Hitler: A Film from Germany
Jun 07 1978
•7h 22m
•Drama, History, War
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
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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
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