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Hitler: The Last Ten Days

November 20, 2023

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][page needed] 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.

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEnnio De Concini
Written byGerhard Boldt
Ennio De Concini
Maria Pia Fusco
Ivan Moffat
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Produced byWolfgang Reinhardt
StarringAlec Guinness
Simon Ward
Adolfo Celi
Diane Cilento
Gabriele Ferzetti
CinematographyEnnio Guarnieri
Edited byKevin Connor
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
companies
Tomorrow Entertainment
West Film
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1] (through MGM-EMI in the United Kingdom[2])
Release dates
  • 2 May 1973 (1973-05-02) (UK)
  • 9 May 1973 (1973-05-09) (US)
  • 31 August 1973 (1973-08-31) (Italy)
Running time
105 minutes[2]
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Italy
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,250,000 (US/Canada rentals)[3]

Plot edit

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

Cast edit

Home media edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Hitler: The Last Ten Days [Gli ultimi dieci giorni di Hitler]". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "HITLER – THE LAST 10 DAYS (A)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 April 1973. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
  4. ^ 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.[page needed]
  5. ^ Hitler: The Last Ten Days (DVD ed.). 3 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Hitler: The Last Ten Days Blu-ray".

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