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.

Director: Eberhard Itzenplitz, Erwin Leiser

Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Karin Baal, Friedrich W. Bauschulte, Horst Bollmann, Felix von Manteuffel, Lisi Mangold, Therese Lohner

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