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Waldemar Pokromski
Makeup Artist -
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard
Sound Effects Editor -
Bernd Lepel
Production Design -
Jörn Poetzl
Foley -
Traudl Junge
Author -
Tom Tykwer
Thanks -
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Director -
Bohdan Graczyk
Assistant Director
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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
André Hennicke
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm MohnkeGötz Otto
SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto GünscheThomas Kretschmann
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann FegeleinUlrich Matthes
Joseph GoebbelsAlexandra Maria Lara
Traudl JungeDevid Striesow
Feldwebel TornowElizaveta Boyarskaya
Schwester ErnaHeinrich Schmieder
Rochus Misch