stray dog adopted by Hitler in the trenches humiliates him in front of his fellow servicemen, he responds by dragging it off and beating the poor thing to death. However, doing so actually saves Hitler when a shell explodes in the shelter where they just were.

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

* SuddenlyShouting: Hitler does this a lot, while speaking both publicly and privately. The most notable example is when he speaks at the German Workers Party for the first time, and upon noticing that everyone is not paying attention to his soft-spoken speech, shouts "IS ANYONE LISTENING?!" After that, they do start listening.