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"The Death of Adolf Hitler" is a 1973 British television play, an episode of ITV Sunday Night Theatre. It stars Frank Finlay as Adolf Hitler and Caroline Mortimer as Eva Braun. First aired on 7 January 1973, the drama details the last 10 days of Hitler's life as World War II comes to an end and Allied troops close in on the Führerbunker. Michael Sheard and Tony Steedman would play the same roles in the American television film The Bunker in 1981. The play depicts Hitler as a tragic antihero tormented by both the past and present, unable to reconcile his hopes and dreams with the reality of the nightmare of his own making.
Original Release
01/07/1973
Cast
Name | Character |
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Frank Finlay | Adolf Hitler |
Caroline Mortimer | Eva Braun |
Oscar Quitak | Joseph Goebbels |
Marion Mathie | Magda Goebbels |
Ed Devereaux | Martin Bormann |
Ray McAnally | Dr. Gebhardt |
Michael Lees | Albert Speer |
Derek Francis | Prof. Morell |
Peter Blythe | Dr. Stumpfegger |
Michael Turner | General Krebs |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Frank Finlay | Adolf Hitler |
Caroline Mortimer | Eva Braun |
Oscar Quitak | Joseph Goebbels |
Marion Mathie | Magda Goebbels |
Ed Devereaux | Martin Bormann |
Ray McAnally | Dr. Gebhardt |
Michael Lees | Albert Speer |
Derek Francis | Prof. Morell |
Peter Blythe | Dr. Stumpfegger |
Michael Turner | General Krebs |
Wanda Moore | Traudl Junge |
Mitzi Rogers | Gerda Christian |
Mark Praid | Helmut Goebbels |
Raymond Adamson | Field Marshal Keitel |
Tony Steedman | General Alfred Jodl |
Clifford Rose | General Koller |
Jonathan Elsom | Linge |
Myvanwy Jenn | Hanna Reitsch |
Robert Cawdron | Hermann Goering |
John Carlin | Zanger |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rex Firkin | Producer |
Jeremy Godwin | Producer |