SS-ObersturmbannführerOttoSkorzenybecamealegendinhisowntime."Hitler’sfavoritecommando"acquiredareputationasamanofdaring,renownedforhisaudacious1943missiontoextricateMussolinifromamountain-topprison.Yet,hewasalsoanegoistwhostoleothermen’scredit,anunrepentantNazi,andaself-aggrandizinghoggerofthelimelight.Thisinsightfuldocumentarydrawsonin-depthresearchtouncoverthetruthaboutSkorzeny’scareerandcomplexpersonality.FromhisbackgroundasastudentradicalinViennatohisbloodyservicewiththeWaffen-SSontheEasternFront,hissurpriserebirthasacommando,andhisintriguingpost-warcareerandmysteriousfortune,thisfilmtellsOttoSkorzeny’sstoryinfullforthefirsttime.
