Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in this probing psychological study of a man who nearly gained dominance over the entire western world--at the cost of millions of lives--Hitler.
Acting
Basehart's weirdly sympathetic monster.
Production
1962 reenactments that aged like milk.
Director
Stuart Heisler
Richard Basehart
Adolf Hitler
Maria Emo
Eva Braun
Cordula Trantow
Geli Raubal
Martin Kosleck
Joseph Goebbels
Berry Kroeger
Ernst Röhm
John Banner
Gregor Strasser
John Wengraf
Dr. Morell
William Sargent
Lt. Col. Count von Stauffenberg
Narda Onyx
Gretl Braun
Gregory Gaye
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Theo Marcuse
Julius Streicher
Celia Lovsky
Frau Angelika Raubal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as 'The Longest Day,' this was part of a WWII nostalgia boom that treated Hitler as a celebrity subject.
The film's 'psychological' approach was considered daring in 1962—now it looks like it's making excuses for genocide via daddy issues.
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