Hitler: A Film from Germany (1978)

7.2/10 • 410 min • Drama History War

Overview

A structure-free, four-part examination of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Each part explores a different topic, from Hitler's cult of personality in propaganda to how said propaganda was associated with pre-Nazi German cultural, spiritual, and national heritage to the Holocaust and the ideology behind it, particularly from Himmler's point of view.

Cast

Harry Baer

Junger Ellerkamp

Heinz Schubert

Zirkusdirektor / Heinrich Himmler / Himmler-Puppenspieler / Adolf Hitler

Peter Kern

Mörder aus „M“ / Göring-Puppenspieler / Alter Ellerkamp / SS-Mann / Fremdenverkehrsdirektor

Hellmut Lange

Hitlers Kammerdiener / Goebbels-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann

Johannes Buzalski

Hitler als Anstreicher / Eva Braun-Puppenspieler / Mann der Gesellschaft 1923

André Heller

Narrator / André Heller

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