Movie·1977·2h 30m

Hitler: A Career

A career unparalleled in history

Directed By

Christian Herrendoerfer

Country

Germany

Language

German

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Hitler - Eine Karriere

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.

Producer

Werner Rieb

Editor

Fritz Schwaiger

Themes

based on novel or booknaziworld war iibiographyrepublic of weimarhistorical figurearchive footagemedia manipulationnazism1920s1940snazi propaganda

Production House

Interart

Werner Rieb Produktion

Cine-art Munich

Audience Score

74%

87 votes

Skip8%

Timepass19%

Go for it38%

Perfection35%

Where to watch

Region: IN

Stream

· 2 services

Netflix

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// cast

Cast

Gert Westphal

Narrator (voice)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Ernest Bevin

Self (archive footage)

Karl Brandt

Self (archive footage)

Eva Braun

Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

Self (archive footage)

Karl Dönitz

Self (archive footage)

Albert Einstein

Self (archive footage)

Emperor Franz Josef

Self (archive footage)

Otto Gebühr

Frederick the Great (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Rudolf Hess

Self (archive footage)

Reinhard Heydrich

Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler

Self (archive footage)

// crew

Crew

Joachim Fest

Director, Writer

Christian Herrendoerfer

Director

Fritz Schwaiger

Editor

Werner Rieb

Producer

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