Hitler

Hitler ~ Richard Basehart~ Hammy but worth watching once~
PLOT: 1962 MOVIE WITH RICHARD BASEHART AS ADOLPH HITLER ~ HAMMY~

Richard Basehart (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) as Adolph Hitler as Hitler made in 1962 and available on VHS only~ Basehart is VERY good but the script and cheesy sets make this a bit lack luster~ but worth the watch once~ Basehart has the rages, stiff body movement and "voice" inflections down pat~ he is good~ he deserved a better script~ This version focuses on the psychological obsessions of Hitler who has a mother fetish and was impotent so at times it drags~ but Basehart keeps is watching. JOHN BANNER is a second banana (Sargeant Schultz on Hogans Heros) is fun to watch as a die hard Nazi Hitler underling Strasser~ and always fun MARTIN KOSLECK who is nearly always "cast" as Dr. Goebbels~ from his sneaky looks he he also good~

Basehart is a very underated actor but even he cannot save this one also try~ HE Walked By Night and Decision Before Dawn for two very GOOD movies and excellent...

Bad, but not the worst of the biographical films on Hitler...
1962 U.S. film (later re-released as "Women of Nazi Germany"). It starred Richard Basehart as Hitler. The film depicts Hitler through the years, beginning with the 1923 "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich. It focuses mainly on his private life, in particular, his relationships with niece Geli and longtime mistress (later in April 1945, his wife for less than 2 days), Eva Braun. Simply, a low budget, fictionalized account with many inaccuracies.

It is still not as bad as the 1973 British TV production, "The Death of Adolf Hitler", which I would rate the worst. Thereafter, the presentations of Hitler got better in a factual sense. Next in line, after the subject film, from worst to best would be: "Hitler: The Last Ten Days", which is almost a parody of the facts, as well. Then would come the HBO production "The Bunker", with Sir Anthony Hopkins. The best and most accurate film to date on the subject is the German feature film, "Downfall" (A/K/A Der Untergang). See my reviews of all...

Id pass.
Richard Basehart missed the boat this time as awful Adolph.A better version is 1944 The Hitler Gang,Robert Watson is much better as the deviant nazi dictator.From his days at the close of WW1 to his power rise due to double crossing and murders.
Roman Bohnen is especially good as brown shirt chief Ernest Rohm.Martin Kosleck repeats his role as Goebells.
Narrated by Walter Abel and Albert Dekker.
Dir by Hohn Farrow.

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