Hitler:_The_Last_Ten_Days

<i>Hitler: The Last Ten Days</i>

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973 British film


Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. The film stars Alec Guinness and Simon Ward, and features an introduction presented by Alistair Cooke; the original music score was composed by Mischa Spoliansky. The film is based on the book Hitler's Last Days: An Eye-Witness Account (first translated in English in 1973) by Gerhard Boldt,[4] an officer in the German Army who survived the Führerbunker. Location shooting for the film included the De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and parts of England.

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Plot

The film opens with Hitler's 56th birthday, on 20 April 1945, and ends 10 days later with his suicide, on 30 April.

Cast

Home media

The film was released on DVD on 3 June 2008,[5] and was released on Blu-ray in September 2015.[6]

See also


References

  1. "Hitler: The Last Ten Days [Gli ultimi dieci giorni di Hitler]". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
  3. Boldt, Gerhard (1973). Hitler's last days: An eyewitness account. Translated by Bance, Sandra (Hardcover, First Translated ed.). Arthur Baker. ISBN 978-0-213-16429-4.
  4. Hitler: The Last Ten Days (DVD ed.). 3 June 2008.

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