In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, scientist and businessman hunt hires mercenary and former royal marine d. Starring anthony hopkins, chewing scenery like its his last meal, it never really scratches the surface of the events in the same way that the far superior downfall managed, however it does have atmosphere in spades, helped by a creepy, foreboding score. Morley safer profiles 75yearold sports columnist red smith. Dramatization depicting the events surrounding adolf hitlers last weeks in and around his underground bunker in. Bunker politics is a weekly chronicling of liberal fear in this new, exciting, utterly terrifying political era in which we are forced to live. Under siege by the enemy and with little ammunition, they decide to explore underground tunnels to seek supplies and find an escape route. Rent the bunker 1981 starring anthony hopkins and richard jordan on dvd and bluray. The bunker is a 1981 tv film starring anthony hopkins as adolf hitler. Us news elections 2020 world news environment soccer us politics business. It was based on the nonfiction book by james odonnell.
The movie was hailed an important work of political satire and was chosen for preservation in the united states national film registry. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this wikipedia article constitutes fair use. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. The film had its world premiere on 7 february 2015 at the berlin international film festival and was released to dvd, bluray, and vod, alongside a limited theatrical release, in december of the same year. The films plot extends beyond the suicide, with the triumphant allied forces arguing orver who has proprietary rights to hitlers remains. Anyway, our hired guns have to track down three fugitive russian scientists who each hold a necessary part for finding and opening the bunker, which the soviets abandoned and buried in 1973. Archies contempt for minorities mirrored the institutional democrat party line until the mid1960s and the racist democrat leaders from president wilson to governor george w. Top 20 most rewatched horror movie scenes of all time duration. Rent the bunker 1981 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Jan 01, 1978 it would be interesting to know what sources the movie relied on, since its hard to imagine a better one on hitlers last days, than odonnells effort.
May 01, 2007 hitler ordering chief architect albert speer to implement scorched earth policy. Every episode, hosts ivan hernandez and red scott discuss the newest events which cause them to fear for the continued existence of the planet, whether its massive corruption, irreparable climate. The winner of this years carnegie medal for an outstanding book for children is a vile and dangerous story. Free wallpapers download of the bunker movie, hero, heroine, etc is available in our gallery section.
The deviations are mainly due to an effort to clarify the events and allow the actors license to interpret some of the dialogue he recorded. It is largely based on the book the bunker, by james p. In 1985, bunker wrote part of the academy awardnominated screenplay to the film runaway train, starring jon voigt as a fugitive con bunker mainly wrote the opening halfhour of the movie depicting prison life. Movies like the bunker 1981 if you like the bunker you are looking for bleak, realistic and psychological movies about with nazi germany, against humanity, adolf hitler, confined, life is a bitch, wartime life and downfall themes of drama, history and war genre shot in france or usa. Ten days and anthony hopkins in the 1981 miniseries the bunker. Oct 20, 2012 archie bunker is a fictional character played by carroll oconnor in a popular 1970s series all in the family. Their mission is to scope out an old military bunker in eastern europe. The bunker is a bit unusual, and not just as i was finished the book, bruno ganz, who played hitler in the great 2003 movie, downfall, passed away. The bunker 1981 0415 1981 gr drama, war, tv movie 2h 30m user score. The bunker 1981, a cbs television film depicting the events surrounding adolf hitlers last days in and around his bunker. Check out the list of top political hollywood movies white house down, bridge of spies, the whistleblower, mandela. The film makes significant deviations from james odonnells book, published in 1975.
The bunker is about seven german soldiers that are in a bunker in the second world war in 1944. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. As depicted in the bunker, teddy redbones hader and alvin panagoulious armisen are cutthroat political strategists who utilize attack ads, outright lies and even culturally insensitive lawn jockeys to destroy the reputation of a sitting governor and secure a win for a schlubby, unqualified outsider in the 1992 ohio gubernatorial election. Once they have what they need, including one of the scientists who knows the bunker lay out, its off to the bunker. This exhaustive and exhausting 3hour tv movie dramatizes. Only six of the staff that left were able to avoid capture by the russians. Dec 26, 2010 saying that archie bunker personifies the republican party is a slander. First telecast january 27, 1981, the bunker was based on joseph odonnells best seller, which in turn was based on firsthand accounts.
Met anthony hopkins, cligg gorman en susan blakely. Read the kolonel bunker movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Interestingly, odonnells book was the major source for 1981 s madefortv effort the bunker starring anthony hopkins. Dramatization depicting the events surrounding adolf. Anthony hopkins in the hitler movie, the bunker imdb 1981s the bunker follows the final days of adolf hitler inside his underground bunker after the nazi defeat. Bormanns body was finally discovered in 1972, a suicide committed at the time of the fall of. Dramatization depicting the events surrounding adolf hitlers. Archibald archie bunker is a fictional character from the 1970s american television sitcom all in the family and its spinoff archie bunkers place, played by carroll oconnor. In the early hours of april 29, 1945, he married eva and immediately afterward dictated his last will and political testament, in which he justified his life and work. Mysterious things happen and they start going mad when they hear about the tunnel system. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using. Limited to the questionable population of the bunker, this film is forced to endorse lesser.
If you like the bunker you are looking for bleak, realistic and psychological movies about with nazi germany, against humanity, adolf hitler, confined, life is a bitch, wartime life and downfall themes of drama, history and war genre shot in france or usa. In volker schlondorffs circle of deceit 1981 he was the journalist. Longforgotten tunnels extend from the bunker, further into the wilderness. With anthony hopkins, richard jordan, cliff gorman, james naughton. The bunker 1981 in the final days of world war ii, adolf hitler anthony hopkins and his closest advisers are sequestered in an underground bunker in berlin. Archie was a character created by very liberal screen writers to ridicule ideas they did not like.
