"Actor: Adolf Hitler"

• The Führer's Birthdays | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (-22.70%)   |  RRP £21.99

  With the overtaking of power by the Nazi's on 30th January 1933 a new political system was built in Germany. The Fuhrer's birthday on April 20th each year became a major national event. In the centre of these celebrations was the Fuhrer and the Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler. The culmination of all the birthday was 20th April 1939 Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday. In addition to the preparations in Berlin there is remarkable footage of the largest military parade ever conducted. During the war years the Fuhrer's birthdays were celebrated in a modest and quiet way. On April 20th 1945 in the bunker of the Reich Chancellery the last Fuhrer's birthday was celebrated before Adolf Hitler committed suicide.

• German Battle Units | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £13.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  After the British and French had declared war on the German Reich on the 3rd September 1939, the Western Front became a ghost front. It was only the start of the Western Campaign on 10th May 1940, that started the battles. The fast advance on Moscow in 1941, forced the German soldiers to bring tremendous march achievements. On dirt roads, often through boggy ground, the German troops pushed eastwards. The Wehrmacht soldiers had to cope with an enormous workload. According to the Versailles Treaty, Germany was only allowed to have an army of 100 000 men. This army, from 1919 until 1921, was referred to as the “Provisional Reichswehr”.

• German Main Battle Lines | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £13.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  During the year 1942 according to information from England about 1000 attacks were flown on German territory including 17 heavy attacks with a quantity of more than 500 tons of bombs and incendiary's. In 1944 this figure increased almost fivefold to about 1.6 million tons. The German arms industry was not crucial affected by these attacks on the contrary in December 1944 the monthly output reached its absolute peak. In 1944 the Wehrmacht was on the retreat on all fronts. Gradually the main battle lines moved ever closer to the Reich.

• And Now For Something Completely Different (Collector's Edition) (DVD) | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's first feature, is a reworking of their best skits from the first two seasons of the TV series. Originally made for the US market (where the show had yet to be aired), it was shot on film outside the usual studio sets ("Nudge Nudge", for example, is set in a tavern filled with passers-by). The writing and performances are fine and the film is packed with some of their best bits: "How to Avoid Being Seen", " Hell's Grannies", "Blackmail", "The Lumberjack Song" and "The Upper Class Twit of the Year", among others. Many of the sketches have been shortened, however, and the loss of the overly bright video sheen (the film has a muddy, dull look to it) and the invigorating presence of a live audience leaves the film sluggish at times. They're still feeling out the possibilities of the feature length, which they conquered with their next movie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974). --Sean Axmaker