Hitler's Death: the Final Report 

The final blow came on April the 28th 1945 when Hitler received word via Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry that British news services were reporting SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler had sought ... See full summary »

Writer:

Dai Richards

Stars:

Ian Holm, Elena Rzhenskaya, Vladimir Gvozd

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ian Holm	...	Self - Narrator (voice)
Elena Rzhenskaya	...	Self - 79th Smersh Unit
Vladimir Gvozd	...	Self - Chief of Reconnaissance, 3rd Shock Army
Rochus Misch	...	Self - bunker switchboard operator
Adolf Hitler	...	Self (archive footage)
Eva Braun	...	Self (archive footage)
Norman Stone	...	Self - professor, Oxford University
Joseph Stalin	...	Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman	...	Self (archive footage)
Hugh Trevor-Roper	...	Self - British wartime intelligence
Sergei Kondrashev	...	Self - General, Soviet intelligence 1944-1992
Lavrenti Beria	...	Self (archive footage)
Ernst Schenk	...	Self - Dr.
Artur Axmann	...	Self - leader of the Hitler Youth
Sergei Mironenko	...	Self - Dr., director, State Archive, Moscow

Storyline

The final blow came on April the 28th 1945 when Hitler received word via Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry that British news services were reporting SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler had sought negotiations with the Allies and had even offered to surrender German armies in the west to Eisenhower.

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Plot Keywords:

reenactment | 

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Genres:

Documentary | History

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Details

Release Date:

30 April 1995 (UK)

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1