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Hitler: A Film from Germany
Hitler: A Film from Germany

Hitler: A Film from Germany

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DramaHistoryWar

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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.

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Budget

$1500000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

442 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

07 June 1978

Country

France

Cast

Harry Baer

Harry Baer

Junger Ellerkamp

Heinz Schubert

Heinz Schubert

Zirkusdirektor / Heinrich Himmler / Himmler-Puppenspieler / Adolf Hitler

Peter Kern

Peter Kern

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

Hellmut Lange

Hellmut Lange

Hitlers Kammerdiener / Goebbels-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann

Rainer von Artenfels

Rainer von Artenfels

Jahrmarkt-Ausrufer / Hitler-Puppenspieler / Junger Goebbels / Schüler des Kosmologen / SS-Mann

Peter Moland

Peter Moland

Astrologe / Speer-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann

Johannes Buzalski

Johannes Buzalski

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

Alfred Edel

Alfred Edel

Stimmen der Leute / Mann der Geschichte 1923

André Heller

André Heller

Narrator / André Heller

Martin Sperr

Martin Sperr

Himmlers Masseur

Peter Lühr

Peter Lühr

Wissenschaftler / Kosmologe

Amelie Syberberg

Amelie Syberberg

Das kleine Mädchen

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