Main Cast: Richard Basehart, Cordula Trantow, Maria Emo, Martin Kosleck, Berry Kroeger
Release Year: 1962
Country: US
Run Time: 103 minutes
Plot
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. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
John Banner - Gregor Strasser; Rick Traeger - Heinrich Himmler; John Mitchum - Hermann Goering; Martin Brandt - Gen. Heinz Guderian; John Wengraf - Dr. Morell; Theo Marcuse - Julius Streicher; Lester Fletcher - Lt. Edmond Heines; Albert Szabo - Emil Maurice; Norbert Schiller - Schoenberg; Celia Lovsky - Frau Raubal; Narda Onyx - Gretl Braun; Ted Knight - Maj. Buch; Sirry Steffen - Anna; Otto Reichow - SS Officer; Walter Kohler - Gen. Alfred Jodi; Carl Esmond - Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; Gregory Gaye - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel; Will Kaufman - Wagner
Credit
William Glasgow - Art Director, Stuart Heisler - Director, Walter A. Hannemann - Editor, Hans Salter - Composer (Music Score), Joseph Biroc - Cinematographer, E. Charles Straus - Producer, Frank A. Tuttle - Set Designer, Daniel W. Hays - Special Effects, Sam Neuman - Screenwriter, E. Charles Straus - Screenwriter
