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Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

2009•7.3/10
Documentary

Ratings

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7.3/10(7)

A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated on each other.

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Production

Discovery Communications Europe, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, LOOKSfilm, ZDF, Transit Film GmbH, ARTE

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Frank Arnold

Narrator (voice)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Molotov

Vyacheslav Molotov

Self (archive footage)

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Georgi Zhukov

Georgi Zhukov

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

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