Downfall

Der Untergang

2004 · 2h 35m · 7.9

Drama, History, War

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.

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, Ulrich Noethen, Birgit Minichmayr

dying and death, based on novel or book, nazi, clerk, dictator, poison, despair, traitor, world war ii, bunker, destroy, testament, capitulation, soviet military, race politics, national socialism, ideology, minister, national socialist party, based on true story