Conspiracy

 (Edited)

Last evening, I watched 2/3 of the movie “Conspiracy,“ starring Kenneth Branaugh.  This movie chronicles the progress of a meeting by some of the highest officials of the Nazi regime.   The purpose of the meeting as shared by the head of the SS (Branaugh), was a discussion of  how to exterminate the Jewish people. Even now as I write this, I am almost shuddering.   Several times during the movie I dipped my head in shame and horror.

As the movie depicts it, there was far from unanimity in the room during the first half of the meeting. But after a lunch break, Branaugh’s character through relentless cunning and verbal arm-twisting, brought persons (all men) around to his point of view. 

Sadly, I had to leave the movie because of schedule. I am anxious to get back to it tonight. But what I have seen so far is a film about a meeting. One would think this would be as dry as corn biscuits in the desert. That is certainly not the case! This is due to the sublime performances by the actors. This is surely the best movie of its type since “Twelve Angry Men.”