Has anyone watched/heard of this movie starring (i think) Dustin Hoffman as Hitler. If so, I would like to hear more about it. Thx
I haven't heard of the movie that you referenced nor can I find a mention of this in Hoffman's filmography... Perhaps you are thinking of made-for-TV "The Bunker" starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hitler. If so, it is an excellent movie IMHO, although I am no expert on the last 100 days of Hitler's life. Hopkins won an Emmy for his performance. Also stars Richard Jordan as Speer, Michael Lonsdale as Bormann, Cliff Gorman as Göbbels, and Susan Blakely as Eva Braun. Definitely a movie worth seeing...
"The Bunker" is a great movie and Anthony Hopkins does a great job as Hitler. I also recommend it. Never heard of Dustin Hoffman protraying Hitler.
There are two others I think worth mentioning. One is called "Hitler" with Richard Basehart as Der Fuhrer, and the other one I think is called: "Hitler, the last 10 days" with Sir Alec Guinness as Der Fuhrer. Basehart's Hitler portrayal was excellent and showed what a monster he could be, as Alec's Hitler portrayal was actually a likable character--though I do NOT like Hitler.
I would like to watch any of those films. I have already heard about them but I have not been able to find them.
There was also a quite good American TV Movie a few years back called 'Inside The Third Reich', with Rutger Hauer as Speer and a surprisingly effective 'Hitler' from Shakespearean actor Derek Jacobi. Also Robert Wagner (!) as Baldur von Schirach....
Ah yesssss I saw that one and I might have it on tape--I had forgotten Rutger Hauer was in it. I just finished watching "Nuremberg" w/ Alec Baldwin and im still shocked at the original C-Camp movies they showed--more than enough to bring tears to your eyes.
I didn't see any of the films mentioned above except Nuremberg. I watched it some weeks ago. The C-camp footage is horrible to watch . The film itself is great imo. Especially the man who plays Göring. Carl -- I wonder who is the guy which guarded Göring and gets his lighter!
hi Volkbert--in the film he was called Tex, I dont recall the real persons name but He was a Lieutenant. He was assigned to watch over Goring, and over the months--they actually became good friends. Goring gave him more than one item though--I dont know if the items were taken from this Lieutenant or nor and I dont know what he did after being assigned to watch Goring. I do know that the Chief hangman--committed suicide at somepoint after these trials. Among the "gifts" besides the lighter were some of Gorings personal items like--shaving kit, a few family pictures, and I think a writing set--that Hitler had given to Goring for one of his birthdays. Judgement in Nuremberg was an excellent film which had Spencer Tracy--(another favorite actor of mine) in the rold of Chief Prosecuter Robert Jackson--also played by Alec Baldwin in Nuremberg. I thought Tracy did a much much better job at playing the Prosecuter. Also, Burt Lancaster,(another fav of mine) I think he played Ernst Kaltenbrunner in that movie and a yound Maximilian Schell played a German Defence Attorney--which he did an excellent job. i've only seen these two movies about Nurenberg--I wish Hollywood would make a remake of the classic with Spencer Tracy--using Sean Connery as the Chief British Prosecuter, and possibly Richard Widmark as Robert Jackson--providing he isnt too old for the part. [ 10. November 2002, 05:33 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]
Carl-- I have never heard of that other Nuremberg movie but like to see it. Is it a new movie? The actors you mentioned are relative old isn't it? I am not so good with actors and always forget who is who. I wish my grandfather was Tex and I found his treasures in the cellar.
Hi Volkbert--are you talking about "Judgement in Nuremberg?" If so--I think that movie is available on DVD. ANyway--it came out in the 1950s or early 1960s--had Spencer Tracy as Robert Jackson, had Maximilian Schell as a young German defense lawyer, and Burt Lancaster as one of the Nazis. It really is an excellent film. I think Judy Garland is also in it.
There was a movie i saw on HBO about a year ago entitled "Looking into the Broken Mirror" pr somthing like that. It was a Autobiographical kind of picture with Hitler dctating his thoughts to an SS man on a type writer. The catch is: he's in hell. But he doesnt know it. Hell resembles a bunker and he has all sorts of things on the inside. It is really an eerie movie. Its got some chiling sequences. But it is a VERY good film. CvM
Carl... Spencer Tracy played Judge Haywood who was the head of the tribunal, and not Robert Jackson in 'Judgement at Nuremburg.' Richard Widmark played a US Army officer who was prosecuting attorney. Also stars William Shatner, Marlene Dietrich, Montgomery Clift, and Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink) as one of the defendants. Interesting to note that Klemperer was subjected to persecution by the Nazis during the war...not sure of the details on this as they have escaped me over time. Judy Garland does have a powerful performance as does Burt Lancaster who plays Ernst Janning, not Kaltenbrunner. For those that haven't seen this movie, it is a fictional story about a smaller trial of German judges that are accused of crimes against humanity. If memory serves, this takes place a few months after the more famous Nuremburg trial. An extremely well made movie...Maximillian Schell won the Oscar for Best Actor as the Defense counsel, an Oscar went to Abby Mann for Best Adapted Screenplay. This movie was nominated for Best Picture. Other nominations went to Tracy for Best Actor, Stanley Kramer for Best Director, Montgomery Clift for Best Supporting Actor, Judy Garland for Best Supporting Actress, Best Direction/Set Decoration (B & W); Best Black and white Cinematography, Best Costume Design (B & W), and Best Film Editing. [ 11. November 2002, 10:45 PM: Message edited by: herr_kaleun ]
Hello Ivan and thanks for clearing it up---at least I had a few actors correct in being in the movie I could swear that Tracy played Jackson? at any rate--I liked the movie--and it has been too long since I last watched it. I had forgotten that Shatner was in it, as well as Montgomery Clift and Col Klink (Klemperer) but I has especially frogotten that Richard Widmark was in it. At or near that time--Richard Widmark did one or two other "courtroom" type movies--one was the excellent "Time Limit" With Richard Basehart, I cant remember the other. "Time Limit" had to do with the Korean War--Widmark was Baseharts Defense Atty. Basehart was accused of I think treason--while being held in the Korean POW camp. Joe Di Rida was in that movie as well.
