The Bunker
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Movie Reviews of The Bunker
Movie Review: The Bunker
Summary: 4 Stars
Anthony Hopkins is a fine actor who puts in another good performance. The movie itself is what it is a 1980's TV drama about insane people in an insane regime, who started a world war,then destroyed themselves in the endMovie Review: Hitler's Bunker Days
Summary: 4 Stars
This film bring out some interesting aspects of Hitler's final days, such as the role of Albert Speer.Movie Review: Second best "Bunker" film of the four...
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a 1981 CBS mini-series produced for network TV. The production quality is fair. The interior shots of the Bunker and Deiter's office have a "stage look" to them. I do like the fact that it shows the "Courtyard of Honor" and inside the "New Reich Chancellery." Events are shown from different points of view and film shifts back and forth between them. The main characters "followed around" are Hitler, Speer, Bormann, Eva Braun and the Goebbels family.
Sir Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of Hitler is good overall, showing him in different moods and settings. There still is an element of theatrics at times, through scenes of yelling and gestures and movements for dramatic effect. These dramatic elements following what is generally shown in the footage of Hitler's exaggerated speaking style, and assumed to be his same mannerism in most all circumstances.
Hitler is generally shown to be a shell of his former self. One flashback that does work is the one that goes back to a pre-war birthday party given by Hitler for Albert Speer. It shows the energetic and charismatic Hitler to contrast his portrayal at the end. I applaud the fact that this film shows Dr. Morrell and provides scenes of his treatments/injections as to Hitler, which none of the other three bunker films do. The film does a good job of showing Bormann and his influence with Hitler and power he obtained.
However, the film is too sympathetic to Albert Speer. Some of the other actors' portrayals are unconvincing, such as those of General Keitel, General Jodl, and Goebbels. Further, several of the actors have English accents. Some of the real characters are left out of the film: such as General Krebs, General Burgdolf and General Weidling. Further, the scene showing the death of SS General Fegelein is not accurate but neither was the information provided in the book, "The Bunker."
The film is not as graphic or as realistic as "Downfall", but one has to remember that this film was done for American network TV in 1981. Of course, there are some inaccuracies and license that was taken to dramatize events and move the film along. In the end, it holds up well overall. I would rate the four bunker films:
1) Downfall
2) The Bunker
3) Hitler: The Last Ten Days
4) The Death of Adolf Hitler (the worst)
Movie Review: Mediocre adaptation of O'Donnell's book
Summary: 3 Stars
Based on James O'Donnell's "The Bunker", this movie attempts to recreate the last days of Hitler. On the positive side, the sets are excellent and the movie covers most of the major events that took place, although not always in the correct order. On the negative side, Anthony Hopkins' performance is decidedly two-note: either apoplectic or catatonic. He did not accurately portray the charismatic man who was able to charm, inspire and hypnotize his followers until the very last. Hopkins either screams or stares blankly into space. Also, the movie gives us a Goebbels who sounds like he's straight off the boat from Brooklyn, a Goering who reminded me of Colonel Klink and a Col. Von Below who minces about like he just stepped out of La Cage aux Folles. Who knew that the Nazi hierarchy was so gay friendly?! Speer is over-romanticized and there are several scenes which I don't recall from history, such as Goebbels' dinner party in the Chancellery. This movie just didn't do it for me. It seemed like this movie was so intent on covering all the bases that it forgot to be dramatic. Its impression is more of a Bunker highlight film than a story employing dramatic tension and buildup to achieve climax and resolution. Still, any attempt at dramatizing the Bunker days is worth viewing.Movie Review: Lacks tone and atmosphere
Summary: 3 Stars
I haven't seen the whole thing yet but what I've noticed so far is that it lacks tone and atmosphere. I've seen more tone and atmosphere in an episode of Private Benjamin or Bosom Buddies. Downfall is a better depiction of this subject matter.