Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
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Directed by	Ennio De Concini
Produced by	Wolfgang Reinhardt
Written by	Gerhardt Boldt Ennio De Concini Maria Pia Fusco Ivan Moffat Wolfgang Reinhardt
Starring	Alec Guinness Simon Ward Adolfo Celi Diane Cilento Gabriele Ferzetti
Music by	Mischa Spoliansky
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Editing by	Kevin Connor
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	May 9, 1973
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Italy/United Kingdom
Language	English

Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. It stars Alec Guinness and Simon Ward. The original music score was composed by Mischa Spoliansky. It is based on the book Hitler's Last Days: An Eye-Witness Account, written by Gerhardt Boldt, a survivor of the Führerbunker. Location shooting for the film included the DiLaurentiis Studios in Rome and parts of England: the introduction is presented by Alistair Cooke.

Synopsis

The film opens with Hitler's 56th birthday on April 20, 1945, and ends 10 days later, with his suicide on April 30.

Cast

• Alec Guinness - Adolf Hitler
• Simon Ward - Capt. Hoffman
• Adolfo Celi - General Hans Krebs
• Diane Cilento - Hanna Reitsch
• Gabriele Ferzetti - Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
• Eric Porter - Gen. von Greim
• Doris Kunstmann - Eva Braun
• Joss Ackland - General Wilhelm Burgdorf
• John Bennett - Joseph Goebbels
• John Barron - Dr. Stumpfegger
• Barbara Jefford - Magda Goebbels
• Sheila Gish - Frau Christian
• Julian Glover - Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
• Michael Goodliffe - General Helmut Weidling
• Mark Kingston - Martin Bormann

Availability

A DVD of this film was released on 3 June 2008.

See also

• The Last Ten Days, a 1955 film
• The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973), a British television film
• The Bunker (1981 film), a CBS television film
• Downfall (2004)

External links

• Hitler: The Last Ten Days at the Internet Movie Database
• Hitler: The Last Ten Days at AllRovi