The Death of Adolf Hitler
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The Death of Adolf Hitler was a 1973 British television film starring Frank Finlay
as Adolf Hitler
and Caroline Mortimer
as Eva Braun
. The film details the last 10 days of Hitler's life as World War II
comes to an end and Allied troops are closing in on the Führerbunker
. Michael Sheard (who played Himmler) and Tony Steedman (who played Gen. Jodl) would play the same roles in U.S. television film The Bunker in 1981.
Finlay won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Frank Finlay
Francis Finlay, CBE is an English stage, film and television actor.-Personal life:Finlay was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, the son of Margaret and Josiah Finlay, a butcher. A devout Catholic, he belongs to the British Catholic Stage Guild. He was educated at St...
as Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
and Caroline Mortimer
Caroline Mortimer
Caroline Mortimer is a British actress.Caroline Mortimer was the daughter of the novelist Penelope Mortimer from her first marriage to the journalist Charles Dimont and the stepdaughter of the playwright Sir John Mortimer...
as Eva Braun
Eva Braun
Eva Anna Paula Hitler was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and, for less than 40 hours, his wife. Braun met Hitler in Munich, when she was 17 years old, while working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer and began seeing him often about two years later...
. The film details the last 10 days of Hitler's life as World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
comes to an end and Allied troops are closing in on the Führerbunker
Führerbunker
The Führerbunker was located beneath Hitler's New Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. It was part of a subterranean bunker complex which was constructed in two major phases, one part in 1936 and the other in 1943...
. Michael Sheard (who played Himmler) and Tony Steedman (who played Gen. Jodl) would play the same roles in U.S. television film The Bunker in 1981.
Finlay won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance.