Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film)
| Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall | |
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| Directed by | Norman Cohen |
| Written by | Spike Milligan Johnny Byrne Norman Cohen |
| Produced by | Norman Cohen Greg Smith |
| Starring | Jim Dale Arthur Lowe Bill Maynard Tony Selby Geoffrey Hughes John Forgeham Spike Milligan Pat Coombs Windsor Davies Bob Todd Jim Norton |
| Cinematography | Terry Maher |
| Edited by | Tony Lenny |
| Music by | Wilfred Burns Ed Welch Spike Milligan |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 102 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall is a 1973 film adaptation of the first volume of Spike Milligan's autobiography. It stars Jim Dale as the young Terence "Spike" Milligan, while Milligan himself plays the part of his father, Leo.[1] Dale was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for his performance.
Basis
The film is based on the first volume of Milligan's war memoirs. Although it broadly follows Milligan's book, some scenes were created specifically for the film and all of the character names (apart from the Milligan family) are fictional.
Premise
Aspiring jazz musician Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill-on-Sea, where he begins training to take part in World War II. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes.
Cast
- Jim Dale as Spike Milligan
- Arthur Lowe as Major Drysdale
- Bill Maynard as Sergeant Ellis
- Tony Selby as Bill
- Geoffrey Hughes as Larry
- Jim Norton as Pongo
- John Forgeham as Wally
- Windsor Davies as Sergeant McKay
- Spike Milligan as Leo Milligan (Spike's father)
- Pat Coombs as Florence Milligan (Spike's mother)
- Bob Todd as Bill Thompson, the Referee at the boxing bout
- Gregory Phillips as Desmond Milligan (Spike's brother)
- Alvar Liddell as himself (news broadcaster)
- Robert Longden as Heavenly Bliss
References
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- Articles with short description
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- IMDb title ID not in Wikidata
- 1973 films
- 1973 comedy films
- British war films
- Films shot at EMI-Elstree Studios
- Films based on autobiographies
- Films directed by Norman Cohen
- Films set in 1940
- Works by Spike Milligan
- World War II films
- British World War II films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1973 war films
