Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
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- 7h 22min
- Biography, Drama
- 07 Jun 1978 (France)
- Movie
Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian score into a singular epic vision. Syberberg, who...
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Cast
Heinz Schubert | ... |
Zirkusdirektor / Heinrich Himmler / Himmler-Puppenspieler / Adolf Hitler
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Peter Kern | ... |
Mörder aus 'M' / Göring-Puppenspieler / Alter Ellerkamp / SS-Mann / Fremdenverkehrsdirektor
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Hellmut Lange | ... |
Hitlers Kammerdiener / Goebbels-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann
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Rainer von Artenfels | ... |
Jahrmarkt-Ausrufer / Hitler-Puppenspieler / Junger Goebbels / Schüler des Kosmologen / SS-Mann
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Martin Sperr | ... |
Himmlers Masseur / Fitzliputzli / Bürgermeister
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Peter Moland | ... |
Astrologe / Speer-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann
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Johannes Buzalski | ... |
Hitler als Anstreicher / Eva Braun-Puppenspieler / Mann der Gesellschaft 1923
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Alfred Edel | ... |
Stimmen der Leute / Mann der Geschichte 1923
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Amelie Syberberg | ... |
Das kleine Mädchen
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Harry Baer | ... |
Self / Junger Ellerkamp
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Peter Lühr | ... |
Wissenschaftler / Kosmologe
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André Heller | ... |
Narrator / Self
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Directed by
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
Written by
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | ... | () |
Produced by
Bernd Eichinger | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
Dietrich Lohmann |
Editing by
Jutta Brandstaedter |
Editorial Department
Helga Beyer | ... | assistant editor |
Lydia Pieger | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Hans Gailling |
Costume Design by
Barbara Gailling | ||
Brigitte Kuehlenthal |
Production Management
Harry Nap | ... | production manager |
Ike Werk | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gerhard von Halem | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Haymo Heyder | ... | sound (as Haymo H. Heyder) |
Willi Schwadorf | ... | sound mixer (as Wilhelm Schwadorf) |
Visual Effects by
Theo Nischwitz | ... | visual effects |
Additional Crew
Barbara Buchwald | ... | puppeteer |
Annie Nap-Oleon | ... | unit production assistant (as Annie Oléon) |
Hans M. Stummer | ... | puppeteer |
Thanks
Henri Langlois | ... | dedicatee |
Production Companies
- TMS Film GmbH
- Solaris Film (co-producer)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (co-producer)
- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (co-producer)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (co-producer)
Distributors
- New Star (2014) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- American Zoetrope (United States)
- Filmgalerie 451 (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- Omni Zoetrope (1980) (United States) (subtitled)
- Rai 3 (1999) (Italy) (tv)
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Plot Summary |
Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian score into a singular epic vision. Syberberg, who grew up under Nazi tyranny, ruminates on good and evil and the rest of humanity's complicity in the horrors of the holocaust. Written by dfwforeignbuff |
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Budget | DEM1,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Final part of Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's trilogy on German history, also including Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972) and Karl May (1974). See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022). See more » |