Director | Aleksandr Sokurov |
Synopsis | Set to the music of Bach and Penderecki, Sonata for Hitler weaves together a bank of images from German and Soviet archive footage, drawing out a psychological dimension from the historical landscape at the end of World War II. |
Note | Made and released over a period of ten years, 1979-1989, censored in the Sovjet Union, later released to an international audience. |
Runtime | 10 minutes |