Downfall

Downfall

April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall

R 2004 · 155 min · ★ 7.9 (4K) · 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.

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel · Written by Bernd Eichinger

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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

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