Inside the Third Reich (TV 1982)

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same ... See full summary »

Director:

Marvin J. Chomsky

Writers:

E. Jack Neuman, Albert Speer (book)

Stars:

Rutger Hauer, John Gielgud, Maria Schell

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rutger Hauer	...	Albert Speer
John Gielgud	...	Albert Speer Sr.
Maria Schell	...	Mrs. Speer
Blythe Danner	...	Margarete Speer
Trevor Howard	...	Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
Derek Jacobi	...	Adolf Hitler
Viveca Lindfors	...	Gypsy woman
Randy Quaid	...	Putzi Hanfstaengel
Stephen Collins	...	Karl Hanke
Ian Holm	...	Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Elke Sommer	...	Magda Goebbels
Renée Soutendijk	...	Eva Braun
Robert Vaughn	...	Field Marshal Milch
Zoë Wanamaker	...	Annemarie Kempf
Michael Gough	...	Dr. Rust

Storyline

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.

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Plot Keywords:

hitler | nazi | 1930s | third reich | based on autobiography | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

I diari del terzo reich

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Circle Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

300 min 300 min 240 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White (archival footage) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

American Television debut for Rutger Hauer. Hauer would five years later appear in another made for TV World War II film, Escape from Sobibor.

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Goofs

Toward the end of the film, Speer looks at a body being carried away on a stretcher with the arm exposed to show that it's Magda Goebbels. This happens after he has talked to Adolf Hitler for the last time. This could not have happened because Magda Goebbels died the day after Adolf Hitler died.

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Quotes

Prof. Heinrich Tessenow: [to Speer, after Speer has quietly pulled strings to save the Jewish Tessenow from Nazi harrassment] And Speer... I don't owe you a damned thing.

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Connections

References Triumph of the Will (1935)

User Reviews

Inside The Third Reich A Great Movie

Inside The Third Reich is a great movie. Of course the central character of the movie is Hitler played by Sir Derik Jacoby. He does a masterful job of portraying Hitler. From reading a lot about the Third Reich time period and Speer's book, the film is true to the book, and to history.Many people have wondered why Speer was not hanged at Nurenberg. I think I know why the court spared him when the others were hanged. He was one of the few remaining Nazis that could attempt to explaining Hitler from a human point of view. The movie is fast moving and gripping. A great screen occurs at a lavish party when Hitler makes Blythe Danner(Speer' wife)shudder as he kisses her hand and fawns over her. She says to her husband Speer, I may attend parties for him but I will not have him in my house! This is one movie you will want in your house.