Uncle Adolf (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Nicholas Renton

Writer:

Nigel Williams (writer)

Release Date:

3 January 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The Chilling Story Of Hitler's Darkest Passion

Plot:

A young girl becomes the great love of the Nazi leader's life. It spans the years between 1929 and 1945...

Cast

Ken Stott	...	Adolf Hitler
Christine Tremarco	...	Eva Braun
Ron Donachie	...	Martin Bormann
Stacy Hart	...	Traudl Junge
Elaine Cassidy	...	Geli Raubal
Diana Aneviciute	...	Angela Raubal
Janina Matiekonyte	...	Mrs. Winter
Jake Wood	...	Emil Maurice
Stephen Bent	...	Julius Schreck
Peter Wight	...	Heinrich Hoffman
Danny Webb	...	Joseph Goebbels (as Daniel Webb)
Emma Buckley	...	Magda Goebbels
Robert Pugh	...	Gregor Strasser
Michael Eaves	...	Heinrich Himmler
Julian Curry	...	Field Marshall

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Lithuania

Company:

Company Pictures

Trivia:

Both Alan Cumming and Rufus Sewell refused the part of Hitler.

Superb stuff

I'd always considered Alec Guiness' portrayal of Hitler as the definitive one. This is as good or possibly even better. Ken Stott (never heard of him before)has caught Hitler perfectly...the gestures...the unblinking, ice cold eyes...the speaking style. He is the highlight of the film --- a masterful performance --- but everything else is excellent too. They seem to have got the uniforms and the trappings right (although Heinrich Hoffman's camera looks a little too modern for 1928.) Hitler is a difficult character to capture. But in this film it was especially difficult because in addition to the strutting "fuehrer" we also see a very different emotional side of the man. My one small criticism is that the 1928 Hitler looks too old.