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is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of this century’s most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives -- their favorite foods, 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.

Human Remains addresses this horror from a completely different angle. Irony and even occasional humor are sprinkled throughout the documentary. This darkly poetic film is based entirely on fact, creatively combining direct quotes and biographical research. Though based on historical figures, Human Remains is contemporary in its implications and ultimately invites the viewer to confront the nature of evil.

Written, directed, edited, photographed & produced by Jay Rosenblatt
Co-produced by The Danish Film Institute Workshop
Completion funding provided by Film Arts Foundation
Associate producer, optical printing & assistant editing: John Turk
Creative consultant: Jennifer Frame
Script & editing consultants: Ellen Bruno, Caveh Zahedi & Harvey Schwartz
Voice-over talent: Karl-Heinz Teuber. Adrian Morgan, Pierangelo Peri, Chris Cook, Daniel Bojckov, Charles Girdham, Jose Carballado, Shantinayaka, Wu Ming & Paramabodhi.

“HUMAN REMAINS stares evil in its altogether human face. As brilliant a film as its subject is chilling."
- Bill Nichols, Professor of Cinema, S.F. State University, Author of Ideology and the Image

“HUMAN REMAINS will prove to be a valuable classroom resource. No viewer will leave the film unchanged."”
- Ernest Giglio, Professor of Politics & American Studies, Lycoming College

“This film should be required viewing wherever the complexities of human evil, and the artistic evocation of those complexities are discussed.”
-Don Fredericksen, Director, Undergraduate Program in Film, Cornell University

“The first time I saw this film I was speechless. Everywhere HUMAN REMAINS was programmed it shook up viewers and opened up discussions.”
- Heidi Lobato, Director, Amnesty International Film Festival



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• Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival
• Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award, International Documentary Association
  
• Best Short Film, Hamptons International Film Festival
  
• Best Documentary, Aspen Shortsfest
  
• Best Documentary, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
  
• Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Documentary, Florida Film Festival
  
• Grand Prize, Documentary, Vila do Conde Short Film Festival, Portugal
  
• Best American Film, BBC British Short Film Festival
  
• Bronze Apple, National Educational Media Network

  Complete list of awards & screenings