Discover
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Tom Tykwer
Thanks -
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Director -
Oskar Roehler
Thanks -
Bernd Eichinger
Screenplay -
Traudl Junge
Author -
An Dorthe Braker
Casting -
Rainer Klausmann
Director of Photography -
Sergey Golovkin
Stunts
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Wuchak 5/31/2023 5:20:51 AM
**_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
Thomas Kretschmann
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann FegeleinAlexandra Maria Lara
Traudl JungeUlrich Matthes
Joseph GoebbelsElizaveta Boyarskaya
Schwester ErnaCorinna Harfouch
Magda GoebbelsBruno Ganz
Adolf HitlerJustus von Dohnányi
General der Infanterie Wilhelm BurgdorfRolf Kanies
General der Infanterie Hans Krebs