The Bunker

Director: George Schaefer George Schaefer

Overview

This exhaustive (and exhausting) 3-hour TV movie dramatizes the last three months of Adolph Hitler's life, spent in his bunker in Berlin. Anthony Hopkins is repulsively riveting as Hitler, while Piper Laurie is even more frightening as fanatical Frau Goebbels. Joseph Goebbels (Cliff Gorman) feeds the Fuehrer's ego as the Nazi empire crumbles, while Albert Speer (Richard Jordan) defies him. The day before his suicide, Hitler legalizes his relationship with mistress Eva Braun (Susan Blakely). The film's plot extends beyond the suicide, with the triumphant allied forces arguing orver who has proprietary rights to Hitler's remains. First telecast January 27, 1981, The Bunker was based on Joseph O'Donnell's best seller, which in turn was based on first-hand accounts.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/30/2013
UPC:	0883316791820
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	NR
Source:	Hbo Archives
Language:	English
Sales rank:	6,738

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anthony Hopkins	Adolf Hitler
Richard Jordan	Albert Speer
Susan Blakely	Eva Braun
Cliff Gorman	Joseph Goebbels
Piper Laurie	Magda
James Naughton	James O'Donnell
Michael Lonsdale	Martin Bormann,Actor
Michael Kitchen	Rochus Misch
Andrew Ray	Otto Günsche
Robert Austin	Wagner
Geoffrey Bateman	Riebold
Kevin Bishop	Themmer
Jane Carr	Greta Hentschel
Georges Corraface	Gard SS #1
Michael Culver	Gen. Mohnke
Larry Dann	Moss
Max Douchin	Russian guard
Julian Fellowes	Col. von Below
Peggy Frankston	Frau Speer
Steve Gadler	SS Soldier
Alison Glennie	Maria Misch
Robert Grange	Kempka
Frank Gatliff	Dr. Schenck
Edward Hardwicke	Dieter Stahl
Martin Jarvis	Actor
Pam St. Clement	Actor
Brad Fiedel	Composer

Technical Credits

John Gay

George Schaefer	Director,Producer
Diana Kerew	Producer,Executive Producer
Aida Young	Producer
John Gay	Screenwriter
David Susskind	Executive Producer
Robert L. Harman	Sound Effects
René Magnol	Sound Effects