Downfall (2004)
Runtime 156m
Released September 15, 2004
Languages German, Russian
Rating
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. "Downfall" explores these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, 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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This is a powerful movie. One of the best war movies i have ever seen. The hopelessness of the situation during those last 10 days of probably the most hated man in the history of the world is almost heartbreaking.
Bruno Ganz plays the part of Adolf Hitler perfectly. What we see is a broken man whose plans and dreams are shattered while he tries to hold on to them until the bitter end.
This movie is not pro-nazi nor does it depict them as the monsters everyone says they are. What we see is the war from their side, in utter realism. In the end they are all just people who by their own choice or by force were sucked into a horrible war.
What Traudl Junge (the secretary) said was really moving. Even though she was young and she didn't know better she could have. At the same age as her another German woman by the name Sophie Scholl was rebelling against what the Nazi's were doing. Years ago i found a single page comic that perfectly tells the story of that there is a line between standing up for yourself and what you believe in and going along with what everybody else is doing. I encourage everyone to read this comic.
http://www.viruscomix.com/page474.html
Bruno Ganz plays the part of Adolf Hitler perfectly. What we see is a broken man whose plans and dreams are shattered while he tries to hold on to them until the bitter end.
This movie is not pro-nazi nor does it depict them as the monsters everyone says they are. What we see is the war from their side, in utter realism. In the end they are all just people who by their own choice or by force were sucked into a horrible war.
What Traudl Junge (the secretary) said was really moving. Even though she was young and she didn't know better she could have. At the same age as her another German woman by the name Sophie Scholl was rebelling against what the Nazi's were doing. Years ago i found a single page comic that perfectly tells the story of that there is a line between standing up for yourself and what you believe in and going along with what everybody else is doing. I encourage everyone to read this comic.
http://www.viruscomix.com/page474.html
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This is a powerful movie. One of the best war movies i have ever seen. The hopelessness of the situation during those last 10 days of probably the most hated man in the history of the world is almost heartbreaking.
Bruno Ganz plays the part of Adolf Hitler perfectly. What we see is a broken man whose plans and dreams are shattered while he tries to hold on to them until the bitter end.
This movie is not pro-nazi nor does it depict them as the monsters everyone says they are. What we see is the war from their side, in utter realism. In the end they are all just people who by their own choice or by force were sucked into a horrible war.
What Traudl Junge (the secretary) said was really moving. Even though she was young and she didn't know better she could have. At the same age as her another German woman by the name Sophie Scholl was rebelling against what the Nazi's were doing. Years ago i found a single page comic that perfectly tells the story of that there is a line between standing up for yourself and what you believe in and going along with what everybody else is doing. I encourage everyone to read this comic.
http://www.viruscomix.com/page474.html
Bruno Ganz plays the part of Adolf Hitler perfectly. What we see is a broken man whose plans and dreams are shattered while he tries to hold on to them until the bitter end.
This movie is not pro-nazi nor does it depict them as the monsters everyone says they are. What we see is the war from their side, in utter realism. In the end they are all just people who by their own choice or by force were sucked into a horrible war.
What Traudl Junge (the secretary) said was really moving. Even though she was young and she didn't know better she could have. At the same age as her another German woman by the name Sophie Scholl was rebelling against what the Nazi's were doing. Years ago i found a single page comic that perfectly tells the story of that there is a line between standing up for yourself and what you believe in and going along with what everybody else is doing. I encourage everyone to read this comic.
http://www.viruscomix.com/page474.html
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