The Last Act (1955)

7.9/10 107 min War Drama

Overview

Albin Skoda embodies a frantic Adolf Hitler in his last days, scrambling to keep the Third Reich alive as morale within the bunker wanes and Berlin is encircled by enemy troops. Based on Michael A. Musmanno's book Ten Days to Die, Oscar Werner costars as fictional Nazi Hauptmann Wüst, a disillusioned middleman.

Cast

Albin Skoda

Adolf Hitler

Oskar Werner

Hauptmann Wüst

Lotte Tobisch

Eva Braun

Kurt Jaggberg

SS-Untersturmführer

Eduard Köck

Volkssturmoberst

Leopold Hainisch

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel

Hannes Schiel

SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Günsche

Erik Frey

General Wilhelm Burgdorf

Raoul Retzer

SS-Mann

Lilly Stepanek

Frau Brinkmann

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