The Last Ten Days
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| Directed by | Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
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| Produced by | Carl Szokoll |
| Starring | Albin Skoda |
| Cinematography | Günther Anders |
| Edited by | Herbert Taschner |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
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| Language | German |
The Last Ten Days (German: Der letzte Akt) is a 1955 Austrian-German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.[1] It was the first film in post-World War II Germany to feature the character of Adolf Hitler.[2] It follows him and others in what were the last days of the Third Reich.
Cast
- Albin Skoda as Adolf Hitler
- Oskar Werner as Hauptmann Wüst
- Lotte Tobisch as Eva Braun
- Willy Krause as Joseph Goebbels
- Erich Stuckmann as Heinrich Himmler
- Erland Erlandsen as Albert Speer
- Curt Eilers as Martin Bormann
- Leopold Hainisch as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
- Otto Schmöle as Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
- Herbert Herbe as General Hans Krebs
- Hannes Schiel as SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Günsche
- Erik Frey as General Wilhelm Burgdorf
- Otto Wögerer as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
- Martha Wallner as Frieda, Kantineurin
See also
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days, a 1973 film
- The Death of Adolf Hitler 1968 book by Soviet journalist Lev Bezymenski
- The Death of Adolf Hitler (Sunday Night Theatre episode) (1973), a British television film
- The Bunker (1981 film), a CBS television film
- Downfall (2004 film) German production
References
- ^ Crowther, Bosley. "NY Times: The Last Ten Days". NY Times. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ "Opening Pandora's Box". The Criterion Collection. 2006.
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Categories:
- 1955 films
- 1950s war films
- 1950s biographical films
- Austrian war films
- German war films
- Austrian biographical films
- German biographical films
- Austrian films
- West German films
- German-language films
- Biographical films about Adolf Hitler
- Films about the Battle of Berlin
- Austrian black-and-white films
- German black-and-white films
- Films directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Austrian film stubs
- 1950s German film stubs