When our fictional presidents are tested by their moments. The bunker was a made for tv movie that premiered in 1981. The newmarket films release takes place in an underground bunker. Founded in 1996, it is the internets most comprehensive free source for american political biography, listing 302,477 politicians, living and dead. The bunker 1981 tv movie plot summary 3 dramatization depicting the events surrounding adolf hitler s sir anthony hopkins last weeks in and around his underground bunker in berlin before and during the battle for the city. Odonnell was a newsweek correspondent who was in occupied berlin at the end of the war. Sep 01, 2000 in 1981, bunker produced a third novel, little boy blue, which contained some of his most impressive and eloquent writing. The bunker is a 1981 cbs television film, timelife production based on the book the bunker. The bunker 1981, a cbs television film depicting the events surrounding adolf hitlers last days in and around his bunker the bunker 2001, a horror film about the remnants of a platoon of german panzergrenadiers taking refuge in an isolated bunker and find themselves haunted by dark figures as they try to retain order.
The next day he retreated into his suite and shot himself while eva took poison to end her life. Drama oorlog film geregisseerd door george schaefer. The bunker tv movie 1981 spoilers and bloopers imdb. The staff now leaves the bunker with the exception of the engineer in charge of operating the electrical generator. This exhaustive and exhausting 3hour tv movie dramatizes the last three months of adolph hitlers life, spent in his bunker in berlin. May 27, 20 this feature is not available right now.
The bunker 1981 dramatization depicting the events surrounding adolf hitlers sir anthony hopkins last weeks in and around his underground bunker. The films emphasis on electricity and water shortages in the bunker actually enhances the movies theme that hitlers vision of empire is shattered. It would be interesting to know what sources the movie relied on, since its hard to imagine a better one. Find release information for the bunker 1981 george schaefer on allmovie. Born under a bad sign the life of edward bunker crime time. Mike wallace reports on loanpackaging outfits which play to the small businessman. Dramatization depicting the events surrounding adolf hitlers sir anthony hopkins last weeks in and around his underground bunker in berlin before and during the battle for the city. The bunker tv movie 1981 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. A network promo for the 1981 television film directed by george schaefer, starring anthony hopkins as adolph hitler and costarring richard jordan, susan blakely, michael lonsdale, piper laurie. The bunker is a 1981 american madefortelevision historical war film produced by timelife productions based on the book the bunker by james p. Find out about all the goofs from the bunker tv movie 1981 on imdb. Its not hard to play the classic hitler with fits of rages and dour looks, but there is a lot more to it, and hopkins pulls it off magnificently.
It was ordinarily the custom of movies and tv to dramatise and. In 1944, in the belgian german border, seven german soldiers survive an american attack in the front and lock themselves in a bunker to protect the position. Eva brauns brother was almost certainly shot for treason, not hanged, and it is untrue hitler never left the bunker after january 1945 he visited the oder front in march. Shellshocked and exhausted, the survivors argue about provisions and strategies during a lull in fighting. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. This 1981 tv movie that subsequently received a european theatrical release, tells the story of hitlers last days inside the berlin bunker. Set in 1974 albania when the enver hoxha stalinist regime ran things, the story centers on a government program called bunkerization in which 700,000 enormous underground concrete bunkers were to be created to protect the three million albanians from enemy attacks. Find similar and related movies for the bunker 1981 george schaefer on allmovie. Despite being depicted as a hardworking family man, bunker was also an assertively prejudiced bluecollar worker famous for his condescending and bigoted persona against feminists, communists, hippies, homosexuals, jews, catholics, immigrants, and all ethnic minorities. Released 1981, the bunker stars anthony hopkins, richard jordan, susan blakely, piper laurie the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Dramatization depicting the events surrounding adolf hitlers last weeks in and around his underground bunker in berlin before and during the battle for the city. How the bunker captures the political insanity of 1992. He bribed his way into the bunker and snooped around, even taking some top secret documents.
The bunker tv movie 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The movie is well known for being largely english, since it was made in hollywood and the characters especially hitler speaks english. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. See the full list of cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The texas chainsaw massacre director tobe hooper goes back to the deformed maskedpsycho well with this entertaining 1981 bmovie. Mar 26, 2020 1981 donald pleasence, escape from new york pleasence lent an icy gravity to john carpenters halloween as a heroic psychiatrist, an atypical role for a man often cast as the heavy. Bunker, a main character of the series, is a world war ii veteran, bluecollar worker, and family man. The bunker 1981 dramatization depicting the events surrounding adolf hitler s sir anthony hopkins last weeks in and around his underground bunker. The bunker 2001, a horror film about the remnants of a platoon of german panzergrenadiers taking refuge in an isolated bunker and find themselves haunted by dark figures as they try to retain order.
The bunker 1981 george schaefer, anthony hopkins, richard jordan, cliff gorman, drama, history, war may 17, 2018 back in 1945, the third reich is in its death throes with the allies relentlessly attacking the capital town of berlin. He literally ages before your eyes and the gray pallor of the bunker s stone walls seems to seep into his skin with every scene. Two of hitlers secretaries were captured by the british. The bunker 1981 imdb the bunker 1981 box office mojo the bunker 1981 movie online the bunker 1981 full d. Odonnell the film, directed by george schaefer and adapted for the screen by john gay, is a dramatisation depicting the events surrounding adolf hitlers last weeks in and around his underground bunker in berlin before and during the battle of berlin. Construction on the bunkers was to be completed by 1981.