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The Man Who Crossed Hitler (2011)

The Man Who Crossed Hitler poster
Original title
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Directed by
Justin Hardy
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
15
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1931 Berlin, a lawyer forces Adolf Hitler to testify in court about Nazi violence. The lawyer hopes to reveal Hitler's lies and stop the rise of the Nazi Party.

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What happens

The Man Who Crossed Hitler is a 2011 BBC film set in Berlin in the summer of 1931, dramatising the true story in which a lawyer, Hans Litten, subpoenaed Adolf Hitler as a witness in the trial of some Nazi thugs. Hitler has formally renounced the use of political violence and the young lawyer sees a chance to expose the Nazi leader's deceptions to the German establishment, thereby discrediting Hitler and the Nazi Party. The film was given an alternative title Hitler on Trial which was used when the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States aired the work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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