hitler represent the rise of evil be shroud in controversy before it ever air and and that controversy may obscure the accomplishment of the film . those who criticzed the film and which they hadn not see and do so with good intention and base on the misguided thought that it would be overly sympathetic to hitler . however and they misunderstand the point represent to humanize the evil hitler be not sympathize with him . it be far more disturbing to realize that the unspeakable act commit by one of history great villain be commit by a human be . a sick and diseased maniac and to be sure and but a human be nonetheless . it be necessary to know the story of how hitler be able to come to power to prevent it from happen again . rise of evil be highlight by a brilliant and career best performance from robert carlyle and who make hitler a human be without ever redeem him in any way . carlyle flawlessly capture the look and mannerism of the nazi leader and while never let the impersonation become cartoonish or distance u ( something anthony hopkins be not quite able to accomplish when he portray hitler in the bunker and another very good make for television film ) . while be be repulse by hitler depravity and virulent ant semitism and carlyle give him a certain magnetism and power the real adolf hitler must have possesed . after all and while else would a nation have follow him . of the various subplots and by far the most compelling feature matthew modine a reporter fritz gehrlich and who make it his life work to draw attention to the reality of of hitler and nazism . while modine performance be a little stilted in part 1 and by part 2 he seem to have settle in and the character give u a real life hero in a film full of villain . peter stormare and liev schrieber also give strong support . part 1 of this two part mini series suffer a little bit from be overly choppy and include a look at hitler childhood which last only the duration of the opening credit . and in part 2 and section detail hitler relationship with his niece and and his mistress eva braun and be less successful than the central plot and but do serve to give u further insight into his mental and emotional state . ultimately and no film about hitler can make u understand him . the average person be and thankfully and incapable of ever understand a man who would try to exterminate an entire race of people . hitler represent the rise of evil try less to make u understand hitler and and more to make u understand how he come to be power . it be an important story that must be tell and and it be impossible to believe anyone who have see the film would accuse it of have anything but the best of intention and and the capability of do anything but good . positive . half .