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Dealing with the final days at the Berghof before the outbreak of war in 1939. Ending with Hitler and... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Ian McKellen shines as Hitler moreCast
(Credited cast) | Ian McKellen | ... | Adolf Hitler |
 | Peter Vaughan | ... | Hermann Göring |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Michael Aldridge | ... | Neville Chamberlain |
| Robert Ashby | ... | Bonnet |
| Sean Barry-Weske | ... | Nicolaus von Below |
| Anthony Bate | ... | Sir John Simon |
| Tony Britton | ... | Sir Nevile Henderson |
| Jonathan Coy | ... | Butler |
| Michael Cronin | ... | Molotov |
| Michael Culver | ... | Lord Halifax |
| John Elmes | ... | Colvin |
| Jack Galloway | ... | MacDonald |
| Richard Heffer | ... | Wallace |
| James Laurenson | ... | Count Ciano |
| Hilary Minster | ... | Dahlerus |
| Lee Montague | ... | Hore-Belisha |
| Stephen Moore | ... | Beck |
| Alex Norton | ... | Stalin |
| Barrie Rutter | ... | Benito Mussolini |
| Bob Sherman | ... | Bullitt |
| Ronnie Stevens | ... | Phipps |
| Bill Stewart | ... | Lipski |
| John Stratton | ... | Hacha |
| David Swift | ... | Daladier |
| John Woodvine | ... | Joachim Von Ribbentrop |
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This British ITV production was timed for the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War and is both intelligently scripted and engrossing.
The fine cast of actors is dominated by Ian McKellen's mesmerising Hitler. Many actors have attempted to inhabit the skin of the German dictator but to my mind McKellen's performance is one of the best ever committed to film (or in this case, videotape). It is completely convincing and never lapses into caricature. McKellen possesses the same piercing blue eyes as the Fuhrer which adds to the verisimilitude of his performance.