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Alec Guinness
Adolf Hitler
Simon Ward
Hauptmann Hoffmann
Adolfo Celi
General Hans Krebs
Diane Cilento
Hanna Reitsch
Gabriele Ferzetti
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Eric Porter
Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
Doris Kunstmann
Eva Braun
Joss Ackland
General Burgdorf
John Barron
Dr. Stumpfegger
John Bennett
Joseph Goebbels
Sheila Gish
Frau Christian
Julian Glover
Fegelein
Michael Goodliffe
General Weidling
John Hallam
Guensche
Barbara Jefford
Magda Goebbels
Mark Kingston
Martin Bormann
Phyllida Law
Fraulein Manzialy
Ann Lynn
Fräulein Junge
Angela Pleasence
Trude
Andrew Sachs
Walter Wagner
Philip Stone
General Jodl
Timothy West
Prof. Gebhardt
Kenneth Colley
Boldt
William Abney
Voss
James Cossins
German Officer
Philip Locke
Hanske
Richard Pescud
Von Below
Vic Chapman
German Officer (uncredited)
Alan Harris
German Officer (uncredited)
Fred Machon
German Officer (uncredited)
Paul Müller
(uncredited)
John Savident
Hewel (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
German Officer (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
German Officer (uncredited)
Zoë Wanamaker
Eva Braun's Handmaid (uncredited)
Alistair Cooke
Opening Sequence Narrator (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs
German Officer (uncredited)
Ron Gregory
German Officer (uncredited)
Rudolf Heß
Rudolf Hess (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
German Officer (uncredited)
Peter Sallis
Banker #2 (uncredited)
Michael Sheard
Banker #3 (uncredited)
Reg Turner
German Officer (uncredited)
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Derek Waring
Banker #4 (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Dec 07 2024

Alec Guinness quite convincingly throws himself into the title role here in what is otherwise a rather theatrically dry depiction of the last few days in Hitler's Berlin bunker. With the Allies closing in, the Fuhrer is becoming increasingly desperate, increasingly frustrated and even more mistrusting of those around him. Those once trusted and powerful are being summarily dismissed; his rantings are becoming even more maniacal and his mood swings vacillate wildly so that even the most deft at dealing with him have to tread on eggshells else a firing squad might still be his response. Central t...