Hitler: The Last Ten Days Blu-Ray

Blu-ray. Alec Guinness takes center stage as Adolf Hitler in director Ennio de Concini's (Daniel and Maria) Hitler: The Last Ten Days. Leading up to Hitler's suicide, the film recounts the final days of strategizing and infighting among the Fuhrer's closest advisors, as well as his relationship with Eva Braun (Doris Kunstmann, Funny Games) within the confines of the infamous underground bunker. Alec Guinness' performance offers the viewer a rare look inside the mind of a mad man - manic, irrational, contemplative and eventually defeated, as the Third Reich crumbled before his eyes. Director de Concini's Hitler: The Last Ten Days, scripted by Gerhardt Bolt, Ennio de Concini, Maria Pia Fusco, Ivan Moffat and Wolfgang Reinhardt, features an international cast that includes Simon Ward (The Three Musketeers), Adolfo Celi (Thunderball), Joss Ackland (The Hunt For Red October), Philip Stone (The Shining), Diane Cilento (Tom Jones) and Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park).