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The Hitler Gang

The Hitler Gang

1944Movie⏱️ 1h 41m
BiographyDramaHistoryWar
6.7
IMDB Rating
221 votes

The film depicts the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement from a small radical political adventurer and cell to the dictatorial regime of Germany in the genre of a gangster film.

Director
John Farrow
Writers
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Kurt Neumann
Stars
Bobby Watson, Roman Bohnen, Martin Kosleck
Release Date
December 15, 1944
Language
English
Country
United States
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💬 9
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🎭 Top Cast

Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson
as Adolf Hitler
Roman Bohnen
Roman Bohnen
as Captain Ernst Röhm
Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck
as Joseph Goebbels
Victor Varconi
Victor Varconi
as Rudolph Hess
Luis Van Rooten
Luis Van Rooten
as Heinrich Himmler
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Alex Pope
as Hermann Göring
Ivan Triesault
Ivan Triesault
as Pastor Niemöller
Liesl Handl
Liesl Handl
as Geli Raubal
Helene Thimig
Helene Thimig
as Angela Raubal
Reinhold Schünzel
Reinhold Schünzel
as Gen. Ludendorff

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

nazi germanyheinrich himmler characterhermann goering characteradolf hitler characterjoseph goebbels character

🎯 Categories

BiographyDramaHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

The rise of Adolf - Al Capone - Hitler
by searchanddestroy-12025-10-23

"The peculiarity of this history drama is to present Hitler as a gang leader, a mob boss, and the accuracy is rather close to reality. The main problem is listening German nazis speaking English. The main problem to me. But it is amusing to see by which actors those famos Nazi leaders were played. Adolf Hitler's character is the best ever shown, I mean the best resemblance, among all the films made around the Nazi leader - the worst being Hitler in QT's INGLORIOUS BASTERDS - with maybe the exception of Bruno Ganz in THE FALL; I said when I saw this film that Ganz looked more like Hitl..."

💡 Did You Know?

This film represents one of a small handful of American films that featured the word "Hitler" or "Hitler's", and both referencing Adolf Hitler in their titles and were made around the time of the Second World War. These movies include Hitler's Children (1943); Hitler's Madman (1943) aka Hitler's Hangman; Hitler: Dead or Alive (1942); the documentary short, Hitler Lives (1945); The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943); Hitler's Women aka Women in Bondage (1943); the comic short The Devil with Hitler (1942) and Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939).

📖 Synopsis

The film depicts the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement from a small radical political adventurer and cell to the dictatorial regime of Germany in the genre of a gangster film.