With albin skoda, oskar werner, lotte tobisch, willy krause. Hitlers calm demeanor may have been a sign of his own increasingly demented state, as, at least in the movie s rendition of his last days, it came. The film begins with hitler celebrating his fiftysixth birthday and then documents the next ten days of. Berlin in april 1945 saw 3,881 suicides, chief amongst them adolf hitler and his wife, eva braun. Ive seen two other movies about the last days in the bunker. The last ten days of adolf hitler 1956 cast and crew. To accomplish this, the film explores hitlers decisions and motives during his final days through the perspective of the individuals who lived in. The last enemy action of british soil was a v1 attack that struck datchworth in hertfordshire, on march 29 1945. Hitlers favorite secretary, tradl junge, stated in the witnesses to the downfall documentary how her boss received lots of love letters from his admirers even until his suicide in his berlin bunker april of 1945. Relive hitler s final days, detailed through neverbeforeseen interviews with the men and women who were with him during those last desperate moments. The last ten days of adolf hitler and his third reich during world war 2. The last ten days is the story of adolf hitlers last days played by alec guinness. The last ten days 1973 cast and crew adolf hitler alec guinness holes up in his berlin bunker with an aide simon ward and followers as the third reich crumbles.
Professor richard evans, visiting gresham professor of history, explains the circumstances of. The last days of the nazi germany, 1945 these german soldiers stand in the debris strewn street of bastogne, belgium, on january 9, 1945, after they were captured by the u. The last ten days i high definition format med film synopsis hitler. The film stars alec guinness and simon ward, and features an introduction presented by alistair cooke. The movie is bookended with an interview with the real junge. The bunker where hitler spent his final days with his new wife eva braun before committing suicide but the footage is also full of the horror of the weeks leading up to the fall of. The last ten days 1973 adolf hitler alec guinness holes up in his berlin bunker with an aide simon ward and followers as the third reich crumbles. Hugh trevorroper investigated the last days of hitler to counter the soviet propaganda at the time that hitler was still alive living in the west. Relive hitlers final days, detailed through neverbeforeseen interviews with the men and women who were with him during those last desperate moments. The death trip that went on inside hitlers berlin bunker has a grisly fascination of its own, but this movie doesnt get inside the characters. With alec guinness, simon ward, adolfo celi, diane cilento. Unearthed eyewitness reports of hitlers final days.
Topics discussed include his love for eva braun, his obsessions with athletics, nazism, the holocaust, hitlers personality, as well as his final days in a berlin. Hitlers escape to argentina full movie alternate history. Set almost entirely inside hitlers berlin bunker, the film chronicles the dying days of the third reich as the allied armies close in on berlin. Eyewitness accounts, collected by the security service following the end of the war, provide a fascinating insight into hitler s final days in april 1945. The last ten days 1973 trailers and clips adolf hitler alec guinness holes up in his berlin bunker with an aide simon ward and followers as the third reich crumbles. His assignment was to go to berlin and find out as much as he could about adolf hitlers and eva brauns last days. There will certainly be a debate over this movie and the bunker with anthony hopkins. The last ten days 1973 trailers and clips moviefone. This is a must see movie if you want learn of the events of the last five days of hitler and several other people. New documentary pieces together the final hours of the nazi leader the death of us president roosevelt prompted adolf hitler to dance a jig of joy in his berlin bunker. Charting the last 10 days of hitlers life, from his 56th birthday on april 20th, 1945 to his suicide on april 30th, the film uses multiple characters to show the chaos of a country coming apart. May 16, 20 the film is bookended by documentary footage of the splendidly named traudl humps, adolf hitler s private secretary from 194245. The movie a based on the book by traudl junge, hitlers secretary. The last ten days is a 1973 britishitalian biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to adolf hitler s suicide.
The last ten days of adolf hitler 1956 cast and crew hitler albin skoda holes up in his berlin bunker with eva braun lotte tobisch, his generals and hangerson. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism. Traudl junge, the final secretary for adolf hitler, tells of the nazi dictators final days in his berlin bunker at the end of wwii. These recordings, lost for decades, but recently found in an archive in pittsburgh, tell the untold story of the fuhrers final days, in the words of the people who were there. Downfall hitlers outrage original subtitles, extended. Guinnesss hitler is an enclosed depressive who sinks slowly into madness, depression, and ultimately. The last ten days stars alec guinness, simon ward, adolfo celi, diane cilento the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. With bruno ganz, alexandra maria lara, ulrich matthes, juliane kohler. Spanning the final days from hitlers 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into the bunker shows us the downfall of a madman. Spanning the final days from hitlers 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into. Jul 21, 2015 englishnat on the 10th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, a construction crew in the city has uncovered whats believed to be part of adolf hitler s bunker complex. A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of hitlers final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with eva braun. Set almost entirely inside hitler s berlin bunker, the film chronicles the dying days of the third reich as the allied armies close in on berlin.
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. The last ten days full full movie streaming hitler. I have never seen a film picturing the insanity of hitler in his very last days in a. The fall of the third reich 10 hitlers suicide youtube. The last ten days is a 1973 britishitalian biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to adolf hitlers suicide. Based on the book by gerhard boldt, it provides a bleak look at. After midnight, hitler dictates his last will and testament to junge, before marrying eva. A 93 yearold woman claiming to have been adolf hitler s nurse in the final days of the third reich has spoken of her experiences in the berlin. Documentary based on the testimonies of millions of nazi party members that were collected right after the war with focus on rudolf hoess, albert speer and melita maschmanns stories. Based on the book by gerhard boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goingson within, and without.
Downfall is a german war film that features the story about the last 10 days of adolf hitlers rule over nazi germany. With thomas butler, bradford how, jessica krueger, jake paque. Adolf hitlers confidantes describe his last days in. For these musings, three film versions of hitler s last days come to mindtherere otherswhich are successful to varying degrees. The last ten days is a movie that doesnt supply many answers about the evil mans death, and doesnt even seem to understand what the questions are. Three selected films about the last days of adolf hitler.
The websites consensus reads, downfall is an illuminating, thoughtful and detailed account of hitler s last days. The secret life of adolf hitler full movie documentary 1958. Charting the last 10 days of hitler s life, from his 56th birthday on april 20th, 1945 to his suicide on april 30th, the film uses multiple characters to show the chaos of a country coming apart. A 93 yearold woman claiming to have been adolf hitlers nurse in the final days of the third reich has spoken of her experiences in the berlin. But they were also the last days of a man who had been mentally and physically unravelling for months. In this movie we can see how hitler became the victim of his own doomsday prophetcies. Traudl junge, the final secretary for adolf hitler, tells of the nazi dictators final days. With more and more members of the volkssturm germanys national militia being directed to the front line, german authorities were experiencing an everincreasing strain on their stocks of army equipment and clothing.
Englishnat on the 10th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, a construction crew in the city has uncovered whats believed to be part of adolf hitlers bunker complex. As russian and allied forces surrounded berlin in 1945, hitler took refuge in a bunker beneath the crumbling city. His cruelty remained with him to the last, and guiness provides a emotional look at the last few days of his life. A movie that taps the memoirs of adolf hitlers secretary for an intimate portrait of the nazi leaders final days in his berlin bunker received a standing ovation at its debut in germany. Apr 16, 2009 berlin in april 1945 saw 3,881 suicides, chief amongst them adolf hitler and his wife, eva braun.
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