故事是这样的：二战期间，盟军和德国国内的反纳粹势力前前后后策划了42次针对希特勒的暗杀行动，从枪击、炸弹到毒药、飞机撞火车，手段五花八门，却一次次被命运或巧合打断。每次行动前的紧张气氛，透过当事人回忆的碎片和精准的模拟场景传递出来，你能感受到那些军官颤抖的手和决绝的眼神。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。几位历史学者和军事专家的出镜分析很扎实，没有刻意煽情，却让人感受到那些抵抗者面对独裁政权时的孤独与勇气。导演Jonathan B. Taylor大量运用还原场景和地图动画，让每一次失败的原因（天气、转椅被碰歪、希特勒临时改变行程）都像真实犯罪现场般具体。主演Erik Thompson、Arlo Hemphill等人没有过度戏剧化的表演，反而是用克制甚至有点局促的肢体语言，让人相信他们就是那些身处绝境、手抖着去拧引信的普通人，这种“不完美”反而让紧张感更真实。

　　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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