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Written by | Mark Hayhurst |
Directed by | Justin Hardy |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
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Release | 21 August 2011 |
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The Man Who Crossed Hitler is a 2011 BBC film set in Berlin in the summer of 1931, dramatising the true story in which a lawyer, Hans Litten, subpoenaed Adolf Hitler as a witness in the trial of some Nazi thugs. Hitler has formally renounced the use of political violence and the young lawyer sees a chance to expose the Nazi leader's deceptions to the German establishment, thereby discrediting Hitler and the Nazi Party.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The film was given an alternative title Hitler on Trial which was used when the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States aired the work.[9][10]