Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)

Director:

Ennio De Concini

Writers:

Gerhardt Boldt (book), Ennio De Concini (screenplay),

Stars:

Alec Guinness, Simon Ward, Adolfo Celi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alec Guinness	...	Adolf Hitler
Simon Ward	...	Capt. Hoffman
Adolfo Celi	...	Gen. Krebs
Diane Cilento	...	Hanna Reitsch
Gabriele Ferzetti	...	Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Eric Porter	...	Gen. von Greim
Doris Kunstmann	...	Eva Braun
Joss Ackland	...	Gen. Burgdorf
John Bennett	...	Josef Goebbels
John Barron	...	Dr. Stumpfegger
Barbara Jefford	...	Magda Goebbels
Sheila Gish	...	Frau Christian
Julian Glover	...	Fegelein
Michael Goodliffe	...	Gen. Weidling
Mark Kingston	...	Martin Bormann

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

berlin germany | 1940s | execution | child soldier | megalomaniac | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | War

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gli ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tomorrow Entertainment, West Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The filmed script opening scene had Adolf Hitler meeting with Nazi Bankers (Freddie Jones, Michael Sheard, Kevin Brennan and Peter Sallis etc). But this was all deleted in post production and replaced with a scene with Hitler and Nazi Professor (Timothy West).

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Goofs

The map of Europe shown along with the opening credits show the post-war frontiers with the Oder-Neisse-Line as Germany's Eastern frontier.

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Quotes

Eva Braun: [speaking to Hitler] What a pity for the world you couldn't have devoted your life to art.

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Connections

Featured in Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)

User Reviews

The most gripping portrayal of Adolf Hitler ever.

Alec Guinness, most notably known as Obi Wan Kenobi, delivers a stunning performance as the Third Reich's Fuhrer. Relegated to a concrete bunker in once beautiful Berlin, Hitler resorts to ruling a faux empire. Fascinated with models of victorious post war Germany, Hitler lives in painful delusion. When he is coherent, Hitler plans grand strategies with armies that no longer exist.

It is a fascinating look into the warlord's inner circle whilst all is lost.