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Tom Tykwer
Thanks -
Bernd Eichinger
Producer -
Oskar Roehler
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Oliver Hirschbiegel
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Traudl Junge
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Sebastian Meuschel
Steadicam Operator -
Waldemar Pokromski
Makeup Artist -
Joachim Fest
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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
Christian Berkel
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter SchenckThomas Kretschmann
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann FegeleinAlexandra Maria Lara
Traudl JungeElizaveta Boyarskaya
Schwester ErnaBruno Ganz
Adolf HitlerDietrich Hollinderbäumer
Ritter Robert von GreimAlexander Held
Walter HewelGötz Otto
SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche