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Hitler: A Career

Hitler: A Career

A career unparalleled in history

19777.42h 30m

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.

Directed by Joachim Fest
Written by Joachim Fest
Produced by Werner Rieb
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Top Cast

Gert Westphal

Gert Westphal

Narrator (voice)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

E

Ernest Bevin

Self (archive footage)

K

Karl Brandt

Self (archive footage)

Eva Braun

Eva Braun

Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

Édouard Daladier

Self (archive footage)

Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz

Self (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or booknaziworld war iibiographyrepublic of weimarhistorical figurearchive footagemedia manipulationnazism1920s1940snazi propaganda1930seve of world war iifilm archivesadolf hitlerhistorical documentarybiographical documentary

About Hitler: A Career

Hitler: A Career is a documentary, history film released in 1977 exploring themes of based on novel or book, nazi, world war ii, biography, republic of weimar, historical figure. Directed by Joachim Fest, it stars Gert Westphal, Adolf Hitler, Ernest Bevin. 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.

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