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Downfall
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. When the end finally does come, 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.
2004 · Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel · 155 min · Drama · History · War · 54 frames
Tagline
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
Crew
- Screenplay: Bernd Eichinger
- Cinematography: Rainer Klausmann
- Edited by: Hans Funck
- Music: Stephan Zacharias
- Production design: Bernd Lepel
- Produced by: Bernd Eichinger
Cast
- Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Traudl Junge
- Corinna Harfouch as Magda Goebbels
- Ulrich Matthes as Joseph Goebbels
- Juliane Köhler as Eva Braun
- Heino Ferch as Albert Speer
- Christian Berkel as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
- Thomas Kretschmann as SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
- Ulrich Noethen as Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
- Birgit Minichmayr as Gerda Christian
Production
- Country: Austria, Germany, Italy
- Language: Hungarian, German, Russian
- Studios: NDR, ORF, ARD Degeto, EOS Entertainment
- Budget: $16,000,000
- Box office: $92,181,574
- Themes: dying and death, based on novel or book, nazi, clerk, dictator, poison, despair, traitor, world war ii, bunker
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