Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. The film stars Alec Guinness and Simon Ward, and features an introduction presented by Alistair Cooke; the original music score was composed by Mischa Spoliansky. The film is based on the book Hitler's Last Days: An Eye-Witness Account (first translated in English in 1973) by Gerhard Boldt, an officer in the German Army who survived the Führerbunker. Location shooting for the film included the De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and parts of England.
Plot
The film opens with Hitler's 56th birthday, on 20 April 1945, and ends 10 days later with his suicide, on 30 April.
Cast
- Adolfo Celi
- Alec Guinness
- Alistair Cooke
- Andrew Sachs
- Angela Pleasence
- Barbara Jefford
- Diane Cilento
- Doris Kunstmann
- Eric Porter
- Freddie Jones
- Gabriele Ferzetti
- James Cossins
- John Barron
- John Bennett
- John Hallam
- Joss Ackland
- Julian Glover
- Kenneth Colley
- Mark Kingston
- Michael Goodliffe
- Paul Müller
- Philip Stone
- Phyllida Law
- Robert Rietti
- Sheila Gish
- Simon Ward
- Timothy West
More details
| author | Ennio de Concini Gerhard Boldt Wolfgang Reinhardt |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Berlin |
| director | Ennio de Concini |
| editor | Kevin Connor |
| events | Adolf Hitler Battle of Berlin World War II |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | death of adolf hitler suicide |
| musicBy | Mischa Spoliansky |
| producer | Wolfgang Reinhardt |
| productionCompany | Tomorrow Entertainment West Film |
| publisher | EMI Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | biographical drama war |