I think Branagh captured Heydrich. Heydrich was charming as well as ruthless. The "Final Solution" had been decided upon before the conference. The purpose of the conference was to "entangle" high ranking officials of all the departments involved, get their statement of co-operation, and get their advice as to means of effecting. It was the same as the "conference in the Imperial Presence" at which the attack on Pearl Harbor was "decided"...it had already been decided. Note that none of the participants was of the highest rank in his department; he was always a subordinate, eg, Stuckart instead of Frick, the Interior Minister. Deniers of the "catastrophe"-for that is what "Shoah" means, not "holocaust"-say there is no paper trail. Of course there isn't! It was like the Mafia! Always buffers.Tucci looked nothing like Eichman but, I think, captured the essence of "the banality of evil". I respectfully disagree with the comment that Tucci's Eichman dominates the action. From before his entrance Heydrich is present. Branagh's performance reminds me of Robert Shaw's Henry VIII in "A Man for all Seasons"-the full spectrum.
Review of Conspiracy
