Moloch - 1999 - Alexander Sokurov

Each film of Alexandre Sokurov, considered by many the living Andrei Tarkovsky of the Russian cinema, is a new revelation. Moloch's narrative structure is based on the relationship between one of the most important figures of the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler, and the only person who ever dared to contradict him, his beloved Eva Braun. The year is 1942. On the majestic terraces of the ominous fortress of Berchtesgaden, perched above the Bavarian Alps, a woman prances in the nude, waving randomly at the spying telescopes. This is the restless Eva (Elena Rufanova), who is waiting for her beloved "Adi," the Fuhrer (eonid Mosgovoi), who arrives with a thunder and bolt. In his entourage are his right-hand man Martin Bormann and his propaganda specialist Joseph Goebbels with his loving wife, Magda. The scene is set for a peaceful retreat of several hours. However, an uncontrollable war is raging in the heart of Eva, who is caught in the complexities of a man incapable of intimacy. Rather than a historical treatise, the film is a psychological study of the man who was the terror of the twentieth century and the person who was the closest to him. The clue to how it all happened seems to be hidden in some of the intimate moments between the two characters. Sokurov is dealing with a very sensitive subject in a film which is a complex reflection on power. Each frame carries the mark of his previous nine films and is a testimony to his meticulous art. Moloch is a very powerful film that gives the impression that time is suspended. Particularly for this reason, it is not recommended to those who like their cinema fast paced and light-hearted. Sokurov used Russian theater actors from St. Petersburg to shoot the film, but their voices were later dubbed by theater actors from Berlin. The film received the Best Screenplay award of the 52nd Cannes Film Festival, 1999. General Complete name : Moloch - 1999 - Alexander Sokurov.avi Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave Format/Family : RIFF File size : 1.37 GiB PlayTime : 1h 47mn Bit rate : 1811 Kbps StreamSize : 13.0 MiB Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release) Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release Video #0 Codec : XviD Codec/Family : MPEG-4 Codec/Info : XviD project Codec profile : Streaming Video Profile/Level 1 Codec settings/PacketBitStream : No Codec settings/BVOP : No Codec settings/QPel : No Codec settings/GMC : 0 Codec settings/Matrix : Custom PlayTime : 1h 47mn Bit rate : 1623 Kbps Width : 640 pixels Height : 384 pixels Display Aspect ratio : 1.667 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Resolution : 8 bits Chroma : 4:2:0 Interlacement : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.274 StreamSize : 1.22 GiB Audio #1 Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 Codec profile : Joint stereo PlayTime : 1h 47mn Bit rate : 180 Kbps Bit rate mode : VBR Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48 KHz Resolution : 16 bits StreamSize : 138 MiB Writing library : LAME3.97 Encoding settings : ABR German audio, English subtitle IMDB: D:BT DownloadsMoloch - 1999 - Alexander SokurovMoloch - 1999 - Alexander Sokurov.avi General Complete name : D:BT DownloadsMoloch - 1999 - Alexander SokurovMoloch - 1999 - Alexander Sokurov.avi Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave Format/Family : RIFF File size : 1.37 GiB PlayTime : 1h 47mn Bit rate : 1811 Kbps StreamSize : 13.0 MiB Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release) Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release Video #0 Codec : XviD Codec/Family : MPEG-4 Codec/Info : XviD project Codec profile : Streaming Video Profile/Level 1 Codec settings/PacketBitStream : No Codec settings/BVOP : No Codec settings/QPel : No Codec settings/GMC : 0 Codec settings/Matrix : Custom PlayTime : 1h 47mn Bit rate : 1623 Kbps Width : 640 pixels Height : 384 pixels Display Aspect ratio : 1.667 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Resolution : 8 bits Chroma : 4:2:0 Interlacement : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.274 StreamSize : 1.22 GiB Audio #1 Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 Codec profile : Joint stereo PlayTime : 1h 47mn Bit rate : 180 Kbps Bit rate mode : VBR Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48 KHz Resolution : 16 bits StreamSize : 138 MiB Writing library : LAME3.97 Encoding settings : ABR

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 velvetfog (2008-10-17)

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zeinabqureshi (2008-11-22)

I'm not commenting on the quality, which must be quite superb...(I was myself thinking of uploading this a few months ago). And this comment is not for the Sokurov fans, either... I find most of his films rather lacking in most departments...in this film, what alarms us most is the startling quietness (which really puts one of, considering what it must have been like in Berlin at the time the Soviets were moving in). Apart from that, the story is total conjecture, and compared to 'The Sun'(about Emperor Hirohito) this film is quite flat to say the best. The scenes are contrived, even artificial, and if yo want a rather straightforward account of the final moments of Hitler, please consider 'Downfall' (Der Untergang) by Hirschbiegel rather than this shitty movie. I really can't see why people compare this ordinary filmmaker (with over three dozen movies to his `credit' - one should think he was aiming for a Guinness record) to Tarkovsky.

manisman07 (2009-01-24)

To zeinabqureshi: I did not see it yet, but the year is 1942. Or is it just at the beginning of the film? If not, then in 1942 the Soviets certainly were not moving in. And Hitler would reach Baku, if he would not wish to achieve Stalingrad either (or would try to get it two months earlier, when it was not fortified yet). In fact your observations: quietness, "the story is total conjecture" fits well into the main comment: "film ... gives ... impression that time is suspended". And maybe that is what this film is about.
I am looking forward to it. I think there is something I and the director share, just from this very reading, questions, that can get answered only through imagination - or, as you may say: through conjecture.

zeinabqureshi (2009-02-23)

@manisman07:
You're quite about the time...it's indeed 1942 or 1943... but the point is quite different. Sokurov gets 0 marks in everything even remotely historical, so let's not waste our time with that. I wouldn't dream to every claim I sat through a Sokurov movie; that would be the death of me. He makes a belaboured point which is often lost on viewers like me. What I hate most about this fluke is the oft-repeated comparison with Tarkovsky. Bela Tarr I would allow; Zvyagintsev I'd happily concur; but Sokurov... he could spend his time watching Tarkoveky's films a hundred times over and still make such stupid films (Russian Ark excepted, of course; And 'The Sun' is a vastly improved effort when compared to this monstrosity).

scratchmynuts2 (2010-02-02)

''The Sun'' is quite an enjoyable experience and quite rewarding too.But to say ''Moloch'' is a disappointment is quite an understatement and for me not worth the effort.

domdom1984 (2010-03-18)

I haven't seen the movie yet, but am currently downloading. From what I have read in the blurb, people who are looking for a movie related to the second world war will not find here... The movie itself represents the nuclear winter that is the emotional state of Adolf Hitler. Rather than being focused on the war, the movie focuses on Adolf Hitler's inability to show emotion. In psychology, they have a term for such a person ? a psychopath.

aluxebalam (2013-05-27)

Subtitles are in SRT?...
Because I need spanish subtitles but I can download an spanish SRT file from the web and replace the english file for the spanish one.
Thank u in advance.

aluxebalam (2013-05-28)

Muchas gracias!

Sabres2006 (2015-05-16)

OMG this is the worst Goebbels I have ever seen in any WW2 movie LOLOL..not well thought out there, he looks like a female actor and is way too tiny..storyline is boring also..see "Downfall" now that was a classic