Downfall (2004)
Original Title: Der Untergang
Drama
History
War
7.9 (3,988 votes)
2h 35m
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Writer
- Bernd Eichinger
- Original Language
- German
- Budget
- $16,000,000
Cast
Alexandra Maria Lara
Birgit Minichmayr
Bruno Ganz
Christian Berkel
Corinna Harfouch
Heino Ferch
Juliane Köhler
Thomas Kretschmann
Ulrich Matthes
Ulrich Noethen
Keywords
1940s
adolf hitler
based on novel or book
bunker
capitulation
clerk
despair
destroy
dictator
dying and death
german shepherd
historical figure
ideology
minister
national socialism
national socialist party
nazi
poison
race politics
soviet military
testament
traitor
world war ii
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