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DER LETZTE AKT (The Last Ten Days) (1955) * with switchable English subtitles * (IMPROVED PICTURE & SUBTITLING)

Georg Wilhelm Pabst Writers: Fritz Habeck, Michael A. Musmanno (novel), 1 more credit » Stars: Albin Skoda, Oskar Werner, Lotte Tobisch
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Der mit dem Ritterkreuz ausgezeichnete, jedoch dem NS-Regime kritisch gegenüberstehende Hauptmann Richard Wüst wird im April 1945 von seinem General in den Führerbunker geschickt, um Adolf Hitler direkt über die Lage an der Front zu berichten und Verstärkung anzufordern, scheitert aber mehrmals beim Versuch, beim Führer vorsprechen zu können. Dabei erlebt er die letzten Tage des Krieges und die verzweifelten Versuche der Generäle, die bevorstehende Niederlage abzuwenden, aus nächster Nähe mit. Just als Hitler befiehlt, die S-Bahn-Tunnel zu sprengen, um die Russen bei ihrem Vormarsch aufzuhalten (damit aber das Leben tausender Berliner, die in den Tunnels Zuflucht gesucht haben, opfert), wird Wüst zum Führer vorgelassen ... 

Hauptmann Richard Wuest, an officer awarded the Knights Cross, but nevertheless a sharp critic of the Nazi regime, is sent by his commanding general to the Fuehrerbunker in April 1945 to inform Adolf Hitler of the situation on the front and to demand reinforcements.  Unfortunately, he has been unable to see the Fuehrer, despite multiple attempts.  He's told to wait for an opportunity to see Hitler and, by doing so, gets to watch the final days of the War played out in the bunker and bears witness to the attempts of the General Staff to stave off defeat.  Just as Hitler gives the order to blow up the S-Bahn tunnels to flood the subway and halt the Russians' advance --- a move, which will cost the lives of thousands of Berliners, who are using the tunnels as shelter from the battle --- Wuest is given leave to speak to the Fuehrer in person.

DVD-R is in German with switchable English subtitles.  Approx. 106 mins. + 13 mins. of contemporary newsreels.  Digital quality  (see video samples):

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Must have!, 10/8/2017 10:18 AM
From: schreck@ptd.net
Compare and contrast this with more current downfall flick. This one, imho, is a little more accurate. The question remains what Hitler was really like at the end. Downfall and the last act differ. Well crafted film of a difficult topic
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