The Bunker (1981)
- Directed by
- George Schaefer
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, historical film
- Country
- France, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 58 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 film dramatizes Adolf Hitler's final weeks inside his Berlin bunker as the city falls to Soviet forces. It focuses on the conversations and decisions among his inner circle during the end of World War II.
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What happens
The Bunker is a 1981 American made-for-television historical war film produced by Time-Life Productions based on the 1975 book The Bunker by James P. O'Donnell. The film, directed by George Schaefer and adapted for the screen by John Gay, is a dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the Battle of Berlin. The film stars Anthony Hopkins as Hitler, plus a cast including Richard Jordan, Susan Blakely, and Cliff Gorman. At the 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 1981, Anthony Hopkins won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie beating out two actors from the miniseries Shogun (Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune) and two actors from the miniseries Masada (Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Tod im Führerbunker - Die Geschichte von Hitlers Untergang (2004)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.