Betrayed by his own flesh!

Hitler: The last 10 days (1973)
The random distribution of proteins adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine and uracil makes sure that in any organization, be it animal or human kingdom, 1% of the population will always conquer over the remaining 99% of the remaining subservient. There can only be 1 alpha male in the lion colony and 1% will control the economy of the world no matter how fair an economic system man proposes. This status quo is mandatory to maintain peace and order in any group. If everyone is learned, influential and possess excellent leading qualities, there is bound to be chaos, hence, nature has created this arrangement.
Hence, in keeping with this background, history has shown again and again of leaders would bring a race to glory and then also to its downfall due to their greed. Hitler is such an example. It is amazing how the 99% follow blindly their leader and agree for horrendous terror against fellow kind which in retrospect would like to forget. Forgive their ancestors, maybe, but learn from history? I doubt it.
This 1973 British made film is acted to perfection by the legendary  Sir Alec Guinness in the leading role of the moody Austrian. As Hitler is the reason the movie is made, so Sir Alec is forgiven for taking over the main role and its mainstay. It shows us his soliloquy, his thought process and his glorious past to the rise of the Third Reich.
It tells the events that took place at the Führerbunker, the 60 feet concrete underground in Berlin built for the Führer and his faithful Officers between 20th April 1945 (Hitler's birthday) and 30th April 1945 (Hitler's suicide). All speeches and actions in the authenticated by an Oxford historians and a fellow soldier in the bunker.

The whole of Germany in chaos.The Russian army is drawing closer to Berlin. Hitler, however, is still in his own world, sticking fast to his grandeur idea of a German Empire! Eva Braun (his mistress) and fellow inmates of the bunker celebrate Führer's 56th birthday. Hitler has strict house rules, no smoking and no drinking, but that being an exceptional day, allows champagne to befit the occasion. The unhappy officers listen to Hitler's brag of how, he, a graduate of no military school, single-handedly, built an empire for the peasants of Germany who were ruined to smithereens after the First World War.
The soldiers have their own secluded place in the bunker where they have their dose of cigarettes and wines. Whilst the rest of Germany is being bombed by the Allied forces, the birthday bash with dance goes on with laughter and music, with the occasional interruption by sound of falling bombs.
And the Russians are slowly making their way to Berlin as the days go on. More bad news keep on rolling in as the Hitler breaks down as his Third Reich has failed.
Then good news comes that the Russian and American armies were engaged in an argument. As the days go on, more bad news..a telegram comes of his Deputy taking charge of administration.
Hitler laments on how everybody in his life was betraying him. Again and again Hitler states that he has been betrayed by all the Germans in spite of his contribution to Germany.
In a very puzzling move, Hitler summons an officer from Munich to Berlin, flying through the battle field just to inform him of his promotion as Field Marshal.
As the Russians move closer, Hitler decides to use the Hitler Youth, an army of young teenage boys to be their human shield to protect Berlin.

Alec Guinness

As the future appears bleak, Hitler discusses mass suicide rather than allowing the Allied Forces having the joy of parading Hitler like a caged animal for the world to see. After discussing about cyanide capsules, shooting themselves, burning themselves etcetera, Hitler presents everyone with cyanide capsules as a wedding present after he marries Eva Braun in the bunker. Of course a photograph of Hitler was presented to attendees for compliment.
Post wedding party continues with champagne and songs. Russian bombs are raining Berlin and Hitler writes his final testament. He floods the underground tunnels which housed hospital beds to protect himself.
Russians move in just 300 metres away.
Eva takes a capsule. Hitler shoots himself.
The film ends with the remaining soldiers looking into the Fuhrer's room. Instead of taking their cyanide capsules, for once in front of Hitler in the bunker, they lit their cigars and cigarettes.
In his death, Hitler must have felt betrayed, yet again.
It is a fantastic depiction of the Austrian who conquered Europe and brought the whole world at its knees by Alec Guinness. Somehow we feel pity for Hitler for his egoistic megalomaniac ideas for his unshakeable nationalistic patriotism and ability to unite a country which was poor and hungry. By uniting them and getting the economy going again, he gave the world the seed for the German brand that we all know today.
A good show.

Quotable quote:
(Upon receiving a fine elaborate embroidery of a Nazi flag on his birthday from some General's wives, Hitler says, "What exquisite workmanship! What loving care has gone into this. Love and devotion to a man are the highest virtues in a woman. Intelligence is not very important. My mother was certainly no genius but she gave birth to a great son to the German people. Well done."

(On decision to flood tunnels which hold hospital beds)
Nature is cruel so I have to be cruel.