The Last Ten Days

Not to be confused with Hitler: The Last Ten Days.

The Last Ten Days (German: Der letzte Akt) is a 1955 Austrian-West German drama film directed by G. W. Pabst.^[1] It was the first film in post-World War II Germany to feature the character of Adolf Hitler.^[2] It follows him and others in what were the last days of the Third Reich.

The Last Ten Days
American film poster
Directed by	G. W. Pabst
Written by	Fritz Habeck Michael A. Musmanno Erich Maria Remarque
Produced by	Carl Szokoll
Starring	Albin Skoda Oskar Werner Lotte Tobisch
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Edited by	Herbert Taschner
Music by	Erwin Halletz
Production company	Cosmopol-Film
Distributed by	Cosmopol-Film Columbia Film
Release date	14 April 1955 (1955-04-14)
Running time	113 minutes
Countries	Austria West Germany
Language	German

It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and at Baden bei Wien. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Pischinger, Wolf Witzemann and Werner Schlichting.

Cast

• Albin Skoda as Adolf Hitler
• Oskar Werner as Hauptmann Wüst
• Lotte Tobisch as Eva Braun
• Willy Krause as Joseph Goebbels
• Erich Stuckmann as Heinrich Himmler
• Erland Erlandsen as Albert Speer
• Curt Eilers as Martin Bormann
• Leopold Hainisch as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
• Otto Schmöle as Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
• Herbert Herbe as General Hans Krebs
• Hannes Schiel as SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Günsche
• Erik Frey as General Wilhelm Burgdorf
• Otto Wögerer as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
• Martha Wallner as Frieda, Kantineurin

See also

• Hitler: The Last Ten Days, a 1973 film
• The Death of Adolf Hitler 1968 book by Soviet journalist Lev Bezymenski
• The Death of Adolf Hitler (Sunday Night Theatre episode) (1973), a British television film
• The Bunker (1981 film), a CBS television film
• Downfall (2004 film) German production