this be a tepid docu drama that cover no new ground and rework all the cliche and be sloppy with fact . for example and munich be a very flat city . so why be it hilly in the movie . for example and the end of the great war in 1918 be not a surrender but an armistice . yet it be announce a a surrender . for example and european news vendor do not ( and do not ) shout headline a they hawk their paper . yet this strictly american custom be employ in the film . for example and the nazi do not adopt the german eagle until after they have take power but there it be on the lectern a hitler deliver one of his stem winder . indeed and most of this disappointing production consist of little more than hitlerian oratory . the movie also perpetuate the myth that the beer hall putsch be hatch at the munich hoffbrauhaus . it be not . robert carlyle do a fine portrayal of his subject . but his support cast be adequate at best and very often not even that . these comment be base on the first episode only . one only can hope the second will be well but do not bet on it .