Directed by:
Stuart HeislerCinematography:
Joseph F. BirocComposer:
Hans J. SalterCast:
Richard Basehart, Cordula Trantow, Martin Kosleck, John Banner, Theodore Marcuse, Berry Kroeger, Celia Lovsky, Sirry Steffen, Brian Avery, Ted Knight (more)Plots(1)
This was the last film by director Stuart Heisler, and in his uneven output it was not one of the most memorable. The evil dictator (Richard Basehart) is shown to be very much involved with his love life, as though impotency and a severe Oedipal complex alone could account for his dominion over Germany and the insanity that led into World War II. Other characters in the top echelons make their way into and out of the story, including Heinrich Himmler (Rick Traeger), Joseph Goebbels (Martin Kosleck), and of course, Eva Braun (Marla Emo). Any viewers looking for an explanation of how the madness within Hitler related to his rise to power and his downfall, will best look elsewhere. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Richard Basehart
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
The Road (1954)
Moby Dick (1956)
Cordula Trantow
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
The Castle (1968)
Hitler (1962)
Martin Kosleck
German Empire
Best movies:
Morituri (1965)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Something Wild (1961)
John Banner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
Theodore Marcuse
USA
Best movies:
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Hitler (1962)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Berry Kroeger
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Act of Violence (1948)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Celia Lovsky
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Sirry Steffen
Iceland
Best movies:
Bedtime Story (1964)
Hitler (1962)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Brian Avery
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Traffic (2000)
Sleeper (1973)
Ted Knight
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
M.A.S.H. (1970)
Two Rode Together (1961)
John Mitchum
USA
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Stalag 17 (1953)
El Dorado (1966)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Vertigo (1958)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Charles De Vries
Best movies:
Morituri (1965)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Hitler (1962)
Carl Esmond
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Morituri (1965)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Rick Traeger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Morituri (1965)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Abraham Sofaer
Burma
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Song Without End (1960)
Gregory Gaye
Russia
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Ninotchka (1939)
Test Pilot (1938)