Hitler: The Last Ten Days
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| Directed by | Ennio De Concini |
| Produced by | Wolfgang Reinhardt |
| Written by |
Gerhard Boldt Ennio De Concini Maria Pia Fusco Ivan Moffat Wolfgang Reinhardt |
| Starring |
Alec Guinness Simon Ward Adolfo Celi Diane Cilento Gabriele Ferzetti |
| Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Edited by | Kevin Connor |
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Tomorrow Entertainment
West Film |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom Italy |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,250,000 (US/Canada rentals) |
Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 British-Italian biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. The film stars Alec Guinness and Simon Ward, and features an introduction presented by Alistair Cooke; the original music score was composed by Mischa Spoliansky. The film is based on the book Hitler's Last Days: An Eye-Witness Account (first translated in English in 1973) by Gerhard Boldt, an officer in the German Army who survived the Führerbunker. Location shooting for the film included the De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and parts of England.
The film opens with Hitler's 56th birthday, on 20 April 1945, and ends 10 days later with his suicide, on 30 April.
A DVD of this film was released on 3 June 2008.
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