The Documentary Sales Company 
Deckert Distribution presents:
Human Remains

Human Remains

USA 1998 
30 min
16 mm
Production: Jay Rosenblatt

Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of last century's most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Fransisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives - their favorite food, films, habits and sexual preferences. There is no mention of their public lives or of their place in history. The intentional omission of the horrors for which these men were responsible hovers over the film.

Winner of 30 awards, including:
"Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award", IDA
"Grand Prize", Vila do Conde
"Best Documentary", Aspen
"Jury Award", Sundance
"Best Short Film", Hampton
"Best Short Film", San Jose
"Grand Jury Prize", Florida 
"Best Documentary", Toronto Short
"Best Novelle/Experimental Film", Odense

Jay Rosenblatt

King of the Jews, 2000
Nine Lives (The Eternal Moment of Now), 2000
A Pregnant Moment, 1998
Period Piece, 1996
The Smell of Burning Ants, 1994