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Looks like made for TV, was it? Anyway, Hitler's secretary's recollections of the way it was in the bunker before the very end. Not a compelling watch but always interesting to a history buff.Most chilling was Bruno Ganz' portrayl of Hitler. He showed the delusional mania but most striking was the humanity and seeming understanding he had for his closest associates such as Miss Junge. Very eerie as it almost makes you think the guy had a shred of decency buried in there somewhere. Was he a real person unable to get out of character or did Ganz give him too much credit? See it for yourself if you are a historyhead.
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a compelling portrait by Ganz and a great view of a part of history that was only taught to us as, "and Hitler killed himself in his bunker during the last days of the war..". I thoroughly enjoyed it and heartily recommend it
...that drags on a little too long and fails to be compelling. But it gives me a much different and more vivid picture of Hitler's last days than one I had cobbled together from history classes and hearsay.
but for the big screen, the claustrophobic atmosphere of the bunker suits the small screen tho' and I can easilly see why you might think that
I don't necessarily think you have to be a history buff to appreciate this film, tho' having a bit of context of the "who's who" doesn't hurt
I think there are many problems with playing Hitler credibly; the most difficult one to get over is an audiences popular preconception of him as being only a speech-making, rabble rousing monster
Hitler was an Austrian, charming to women, kind to children and his dog. Ganz's humanisation of Hitler does indeed go against the grain, however, I didn't at any stage feel I was watching anyone other than the "Real Hitler", not a comment I could make with all previous attempts to portray him I've seen (Alec Guiness, for example)
I would rank Ganz's performance up there with George C Scott's "Patton", James Mason's Rommel in "The Desert Fox" and Albert Finney's Churchill in "The Gathering Storm"
The film itself; harrowingGrins
Sure, Hitler was a human and Ganz did an excellent job of letting that slip through. Seeing an overall shot of the bunker set, again, showed the claustrophobic quarters the film crew had to work with. Ironically, finding out that most of the exterior shots were done in St. Petersburg was shocking to me. I had no idea St. Petersburg is chocked full of German architecture. 8^)
I thought showed Hitler to be pathologically narcissistic and a contemptible egomaniac . A great ,unforgettable film that didn’t neccesarily humanize but instead created such a wonderful and frightening dramatic stage , I almost feel like I’d witnessed the last days Hitler and Eva Braun. Hardcore drama & highly recomended!
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