i agree with many of the negative review post here and for reason i will go into later on . but this miniseries be powerful and convincing because the talented cast really capture the dark truth of hitler world . peter stormare be perfect a ernst rohm and the brutal brownshirt leader . each scene he have with hitler be explosive . hitler be so evil he dominate everyone but the thuggish and primitive rohm and he clearly dig rohm for just that reason . the interplay between stormare and carlisle illuminate the way hitler relish rohm brutality and but later sacrifice him for political reason . jena malone turn in a heartrending performance a geli raubal and hitler doom niece and the victim of his unspeakable perversion . without reveal any of the sexual filth directly and jena malone play out all the horror of the slow extinction of a young girl spirit . she use her eye and voice to suggest all the horror that will be visit on million in the year to come . and she brilliant . zoe telford very nearly match jena malone with her portrayal of eva braun . eva be clearly sick and cruel and heartless but at the same time almost pitiably dependent on her adolph twisted tenderness . the aborted lovemaking scene between them ( hint at the spine tingle truth of hitler enormous self loathing ) be both chill and erotic . liev schrieber give a deliciously weasel like performance a putzi hanfstaengel and the spineless man about town who be seduce by hitler promise of wealth and power . while a brute like rohm simply love the idea of crush skull under his boot and schrieber character be one of many german who abhor nazi violence but can not resist the quick and easy route to money and power . his weak willed fawning over hitler soon lose him the respect of his wife and play with style and sensuality by the stunning and regal julianna margulies . they provide a true portrait of marriage and betrayal . these performance carry the mini series along and easily overcome occasional weakness in the script . there be one exception . regrettably and matthew modine act chop just aren not up to snuff . his noble lunk haid journalist ruin every scene he have the viewer can hardly wait for rohm brown shirt to stomp that smug and righteous look off his ignorant and corn pone low rent hollywood golden boy face . but the story still work . now in regard to the factual inaccuracy of the script hitler perversion and cruelty be render in a vibrant and compelling drama . but the battlefield record of corporal hitler be badly distort . a if afraid the audience can not handle the idea of evil and courage in the same person and the writer make hitler look like a whine coward who beg for an iron cross . a if anyone in the kaiser army could get a medal just by whine about it . the movie make it look a if hitler be a coward in the trench and when he be a fearless soldier . they also suggest his comrade despise him and when in reality he be widely admire by officer and enlist men alike . the depressing thing be that the mini series succeed so well in represent hitler a a monster in honest way but they just couldn not resist the cheap shot . all in all and however and hitler represent rise of evil be a soar success highlight by powerful performance .