Downfall (2004)
(Der Untergang)
Country: GER/�ST/IT
Technical: col 155m
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Christian Berkel
Synopsis:
The last few weeks of the battle for Berlin are followed in exhaustive detail, mostly from the confines of Hitler's bunker, but also from the viewpoints of an idealistic army doctor and a young boy who blows up Russian tanks.
Review:
Impressively mounted and brilliantly acted, this first German film really to get to grips with the evil of its conduct of the war also takes pains to afford glimpses of the more humane side of nearly all its protagonists. The tale is ostensibly told by Hitler's secretary, who survived: Albert Speer comes off best; the Goebbels come off worst.
(Der Untergang)
Country: GER/�ST/IT
Technical: col 155m
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Christian Berkel
Synopsis:
The last few weeks of the battle for Berlin are followed in exhaustive detail, mostly from the confines of Hitler's bunker, but also from the viewpoints of an idealistic army doctor and a young boy who blows up Russian tanks.
Review:
Impressively mounted and brilliantly acted, this first German film really to get to grips with the evil of its conduct of the war also takes pains to afford glimpses of the more humane side of nearly all its protagonists. The tale is ostensibly told by Hitler's secretary, who survived: Albert Speer comes off best; the Goebbels come off worst.
(Der Untergang)
Country: GER/�ST/IT
Technical: col 155m
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Christian Berkel
Synopsis:
The last few weeks of the battle for Berlin are followed in exhaustive detail, mostly from the confines of Hitler's bunker, but also from the viewpoints of an idealistic army doctor and a young boy who blows up Russian tanks.
Review:
Impressively mounted and brilliantly acted, this first German film really to get to grips with the evil of its conduct of the war also takes pains to afford glimpses of the more humane side of nearly all its protagonists. The tale is ostensibly told by Hitler's secretary, who survived: Albert Speer comes off best; the Goebbels come off worst.