Everyman

Render Unto Caesar Christian Witnesses in Nazi Germany (1984x16)

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When Adolf Hitler came to power he seemed to millions of Germans the answer to prayer. And from the first he played on these longings, presenting Nazism as a religion, with himself as Messiah. But the religion of Nazism had to compete with another, older faith - Christianity. Fifty years ago this week the Nazis took their first legal step against Christianity, passing the so-called Conspiracy Law, which was used to suppress Christian activities. In this film, made by a young German director, Everyman examines the response of contemporary Christian writers and poets to the dilemma posed by organised evil - how far should one submit to Caesar, how far to God?