Synopsis
As defeat looms, the increasingly unhinged Adolf Hitler readies himself for the end and makes his final declarations to a dwindling crowd of loyalists. In German with English subtitles.
- Programme: Downfall (2004)
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2014
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