The Last Ten Days
1955 film
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The Last Ten Days (German: Der letzte Akt, The Final Act) is a 1955 Austrian-West German drama film directed by G. W. Pabst.[1] It was the first film in post-World War II Germany to feature the character of Adolf Hitler.[2] It follows him and others in what were the last days of the Third Reich.
Directed byG. W. Pabst
Written by
- Fritz Habeck
- Michael A. Musmanno
- Erich Maria Remarque
Produced byCarl Szokoll
StarringAlbin Skoda
Oskar Werner
Lotte Tobisch
Oskar Werner
Lotte Tobisch
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| Directed by | G. W. Pabst |
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| Produced by | Carl Szokoll |
| Starring | Albin Skoda Oskar Werner Lotte Tobisch |
| Cinematography | Günther Anders |
| Edited by | Herbert Taschner |
| Music by | Erwin Halletz |
Production company | Cosmopol-Film |
| Distributed by | Cosmopol-Film Columbia Film |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
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| Language | German |
It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and at Baden bei Wien. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Pischinger, Wolf Witzemann and Werner Schlichting.
Cast
- Albin Skoda as Adolf Hitler
- Oskar Werner as Hauptmann Wüst
- Lotte Tobisch as Eva Braun
- Willy Krause as Joseph Goebbels
- Erich Stuckmann as Heinrich Himmler
- Erland Erlandsen as Albert Speer
- Curt Eilers as Martin Bormann
- Leopold Hainisch as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
- Otto Schmöle as Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
- Herbert Herbe as General Hans Krebs
- Hannes Schiel as SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Günsche
- Erik Frey as General Wilhelm Burgdorf
- Otto Wögerer as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
- Martha Wallner as Frieda, Kantineurin
See also
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days, a 1973 film
- The Death of Adolf Hitler 1968 book by Soviet journalist Lev Bezymenski
- The Death of Adolf Hitler (Sunday Night Theatre episode) (1973), a British television film
- The Bunker (1981 film), a CBS television film
- Downfall (2004 film) German production