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Seen on: 02/09/2011

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Downfall (2004)

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

Drama

Most recently watched by sensoria

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.

Rated R | Length 155 minutes

Actors

Corinna Harfouch | Heino Ferch | André Hennicke | Bruno Ganz | Thomas Kretschmann | Julia Jentsch | Matthias Habich | Jürgen Tonkel | Alexandra Maria Lara | Justus von Dohnányi | Devid Striesow | Christian Berkel | Thomas Thieme | Ulrich Matthes | Juliane Köhler | Ulrich Noethen | Birgit Minichmayr | Rolf Kanies | Michael Mendl | Dirk Borchardt | Götz Otto | Fabian Busch | Martin Butzke | Thomas Limpinsel | Tanja Schleiff | Alexander Held | Dieter Mann | Oliver Stritzel | Karl Kranzkowski | Heinrich Schmieder | Bettina Redlich | Christian Redl | Anna Thalbach | Michael Brandner | Dietrich Hollinderbäumer | Christian Hoening | Ulrike Krumbiegel | Veit Stübner | Christian Schmidt | Michael Kind | August Schmölzer | Donevan Gunia | Enno Hesse | Henning Peker | Elizaveta Boyarskaya | Mathias Gnädinger | Thorsten Krohn | Stefan Mehren | Bohdan Graczyk | Norbert Heckner | Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann | Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov | Vsevolod Tsurilo | Elisabeth von Koch | Igor Bubenchikov | Katerina Poladjan | Jurij Schrader | Konstantin Lukashov | Dieter Rupp | Maria Semenova | Valeriy Salomakhin | Igor Sergeev | Andrey Blagoslovenskiy

Viewing Notes

I’m a huge history buff and have read boatloads of books on both of the World Wars, so most of the material covered here was known to me. Despite that, Downfall’s material managed to anger and appall me. I guess one never gets used to the senseless slaughter of so many people, including the German civilians, during World War II.

Hats off to Oliver Hirschbiegel for tackling such a sensitive subject with a non-judgmental eye. The movie does a great job of letting the horror of the war, and the insanity of Hitler, bubble to the surface all on its own.

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