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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
- Original title
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days
- Language
- EN
- Country
- IT,GB
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $2,250,000
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Dec 7, 2024 · via TMDB
Alec Guinness quite convincingly throws himself into the title role here in what is otherwise a rather theatrically dry depiction of the last few days in Hitler's Berlin bunker. With the Allies closing in, the Fuhrer is becoming increasingly desperate, increasingly frustrated and even more mistrusting of those around him. Those once trusted and powerful are being summarily dismissed; his rantings are becoming even more maniacal and his mood swings vacillate wildly so that even the most deft at dealing with him have to tread on eggshells else a firing squad might still be his response. Central to controlling him, insofar as that's possible, is his mistress Eva Braun (Doris Kunstmann) - but even she faces quite a challenge as he sees traitors everywhere and she has to contend with the inevitable for both herself and their children. The supporting cast makes up a powerful who's who of international cinema with Adolfo Celi standing out as the stoic General Krebs, Mark Kingston as the odious Martin Boorman and John Bennett as Josef Goebbels also contributing well to the sense of claustrophobic isolation in the bunker. The audio editing also works well, increasing the sound effects gradually to suggest the imminent arrival of their foes. To break up the rather visual monotony of the thing, it's interspersed with some fairly horrific actuality that illustrates not only the terror the Nazis inflicted on others, but also the extent to which Hitler was prepared to use every resource, even his Youth Movement, to sustain his flailing grip on power. I think this would work better on stage, it lacks an intensity here on screen that despite the best efforts of it's star just doesn't quite get off the ground, and it's also just a bit too verbose to sustain the potency of the sense of imminent threat.
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Alec Guinness
Adolf Hitler
Simon Ward
Hauptmann Hoffmann
Adolfo Celi
General Hans Krebs
Diane Cilento
Hanna Reitsch
Gabriele Ferzetti
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Eric Porter
Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
Doris Kunstmann
Eva Braun
Joss Ackland
General Burgdorf
John Barron
Dr. Stumpfegger
John Bennett
Joseph Goebbels
Sheila Gish
Frau Christian
Julian Glover
Fegelein
Michael Goodliffe
General Weidling
John Hallam
Guensche
Barbara Jefford
Magda Goebbels
Mark Kingston
Martin Bormann
Phyllida Law
Fraulein Manzialy
Ann Lynn
Fräulein Junge
Angela Pleasence
Trude
Andrew Sachs
Walter Wagner
Philip Stone
General Jodl
Timothy West
Prof. Gebhardt
Kenneth Colley
Boldt
James Cossins
German Officer
Philip Locke
Hanske
Alan Harris
German Officer (uncredited)
Paul Müller
(uncredited)
John Savident
Hewel (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
German Officer (uncredited)
Zoë Wanamaker
Eva Braun's Handmaid (uncredited)
Alistair Cooke
Opening Sequence Narrator (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs
German Officer (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
German Officer (uncredited)
Peter Sallis
Banker #2 (uncredited)
Michael Sheard
Banker #3 (uncredited)
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Derek Waring
Banker #4 (uncredited)
Ennio Guarnieri
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Kevin Connor
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