Der Untergang (2004) Germany, Austria, Italy
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Director:Oliver Hirschbiegel
Studio:Constantin Film
Writer:Bernd Eichinger, Joachim Fest
Rating:8.2 (316.408 votes)
Rated:R
Date Added:2020-03-14
Awards:Nominated for 1 Oscar
Genre:Biography, Drama, History, War
IMDb:0363163
Duration:156
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:German, Russian
Oliver Hirschbiegel  ...  (Director)
Bernd Eichinger, Joachim Fest  ...  (Writer)
 
Bruno Ganz  ...  Adolf Hitler
Alexandra Maria Lara  ...  Traudl Junge
Corinna Harfouch  ...  Magda Goebbels
Ulrich Matthes  ...  Joseph Goebbels
Juliane Köhler  ...  Eva Braun
Heino Ferch  ...  Albert Speer
Christian Berkel  ...  Prof. Ernst-Günther Schenck
Matthias Habich  ...  Prof. Werner Haase
Thomas Kretschmann  ...  Hermann Fegelein
Michael Mendl  ...  General Weidling
André Hennicke  ...  General Mohnke
Ulrich Noethen  ...  Heinrich Himmler
Birgit Minichmayr  ...  Gerda Christian
Rolf Kanies  ...  General Hans Krebs
Justus von Dohnányi  ...  General Wilhelm Burgdorf
Summary: In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. 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. "Downfall" explores these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, 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.