SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny became a legend in his own time. "Hitler's favorite commando" acquired a reputation as a man of daring, renowned for his audacious 1943 mission to extricate Mussolini from a mountain-top prison. Yet, he was also an egoist who stole other men's credit, an unrepentant Nazi, and a self-aggrandizing hogger of the limelight. This insightful documentary draws on in-depth research to uncover the truth about Skorzeny's career and complex personality. From his background as a student radical in Vienna to his bloody service with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, his surprise rebirth as a commando, and his intriguing post-war career and mysterious fortune, this film tells Otto Skorzeny's story in full for the first time.
迪内什·德索萨,巴拉克·奥巴马,诺姆·乔姆斯基,尼亚尔·费格森,Josh Bonzie,Rich Bentz,Chris Bruza,Burke McCrory,Corey Dykes,Michael D. Arite,Don Taylor,Michelle Swink,Alan M. Dershowitz,Michael Eric Dyson,Ward Churchill,布雷特·鲍尔,杰克·劳伦斯