Poster for Hitler: A Career

Hitler: A Career (1977)

A career unparalleled in history

  • Documentary
  • History

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.

Rating
7.4 / 10 (88 votes)
Release date
July 8, 1977
Runtime
2h 30m
Language
German
Director
Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • Gert WestphalNarrator (voice)
  • Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
  • Ernest BevinSelf (archive footage)
  • Karl BrandtSelf (archive footage)
  • Eva BraunSelf (archive footage)
  • Neville ChamberlainSelf (archive footage)
  • Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage)
  • Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
  • Édouard DaladierSelf (archive footage)
  • Karl DönitzSelf (archive footage)
  • Albert EinsteinSelf (archive footage)
  • Emperor Franz JosefSelf (archive footage)

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