Review – Conspiracy

Here’s an interesting subject for a made-for-cable movie: the Wansee Conference. It’s interesting to watch the Final Solution – the extermination of millions of Jewish people in concentration camp gas chambers – discussed by Third Reich bureaucrats as if they were pondering a somewhat thorny accounting problem. The petty bickering between representatives of the various branches of the Nazi state seems trivial in light of the decisions being made, and their discussions are all the more chilling for the contrast. Some of the casting is a bit odd, particularly the choice of Stanley Tucci as Eichman. But beyond that this is a fascinating viewing experience, particularly the text at the end indicating just how few of the participants were punished in any meaningful way at the end of the war. Worth seeing