Hitler The Last Ten Days
The last ten days.
Hitler the last ten days. The last ten days is a movie that doesn t supply many answers about the evil man s death and doesn t even seem to understand what the questions are. Alec guinness plays against stereotype imbuing his adolf hitler with an introverted solemnity in ennio de concini s hitler. Released may 9th 1973 hitler. Set almost entirely inside hitler s berlin bunker.
With alec guinness simon ward adolfo celi diane cilento. Simon ward capt. The last ten days. Eric porter gen.
A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of hitler s final days in an underground bunker his military henchmen and his stormy relationship with eva braun. Gabriele ferzetti field marshal wilhelm keitel. The last ten days is an italian production starring mostly english actors and best remembered as the film where alec guinness plays hitler. The death trip that went on inside hitler s berlin bunker has a grisly fascination of its own but this movie doesn t get inside the characters.
All three productions stay close to the historical facts particularly the record of hitler s personal secretary one of the few survivors. It was the first film in post world war ii germany to feature the character of adolf hitler. Alec guinness adolf hitler. Der letzte akt is a 1955 austrian german drama film directed by g.
The latest and perhaps best dramatization of the subject is 2004 s downfall starring bruno ganz as hitler. It follows him and others in what were the last days of the third reich. The last ten days german. John bennett joseph.
Adolf hitler and the third reich is one of the most fascinating stories of all time. It isn t demented enough somehow. Based on an eyewitness account this harrowing story of hitler s last da. Doris kunstmann eva braun.
Directed by ennio de concini. Diane cilento hanna reitsch.