故事是这样的：从1943年“闪电战”计划到1944年“瓦尔基里”行动，十几年间至少有42次针对希特勒的刺杀尝试，每次失败的原因都匪夷所思——炸弹失灵、会议提前结束、甚至元首临时改了站位。适合对二战幕后细节有好奇心的观众，尤其是厌倦了教科书式正史、想从具体技术层面理解“为何没人干掉希特勒”的纪录片爱好者。导演Jonathan B. Taylor刻意淡化戏剧高潮，用冷静的文献影像与重演片段交替呈现历史现场——Erik Thompson、Arlo Hemphill等演员的表演克制内敛，未过度渲染英雄主义，反而通过细节（如炸弹藏匿时的细微手势、密谋者开会时压低的声音）传递出压抑的紧张感。影片像拆解一台精密钟表一样，把这些失败的尝试按时间线逐一摊开——有人把炸弹藏在公文包里却临时调了座位，有人的定时器受潮失灵，有人在最后一刻按不下扳机。演员Erik Thompson等人扮演的纳粹军官和抵抗分子，没有夸张的英雄光环，反而用克制的神情和笨拙的手势还原了那些紧张到窒息的瞬间。演员们演得特别克制，比如Erik Thompson扮演的军官在会议室里假装系鞋带时，那种眼神躲闪和衬衫领口渗出的汗珠，真实到让人跟着屏住呼吸。

　　Over sixty years after the end of World War II, recently declassified documents and contemporary experiments offer insight into a multitude of attempts at assassinating one of the most feared and despised dictators of the 20th Century. As the Nazi war machine spread terror and death across Europe, there were at least forty-two documented plots to kill Adolf Hitler and bring his regime crumbling to the ground. But who were the men that offered to lay their own lives on the line for the sake of killing one of history's most despised tyrants, and just how did they plan on accomplishing such a formidable feat? In this documentary, the filmmakers at National Geographic offer detailed insight into the forty-two assassination plots that may have altered the course of history had they actually succeeded. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
　　从最近的一堆已解密的绝密档案中，发现有多达42次试图刺杀德国独裁者-希特勒的行为，最著名的莫过于1944年7月20日的施陶芬伯格事件，当然最终还是成功的几乎没有。了跟随这个节目，让我们来了解了解当年的历史始末吧。

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