Downfall( 2004)

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April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall

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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.

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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. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Thomas Kretschmann
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
Ulrich Noethen
Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
Birgit Minichmayr
Gerda Christian
Rolf Kanies
General der Infanterie Hans Krebs
Justus von Dohnányi
General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
Michael Mendl
General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
André Hennicke
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
Christian Redl
Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
Götz Otto
SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche
Thomas Limpinsel
Kammerdiener Heinz Linge
Thomas Thieme
Martin Bormann
Donevan Gunia
Peter Kranz
Matthias Habich
Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
Alexander Held
Walter Hewel
Devid Striesow
Feldwebel Tornow
Dieter Mann
Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Bettina Redlich
Frl. Constanze Manziarly
Heinrich Schmieder
Rochus Misch
Anna Thalbach
Hanna Reitsch
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
Ritter Robert von Greim
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Dorothee Kranz
Karl Kranzkowski
Wilhelm Kranz
Thorsten Krohn
Dr. Stumpfegger
Jürgen Tonkel
Erich Kempka
Fabian Busch
Obersturmbannführer Stehr
Christian Hoening
Reichsarzt SS Grawitz
Dirk Borchardt
Panzerkommandant
Elizaveta Boyarskaya
Schwester Erna
Michael Brandner
H. Fritzche
Igor Bubenchikov
Schadle
Martin Butzke
SS-Soldat 1
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Soldat 2
Mathias Gnädinger
Hermann Göring
Bohdan Graczyk
Oberst Clausen
Norbert Heckner
Standesbeamter Wagner
Enno Hesse
Oberleutnant
Julia Jentsch
Hanna Potrowski
Michael Kind
SA-Mann / Ruinenkeller
Elisabeth von Koch
Margarete Lorenz
Konstantin Lukashov
Älterer Soldat
Stefan Mehren
Verwundeter Soldat
Katerina Poladjan
Russische Arzthelferin
Tanja Schleiff
Russische Ärztin
Christian Schmidt
SS-Mann Greifkommando
August Schmölzer
Baur
Jurij Schrader
Dolmetscher
Mariya Semyonova
Rothaarige Frau
Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
Offizier 1
Veit Stübner
Obergruppenführer Tellermann
Oliver Stritzel
Maschinist Hentschel
Vsevolod Tsurilo
Russischer Adjutant
Henning Peker
Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze (uncredited)
Dieter Rupp
Mohnke's Adjutant im Bunker (uncredited)
Andrey Blagoslovenskiy
Soldat im Ruinenkeller
Valeriy Salomakhin
Staryy Tsivilist
Igor Sergeev
Russischer Soldat

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Sun Apr 23 2023

**_Hitler’s end_** As the Red Army encroaches upon Berlin in late April, 1945, the final days of Hitler in his bunker (Bruno Ganz) are told from the perspective of his secretary, Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara). "Downfall” (2004) is not a conventional war movie due to its downbeat subject and is more educational than entertaining, but it’s a necessary piece of the puzzle in understanding WW2. If you appreciate movies like "Enemy at the Gates" (2001), "The Pianist" (2002), "Black Book" (2006), "Valkyrie" (2008), "Rommel" (2012), "Warsaw '44" (2014) and "Fury" (2014), you’ll appreciate ...