The Followers

1985Directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz, Erwin Leiser

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Released: June 7, 1985

About The Followers

Drama
Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Directors: Eberhard Itzenplitz
Erwin Leiser
Original title: Die Mitläufer

Principal cast

In billing order

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Gottfried JohnBrocke
Karin BaalElisabeth Kurz
Friedrich W. Bauschulte
Horst BollmannStrobel
Felix von Manteuffel

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