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。
两名高等法院的法官遭杀手谋杀,法学院高材生达比(朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)随后开始调查此案,起草一份该案的报告,名为《塘鹅报告》。达比找到了记者格兰(丹泽尔•华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰),因为他是最后一名见到其中一名法官的人,希望能得到他的帮助调查此案。一天格兰接到了一个神秘人来电,此人自称知道谁是该案凶手,格兰跟踪到了此人,可惜未能拦下他。
此时,总统暗中命令相关人士不要插手此案。格兰由此起疑,随后调查到了总统和马氏集团关系密切,而且一切证据都表明,马氏与两位法官的死有着千丝万缕的关系!