The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973)
- Directed by
- Rex Firkin
- Genre
- war, drama, tv movie
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This British television play covers the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's life in his Berlin bunker as Allied forces close in. It focuses on Hitler's personal torment and his inability to face the collapse of his regime.
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What happens
"The Death of Adolf Hitler" is a 1973 British television play, an episode of ITV Sunday Night Theatre. It stars Frank Finlay as Adolf Hitler and Caroline Mortimer as Eva Braun. First aired on 7 January 1973, the drama details the last 10 days of Hitler's life as World War II comes to an end and Allied troops close in on the Führerbunker. Michael Sheard (who played Himmler) and Tony Steedman (who played Gen. Jodl) would play the same roles in the American television film The Bunker in 1981. The play depicts Hitler as a tragic antihero tormented by both the past and present, unable to reconcile his hopes and dreams with the reality of the nightmare of his own making. Finlay won a British Academy Television Award as Best Actor for his performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Hitler in Colour (2005)
The World at War (1973)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.