Pg, 1 hr 46 min tell us where you are looking for movie tickets. Spanning the final days from hitlets 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into the bunker shows us the downfall of a madman. On april 29, 1945, in his airraid bunker in berlin, adolf hitler married eva braun. 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. The last enemy action of british soil was a v1 attack that struck datchworth in hertfordshire, on march 29 1945. Burgdorf, john bennett josef goebbels, john barron dr. A trilha sonora foi composta por mischa spoliansky. With the world at war, ten days can feel like a lifetime.
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. Adolf hitler committed suicide on april 30, and germany surrendered. 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. Dec 18, 2016 the last ten days of hitler mrapostl channel. 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. Spanning the final days from hitlets 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into. Defiantly cast against type, alec guinness transforms hitler. 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. 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. 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 bunker the final days of adolf hitler duration. Based on an eyewitness account, this harrowing story of hitler s last days in and underground bunker gives. Oscar winner alec guinness portrays the dictator in one of his most memorbale performances.
He escaped hitler s bunker just 24 hours before the dictator shot himself. So its a debatable account of those fatidic days of 28th and 29th of april 1945, inside a bunker. But the report includes a timely inclusion of world events, which, somehow, relate to the great event. That was just four days before hitler committed suicide. 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. 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. It follows him and others in what were the last days of the third reich. 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. 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. 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.
Sep 18, 2012 adolf hitler and the third reich is one of the most fascinating stories of all time. The breakdown of germany is seen in the increasingly odder behavior of the. The last ten days 1973 into a strangely compelling cinema of the absurd. 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. 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. You might, rightly, think that there would be two ways of treating the subject. The film stars alec guinness and simon ward, and features an introduction presented by alistair cooke. Alec guinness performs very well in this 1973 production telling the story of the final days of hitler. The film stars alec guinness and simon ward and the original music score was composed by mischa spoliansky. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing 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. It was the first film in postworld war ii germany to feature the character of adolf hitler. Hugh trevor roper the last days of hitler book analysis. Downfall is a powerful goetterdammerung centered on the last 10 days of the fuehrer and those around him. The last ten days project gutenberg selfpublishing. The last ten days, bluray, warworld war ii, 887090107709. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. 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. 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. On april 30, 1945, adolf hitler committed suicide in a bunker in berlin. 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. But victory over the nazi regime was not celebrated in western europe until may 8, and in russia a day later, on the ninth. 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. Hitlers last days were a humiliating final chapter in the life of a man once revered by millions.
Alec guinness was in incredible form in this angloitalian movie about the last days of. 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. Krebs, diane cilento hanna reitsch, gabriele ferzetti field marshal wilhelm keitel, eric porter gen. The last ten days is an interesting film for audiences, thirty years after his heyday. Yet he ended his life cowering in a foetid bunker, surrounded by enemy troops and raging against those he believed had betrayed him. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of.
Hitler remains delusionally optimistic april 1945 youtube. About the actor finlay was born in farnworth, near bolton, lancashire, england, the. At one time, adolf hitler was the most powerful individual in the world. He escaped hitlers bunker just 24 hours before the dictator shot himself. 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. Doris kunstmann portrays eva braun in a scene from the film hitler. Hitler s last days were a humiliating final chapter in the life of a man once revered by millions. Oscar winner alec guinness portrays the dictator in one of his most memorable performances. Based on an eyewitness account, this harrowing story of hitlers last days in and underground bunker gives.
The last ten days is an italian production starring mostly english. 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. A dramatic recreation of the last ten days of adolph hitlers life, with frank finlay in the title role. Based on the book by gerhard boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goingson within, and without. In autumn 1945, four months after german unconditional surrender and death of adolf hitler, world press and even military circles were discussing a variety of versions on how adolf hitler had met his death if he did at all.