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The Bunker (1981)
Rate:
8
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1/14
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Having read The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Trevor-Roper, I find The Bunker an accurate portrayal of
what happened.
Even so is how Anthony Hopkins acts as the Führer. Although it's practically the same film as
Hitler: The Last Ten Days, he gives a better performance
than Alec Guinness because, instead of playing himself, he's
fully immersed as Adolf Hitler, showing a dramatic decline in his facial features and mental state.
As evidenced by the accomplishments of the Third Reich, there's a profundity of apathy and delusions of
grandeur about the state of affairs while the Allies are closing in on Berlin. Apparently, Germany's cause has become
pointless, considering the millions of people who have died during the war, because it's all about Hitler. On the other hand,
I like how the characters resemble, sometimes showing an uncanny resemblance to, the actual participants.
All in all, although too long by at least thirty minutes, The Bunker offers an accurate glimpse of how Hitler met
his fate.