The Hitler Gang (1944)

Regisseur:

John Farrow

Drehbuchautoren:

Frances Goodrich (writer)
Albert Hackett (writer)

Premierendatum:

15. Juni 1945 (Sweden)

Genre:

Kriegsfilm | Drama

Plot:

This movie shows us the rise of Adolf Hitler from a small radical political adventurer to the dictator of Germany in the way of a gangster film...

Plot Keywords:

Hitler | Character Name In Title

Nutzerkommentare:

Excellent portrayal of Hitler's rise to power

Besetzung

Bobby Watson	...	Adolf Hitler
Roman Bohnen	...	Captain Ernst Röhm
Martin Kosleck	...	Joseph Goebbels
Victor Varconi	...	Rudolph Hess
Luis Van Rooten	...	Heinrich Himmler
Alex Pope	...	Hermann Göring
Ivan Triesault	...	Pastor Niemöller
Poldi Dur	...	Geli Raubal
Helen Thimig	...	Angela Raubal
Reinhold Schünzel	...	Gen. Ludendorff
Sig Ruman	...	General von Hindenburg
Alexander Granach	...	Julius Streicher
Fritz Kortner	...	Gregor Strasser
Tonio Selwart	...	Alfred Rosenberg
Richard Ryen	...	Adolf Wagner

Länge:

101 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dialogzitate:

Rvhm: Gerlich has shot himself.
Streicher: He's the first man who shot himself in the head six times.

Excellent portrayal of Hitler's rise to power

One thing you'll notice in this movie straight away - the actors all look uncannily like their real-life counterparts. However, even with look-alike actors, a movie can fall down in terms of script and acting, but not this one. Considering this movie was made in the 1940s, and in the middle of WW2 no less, the acting and direction are great, the story is not overly propagandized, and we get possibly the best portrayal of Hitler on screen until this year's 'Downfall' (Der Untergang).

Another of those movies which deserve to be classics, but which are rotting in a film vault somewhere. It is a crime that this isn't available anywhere on DVD.