5/5 Great Choice
  by Leonce J. Larouche
This movie is extremely excellent. I suggest this movie to anyone who is interested in the Nazi era of history, and if you want to know how a mad man came to power. It is very important to remember how history becomes, and this is one movie that gives us the warnings for future problems.

5/5 HITLER AND BLUE EYES
  by FRITZY (USA)
HITLER HAD PIERCING BLUE EYES, IN THE MOVIE HIS EYES APPEAR BROWN. IS THIS TO MAKE HIM APPEAR MORE EVIL OR WHAT, LESS CHARMING? THEY COULD HAVE USED PIERCING BLUE EYE CONTACTS. SEEMS PROPAGANDA IS AGAIN AT WORK TO DEVIATE FROM THE TRUTH TO SATISFY CERTAIN GROUPS. ALSO, HITLER NEVER HIT THE DOG AS SHOWN IN THE MOVIE.

1/5 WRONG DVD
  by Mr. B. Craven
I am annoyed that I have been sent a DVD compatible with USA to a UK address!

5/5 Hitler was the greatest speaker, Robert Carlyle playing Hitler makes it seem real!!
  by Thomas Reifenberg (USA)
I first watched this in my German class in high school. I was expecting a 90 minute boring documentary. Man, was I ever wrong. It starts off as Adolf as a child. For about the first 10 minutes or so, it shows how his childhood was like all the way until he wanted to become an artist. The music that was playing through these scenes just sends chills down your spine. From this point on, the movie does exactly what the title is, how he came into to power. Robert Carlyle played Hitler perfectly because anytime he got up to speak, everyone that heard him was easily persuaded by anything he said. At times, I felt like I was watched Hitler in real life. That's how good the acting was. Throughout the movie, people started to see what Hitler was after and tried to stop him. But no matter what they did or how hard they tried, he just kept getting stronger.
So, the bottom-line, this is one of the best history movies you can see. It's very educational, but most of the time you wouldn't realize it because it's so good. I'd definitely check it out. It's well worth the $11.

4/5 Surprisingly good
  by J. Ellis (chicago, illinois United States)
I had very low expectations for this English language movie - saw some stills from the movie and the British/Scottish actor playing Hitler Robert Carlyle didn't look the part - with the title "The Rise of Evil" - I thought it would be a typical "OH THOSE NAZIS ARE SO COMPLETELY EVIL".

I am familiar with the true history and this movie is the best depiction of the character and events I have seen.
Robert Carlyle is very believable as Hitler - who appears from seemingly nowhere, a nobody and yet a spokesman for everybody in this chaotic, distressful time for Germans, in Bavaria and everywhere.

Robert Carlyle does an excellent job of showing how the loner Hitler who thinks about everything yet seems to have no friends or associates outside of a association with the German army and with Germany, German mythology - he finds his voice and quickly connects with large groups of workers, ex soldiers and then... he is introduced into high, rich German society and connects just as well with them, he is a charmer and not really an actor, he is what he is and he is the man of the time.

Yes, there are some liberties taken from history - the depiction of Hitler's WW I combat service looks to portray Hitler as not a great soldier, kind of a psycho let to the front who beats dogs. Hitler never beat dogs, he loved dogs, more than a lot of people, sad to say.

Anyway, the movie is excellent and shows a glimpse of the power of a messianic figure, who comes from nowhere yet everywhere.

Excellent movie.