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Downfall (2004)
Der Untergang
156 mins
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DRAMA
HISTORICAL
WAR

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the East and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the West. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. Senior German leaders such as Himmler and Goring begin defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

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Christian Berkel Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Justus von Dohnanyi General Wilhelm Burgdorf
Heino Ferch Albert Speer
Bruno Ganz Adolf Hitler
Donevan Gunia Peter Kranz
Matthias Habich Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
Corinna Harfouch Magda Goebbels
Gerald Alexander Held Walter Hewel
André Hennicke SS General Wilhelm Mohnke
Rolf Kanies General Hans Krebs
Juliane Köhler Eva Braun
Thomas Kretschmann SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
Alexandra Maria Lara Traudl Junge
Thomas Limpinsel Kammerdiener Heinz Linge
Ulrich Matthes Joseph Goebbels
Michael Mendl General Helmuth Weidling
Birgit Minichmayr Gerda Christian
Ulrich Noethen Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
Götz Otto SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche
Christian Redl Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
Thomas Thieme Martin Bormann
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Bernd Eichinger screenplay, producer
Joachim Fest writer (original)
Oliver Hirschbiegel director
Traudl Junge writer (original)
Melissa Müller writer (original)
Stephan Zacharias composer
awardcategorynameyear
London Critics' Circle Film Award Actor of the Year Bruno Ganz 2006
London Critics' Circle Film Award Foreign Language Film of the Year 2006
 
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