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Overacted and overdramatized
I have no issues with the substance of the film; its interpretation of the intentionally vague surviving record of the Wannsee Conference is as plausible as any other. However, especially when compared to the earlier German production "Die Wannseekonferenz" (available in this country only on VHS), it is seriously defective as a historical reenactment. It starts with the silly overflight scene at the beginning and the waiter dropping the dishes at the beginning and then gets worse. Many of the characters are ridiculously overacting and become almost caricatures, especially the vulgar, pork-faced Klopfer, but also Kritzinger, who would be great playing an English aristocrat, but fails utterly at the portrayal of a faceless German bureaucrat. To add drama, the meeting seems to be interrupted constantly by food breaks, and Eichmann puts more effort into his role as catering manager than anything else. The breaks, none of which seem documented during what was a very short meeting, also give the director plenty of opportunity to add more fictional tension, bathroom discussions, and interaction between characters. There is little indication that there was as much interpersonal conflict as depicted here. The German version has some of the same weaknesses, but much milder; in "Conspiracy", they become much too distracting.

Excellent dramatization of the Wannsee Conference
The cast says it all: Kenneth Branagh as Heydrich, Stanley Tucci as Eichmann, Colin Firth as the co-author of the Nuremberg laws, and virtually every other English-speaking actor of note working today. Based on the transcript of the actual Wannsee Conference, filmed at the house in Berlin's Wannsee district where the real conference occurred, the matter-of-fact way in which these high government and military officials decide how and where to kill all of Europe's Jews is blood curdling. The performances are uniformly excellent, with Branagh and Tucci worthy recipients of Emmys. The film, also and Emmy winner for best drama, educates and enlightens, and even entertains as it explores the psyches of these ordinary men who sat down and decided to kill 6 million people because they could.

Great
What a History Lesson!!! This is a great movie. If your looking for WWII action, this movie doesn't go into that aspect. This movie is about a top secret meeting that really took place, keep that in mind.

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