Discover
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Fabian Schmidt
Dialogue Editor -
Tom Tykwer
Thanks -
Oleg Korytin
Stunt Coordinator -
Andrew Mollo
Other -
Melissa Müller
Author -
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Director -
Bernd Eichinger
Producer -
Elena Zhukova
Art Direction
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Wuchak 5/31/2023 5:20:51AM
**_Hitler’s end_** As the Red Army encroaches upon Berlin in late April, 1945, the final days of Hitler in his bunker (Bruno Ganz) are told from the perspective of his secretary, Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara). "Downfall” (2004) is not a conventional war movie due to its downbeat subject and is more educational than entertaining, but it’s a necessary piece of the puzzle in understanding WW2. If you appreciate movies like "Enemy at the Gates" (2001), "The Pianist" (2002), "Black Book" (2006), "Valkyrie" (2008), "Rommel" (2012), "Warsaw '44" (2014) and "Fury" (2014), you’ll appreciate this one too. It's hard to rate a flick like this because it’s not an enjoyable experience, but it works superbly as means to go back in history and view Hitler’s final days. The film runs 2 hours, 36 minutes, and was shot in Germany (Berlin, Munich and Bavaria Studios) and Russia (St. Petersburg). GRADE: B
Elizaveta Boyarskaya
Schwester ErnaAnna Thalbach
Hanna ReitschThomas Kretschmann
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann FegeleinBettina Redlich
Frl. Constanze ManziarlyBruno Ganz
Adolf HitlerUlrich Noethen
Reichsführer SS Heinrich HimmlerKarl Kranzkowski
Wilhelm KranzAlexandra Maria Lara
Traudl Junge