En film om den aristokratiska familjen von Essenbeck under åren 1933 till 1934. Deras historia sammanvävs med nazismens historia.
De fördömda
nazi, poison, orgy, opportunist, family relationships, industrialist, murder, male homosexuality, cross dressing, pedophile, gestapo, incest, lgbt, third reich (iii reich 1933-45), decadence, debauchery, aryan, weimar, germany, 1930s, child suicide, wealthy family, sexual deviants, power madness, mother son relationship, pre-war, political purge, nazi germany, political opposition, weimar republic, lust for power