The bunker the final days of adolf hitler duration. He escaped hitlers bunker just 24 hours before the dictator shot himself. The last ten days, bluray, warworld war ii, 887090107709. The last ten days 1973 is a generally interesting if slightly odd historical drama set almost entirely inside the fuhrers berlin bunker as the russians close in. In its structure, it follows a countdown formula from day to daybut within this framework it also takes a thematic approach, bringing out the complex. The last ten days project gutenberg selfpublishing. You might, rightly, think that there would be two ways of treating the subject. 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. After the successful allied invasions of western france, germany. About the actor finlay was born in farnworth, near bolton, lancashire, england, the. Dec 18, 2016 the last ten days of hitler mrapostl channel.
Based on the book by gerhard boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goingson within, and without. Spanning the final days from hitlets 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. The last ten days is an italian production starring mostly english. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. With alec guinness, simon ward, adolfo celi, diane cilento. 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. But victory over the nazi regime was not celebrated in western europe until may 8, and in russia a day later, on the ninth. So its a debatable account of those fatidic days of 28th and 29th of april 1945, inside a bunker. It was the first film in postworld war ii germany to feature the character of adolf hitler. Doris kunstmann portrays eva braun in a scene from the film hitler. With a good supporting cast, the film is worth a watch and has been bettered in recent years by the magnificent downfall 2 disc edition dvd 2005.
Hugh trevorroper interviewed most of the survivors from the hitler bunker all the ones that fell into british or us hands, and some of the ones that the soviets captured. It follows him and others in what were the last days of the third reich. The last ten days is a 1973 britishitalian biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to adolf hitlers suicide. At one time, adolf hitler was the most powerful individual in the world. The last enemy action of british soil was a v1 attack that struck datchworth in hertfordshire, on march 29 1945. Based on an eyewitness account, this harrowing story of hitlers last days in and underground bunker gives insight to this special breed of madness. Adolf hitler and the third reich is one of the most fascinating stories of all time. Yet he ended his life cowering in a foetid bunker, surrounded by enemy troops and raging against those he believed had betrayed him. 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. 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. Oscar winner alec guinness portrays the dictator in one of his most memorable performances. That was just four days before hitler committed suicide. This book tells the story of the last ten days of the war, from the death of hitler on april 30 to the celebration of veday in moscow on may 9, a day after it is held in the west.
Pg, 1 hr 46 min tell us where you are looking for movie tickets. 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. As an aide to army chiefs he had had daily contact with hitler. The last ten days is a movie that doesnt supply many answers about the evil mans death, and doesnt even seem to understand what.
Oscar winner alec guinness portrays the dictator in one of his most memorbale performances. The film stars alec guinness and simon ward, and features an introduction presented by alistair cooke. The last days of hitler is a very well researched and near contemporary report on the last three weeks or so of the nazi regime. A dramatic recreation of the last ten days of adolph hitlers life, with frank finlay in the title role. 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. Alec guinness was in incredible form in this angloitalian movie about the last days of. A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of hitlers final days in an.
He escaped hitler s bunker just 24 hours before the dictator shot himself. The last ten days is an interesting film for audiences, thirty years after his heyday. On april 30, 1945, adolf hitler committed suicide in a bunker in berlin. Krebs, diane cilento hanna reitsch, gabriele ferzetti field marshal wilhelm keitel, eric porter gen. The last ten days a dramatisation based on eye witness accounts of hitlers final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with eva braun. Spanning the final days from hitlers 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into the bunker shows us the downfall of a madman. Headlined by a pugnacious perf from bruno ganz as hitler, pic will undoubtedly raise. Hitlers last days were a humiliating final chapter in the life of a man once revered by millions. Spanning the final days from hitlets 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into the bunker shows us the downfall of a madman. Alec guinness as adolf hitler welcomes test pilot diane cilento as eric porter looks on in the bunker in a scene from the film hitler. 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. Well, this is not exactly the last day of hitler, rather an hourly report of the last two days of the man and those he was in company with. Erich kastner once said, referring to the years 1933 to 1945 in germany, that the nazimovement should have been fought before 1928, that the rolling snowball. Hugh trevor roper the last days of hitler book analysis.
On april 29, 1945, in his airraid bunker in berlin, adolf hitler married eva braun. A trilha sonora foi composta por mischa spoliansky. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing hitler. Based on an eyewitness account, this harrowing story of hitlers last days in and underground bunker gives. Sep 18, 2012 adolf hitler and the third reich is one of the most fascinating stories of all time. Hitler remains delusionally optimistic april 1945 youtube. 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. But the report includes a timely inclusion of world events, which, somehow, relate to the great event.
The film stars alec guinness and simon ward and the original music score was composed by mischa spoliansky. Downfall is a powerful goetterdammerung centered on the last 10 days of the fuehrer and those around him. Hitler s last days were a humiliating final chapter in the life of a man once revered by millions. Based on an eyewitness account, this harrowing story of hitler s last days in and underground bunker gives. Adolf hitler committed suicide on april 30, and germany surrendered.
Burgdorf, john bennett josef goebbels, john barron dr. Personal bodyguard on life in the bunker and how nazi dictator and wife eva braun committed suicide hitlers personal bodyguard rochus misch was privy to the private lives of. Alec guinness performs very well in this 1973 production telling the story of the final days of hitler. 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. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The last ten days 1973 into a strangely compelling cinema of the absurd. The last ten days 1973 is a generally interesting if slightly odd historical drama set almost entirely inside the fuhrers berlin bunker as the russians close in during the final days of world war ii in europe. Some critics, very sensitive to the effect he had in his times and to those who still hold bitter memories of his destructive power, have attacked the whole idea of the film and seen it as a lessening of horror of the man and what he did. The breakdown of germany is seen in the increasingly odder behavior of the. Based on an eyewitness account, this harrowing story of hitler s last days in and underground bunker gives insight to this special breed of madness. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm.