Hitler: A Career (1977)

  • 16
  • 07/08/1977 (BR)
  • Documentary, History
  • 2h 30m

A career unparalleled in history

Overview

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.

Joachim Fest

Director, Writer

Christian Herrendoerfer

Director

Cast

Gert Westphal's headshot

Gert Westphal

Narrator (voice)
Adolf Hitler's headshot

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)
Ernest Bevin's headshot

Ernest Bevin

Self (archive footage)
Karl Brandt's headshot

Karl Brandt

Self (archive footage)
Eva Braun's headshot

Eva Braun

Self (archive footage)
Neville Chamberlain's headshot

Neville Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin's headshot

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill's headshot

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

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