I can only imagine how difficult for filmmakers it could be with a task like this: events in a meeting hall, all male, no support from music/landscape/... etc., controversial topic... At least the characters are real and the course of events can be created based on a finding, but still - it is easy to slide into boredom, presentation of arid faces and remarks with obscure words.But the result was very good, without any elements to develop blah! feeling. The script was rigorous, compact, no unnecessary "hovering" or irrelevant references. It was enjoyable to follow both how the conclusion was reached, and how the participants reacted or changed in the course of this. All via great performances, with only a slight prevalence by Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci, and accurate and suggestive cinematography.For the sake of even more truthful atmosphere, Conspiracy could have been a German film, with actors speaking German. But the one we saw was definitely "the greatest second best".

This is an important film, if only because of its extremely rare subject matter, the single meeting leading to the extermination of all the Jews of Europe. I was completely unaware of such a secret meeting, held in Berlin without even the physical presence of Hitler himself. This powerful film belongs to its central star, Kenneth Branagh, who commands the proceedings with the actual gravitas of a true Nazi general. In a word, his performance was both simultaneously charming, and pathologically serious, all in one, irresistible package. He was riveting. Although the role of Adolf Eichman, portrayed by a solid Stanley Tucci (particularly in one memorable speech) was effective, alas, most all of the supporting cast of movie Nazis (all English performers, as always), they were all there, clearly, to support Branagh's standout performance and character.

Most people believe they know what evil looks like. It's dirty, rotten, unkempt, and generally unpleasant, located in surroundings that are equally repugnant. However, in the winter of 1942, men of true evil met in pristine, gorgeous surroundings. They eat fabulous food, take in the breath taking surroundings of an old mansion and go about their business leisurely. They are well groomed, seemingly normal people. They were meeting to plan one of the greatest atrocities of the twentieth century the Holocaust. And they did it with a smile and barely a hint of remorse. Conspiracy is a film produced by and originally broadcast on HBO in 2001, but it is the equal, and often the superior, of many theatrical films from that largely lackluster year, a chilling and fascinating look at the "banality of evil," as a commentator once described it. The conference was chaired by General Reinhard Heydrich (Kenneth Branagh), a high ranking member of the SS, and he was assisted by Colonel Adolph Eichmann (Stanley Tucci), a man infamous for escaping capture by the Allies at the end of World War II. The conference was brief, only two hours, but in that time, these men would decide the fate of six million Jews and other ethnic groups. The main problem with this film is that the acting was just awful i can't even explain how bad the actors were. The next question is whether this was factual and i don't think it was unless the film was lying when they stop the note taker at times and not allowing people to listen to the taps of the conference and destroying them. But I still think that the movie was very good and if it was factual then it is truly disgraceful

This historical documentary film portrays the Wansee conference on the outskirts of Berlin on a snowy day in winter 1942. The conference is held in a large manor house on the outskirts of a lake just outside Berlin. In this conference the fate of every Jew in Europe was discussed by a number of high ranking Nazis. In some ways this group of men are responsible for every holocaust death in Europe. The film makes you ask yourself a number of question such as how can these people sit here and talk about the fate of these Jews as if they are not humans. The men sit around and have jokes about how will be dealt with be it sterilization or execution. They seem to show no remorse for the actions they are planning to take out. The film gives us an insight into how the Nazis acted and how they could commit such atrocities. Kenneth Branaugh delivers an excellent performance as Heydrich, the head of the table at the meeting. He threatens people with a smile on his face, and shows no remorse while speaking of killing thousands of people. Stanley Tucci is also great as Eichmann, who set up the entire meeting, from the venue to the food to the topics. The way he counts the number of Jews that can be exterminated in a a given period of time is creepy. The cast also includes great turns by Colin Firth, a lawyer and professor who thinks the systematic slaughter of the Jews is bad for Germany's future, and Ian McNiece, who plays a hateful and witty official. Over all the film is interesting and keeps you entertained throughout, however it also leaves a message in your head asking yourself how this conversation could have really happened in real life and how these people could show so little remorse or responsibility for these actions which affected the world forever.