Downfall

Downfall

2004 · 156 min · DE · R · 7.8 (3,460 votes)
Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel · Starring Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch · Music Stephan Zacharias

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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Experience the suffocating dread and psychological unraveling within a bunker as an empire crumbles. It's a relentless, grim descent into the final, desperate moments, marked by fervent delusion and the chilling inevitability of collapse. The atmosphere is thick with despair and the weight of history.

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