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Hitler: A Film from Germany

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

• Harry Baer as Junger Ellerkamp
• Heinz Schubert as Zirkusdirektor / Heinrich Himmler / Himmler-Puppenspieler / Adolf Hitler
• Peter Kern as Mörder aus „M“ / Göring-Puppenspieler / Alter Ellerkamp / SS-Mann / Fremdenverkehrsdirektor
• Hellmut Lange as Hitlers Kammerdiener / Goebbels-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann
• Rainer von Artenfels as Jahrmarkt-Ausrufer / Hitler-Puppenspieler / Junger Goebbels / Schüler des Kosmologen / SS-Mann
• Peter Moland as Astrologe / Speer-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann
• Johannes Buzalski as Hitler als Anstreicher / Eva Braun-Puppenspieler / Mann der Gesellschaft 1923
• Alfred Edel as Stimmen der Leute / Mann der Geschichte 1923
• André Heller as Narrator / André Heller
• Martin Sperr as Himmlers Masseur
• Peter Lühr as Wissenschaftler / Kosmologe
• Amelie Syberberg as Das kleine Mädchen

Details

Director

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Released

June 7, 1978

Runtime

7h 22m

Genres

Drama, History, War

Studio

BBC, WDR and INA

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.2 / 10 from 27 votes