Hitler: A Film from Germany
Synopsis
A structure-free, four-part examination of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Each part explores a different topic, from Hitler's cult of personality in propaganda to how said propaganda was associated with pre-Nazi German cultural, spiritual, and national heritage to the Holocaust and the ideology behind it, particularly from Himmler's point of view.
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Principal cast & crew: 15
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Edited by Jutta BrandstaedterShot by Dietrich LohmannDesigned by Hans Gailling
Box Office
1978 · Box office
Produced on a $1.5M budget
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$1.5M
Also known as
- Hitler: A Film from Germanyen
- Hitler, un film d'Allemagnefr
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15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Alfred Edel
as Mann der Geschichte 1923
Amelie Syberberg
as Das kleine Mädchen
Rainer Von Artenfels
as Junger Goebbels
Martin Sperr
as Bürgermeister
Peter Moland
as SS-Mann
Johannes Buzalski
as Mann der Gesellschaft 1923
Heinz Schubert
as Himmler-Puppenspieler
Peter Kern
as Alter Ellerkamp
Hellmut Lange
as SS-Mann
Harry Baer
as Junger Ellerkamp
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1Other crew
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