Trivia / Hitler: The Rise of Evil

• Ability over Appearance:
  • Robert Carlyle has dark brown eyes, while Adolf Hitler's eyes were pale blue.
  • Peter O'Toole was a little too skinny to play Paul von Hindenburg, but no one in his right mind would have contested his acting abilities.
• California Doubling: Brno and Prague in the Czech Republic were the primary filming locations.
• Fake Nationality: Besides the fact that most of the cast are British, Swedish actor Peter Stormare plays Ernst Röhm.
• Irony as She Is Cast: One of Hitler's first supporters, Ernst Hanfstaengl, is played by the half-Jewish Liev Schreiber.
• Similarly Named Works: Sabaton wrote a song about Hitler's rise to power, also titled "The Rise of Evil".
• What Could Have Been: Ewan McGregor was once considered for Hitler.

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