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Downfall (2004)  link to Downfall on IMDb  

Number: 493

poster Downfall

IMDb Rating:
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8.2/10 (298221 votes)

Country: Germany, 156 minutes

Spoken Languages: German, Hungarian, Russian

Genre(s):

Director(s): Oliver Hirschbiegel

Storyline:
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.

Cast:

photo Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz Adolf Hitler
photo Alexandra Maria Lara Alexandra Maria Lara Traudl Junge
photo Corinna Harfouch Corinna Harfouch Magda Goebbels
photo Ulrich Matthes Ulrich Matthes Joseph Goebbels
photo Juliane Köhler Juliane Köhler Eva Braun

Medium: Media file,

Location: [Klingon]H:\Victor's Movies\Downfall.mp4

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1