12/02/1999: Actually, Anthony Hopkins HAS played Hitler

Posted By: Zorro


It was in the 1981 TV movie THE BUNKER. (I think maybe he won an Emmy.)

Here are some actors who have played Hitler:

Luther Adler. . . Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, The (1951) and Magic Face, The (1951)

Ian Bannen...Gathering Storm, The (1974) (TV)

Richard Basehart. . . Hitler (1962)

Alec Guinness. . . Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)

Derek Jacobi. . . Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV)

Udo Kier. . . 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989)

Ian McKellen. . . Countdown to War (1989) (TV)

Armin Mueller-Stahl. . . Conversation with the Beast (1996)

Robert Vaughn. . . That's Adequate (1989)

I remember last March when the Academy gave Elia Kazan an honorary Oscar. They said that they were putting politics aside and just considering his art. In that case, would they be willing to give Leni Riefenstahl an honorary Oscar? The answer is, There's politics and then there's politics.


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