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Hitler: A Career

1977

150 minutes

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Overview

A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.

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Top Cast

Gert Westphal headshot

Gert Westphal

Narrator (voice)

Adolf Hitler headshot

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Ernest Bevin headshot

Ernest Bevin

Self (archive footage)

Karl Brandt headshot

Karl Brandt

Self (archive footage)

Eva Braun headshot

Eva Braun

Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain headshot

Neville Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin headshot

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill headshot

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier headshot

Édouard Daladier

Self (archive footage)

Karl Dönitz headshot

Karl Dönitz

Self (archive footage)

Albert Einstein headshot

Albert Einstein

Self (archive footage)

Emperor Franz Josef headshot

Emperor Franz Josef

Self (archive footage)

Otto Gebühr headshot

Otto Gebühr

Frederick the Great (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels headshot

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring headshot

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Rudolf Heß headshot

Rudolf Heß

Self (archive footage)

Reinhard Heydrich headshot

Reinhard Heydrich

Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler headshot

Heinrich Himmler

Self (archive footage)

Alfred Jodl headshot

Alfred Jodl

Self (archive footage)

Wilhelm Keitel headshot

Wilhelm Keitel

Self (archive footage)

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy headshot

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Self (archive footage)

Fritz Kortner headshot

Fritz Kortner

Self (archive footage)

Ernst Lubitsch headshot

Ernst Lubitsch

Self (archive footage)

Thomas Mann headshot

Thomas Mann

Self (archive footage)

Theodor Morell headshot

Theodor Morell

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini headshot

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Friedrich Paulus headshot

Friedrich Paulus

Self (archive footage)

Max Reinhardt headshot

Max Reinhardt

Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel headshot

Erwin Rommel

Self (archive footage)

Ernst Röhm headshot

Ernst Röhm

Self (archive footage)

Albert Speer headshot

Albert Speer

Self (archive footage)

Richard Tauber headshot

Richard Tauber

Self (archive footage)

Joachim von Ribbentrop headshot

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Self (archive footage)

Harry Giese headshot

Harry Giese

Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)