The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich (2004)
Original title: Der Untergang
dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Early in the film, the narrative moves to Adolf Hitler's 56th birthday on April 20, 1945. Traudl Junge resides in the Führerbunker. Generals Wilhelm Burgdorf and Karl Koller indicate the Soviet Army is only 12 kilometres from the city center. At his birthday reception Hitler resolves to stay in Berlin and rejects a diplomatic solution. Certain officers agree that the Führer has lost all sense of reality. Later Hitler discusses his new scorched earth policy with Albert Speer, who begs mercy for the German people, saying that Hitler's plans will return them to the Middle Ages. Hitler claims that the German people have shown themselves too weak to win the war and therefore must be exterminated. Later, Eva Braun holds a party for the bunker inhabitants, but Soviet artillery fire ends the party early.
Cast:
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Bruno Ganz
Adolf Hitler
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Alexandra Maria Lara
Traudl Junge
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Corinna Harfouch
Magda Goebbels
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Ulrich Matthes
Joseph Goebbels
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Juliane Köhler
Eva Braun
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Heino Ferch
Albert Speer
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Christian Berkel
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
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Matthias Habich
Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
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Thomas Kretschmann
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
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Michael Mendl
General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
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André Hennicke
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
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Ulrich Noethen
Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
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Birgit Minichmayr
Gerda Christian
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Rolf Kanies
General der Infanterie Hans Krebs
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Justus von Dohnanyi
General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
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Dieter Mann
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
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Christian Redl
Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
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Götz Otto
Adjutant, SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche
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Thomas Limpinsel
Heinz Linge, Kammerdiener
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Thomas Thieme
Martin Bormann
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Gerald Alexander Held
Walter Hewel
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Donevan Gunia
Peter Kranz
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Bettina Redlich
Constanze Manziarly
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Heinrich Schmieder
Rochus Misch
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Anna Thalbach
Hanna Reitsch
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Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
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Ulrike Krumbiegel
Dorothee Kranz
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Karl Kranzkowski
Wilhelm Kranz
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Thorsten Krohn
Leibarzt Dr. Ludwig Stumpfegger
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Jürgen Tonkel
SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Kempka
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Devid Striesow
Feldwebel Tornow
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Fabian Busch
Obersturmbannführer Stehr
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Christian Hoening
SS-Reichsarzt Dr. Ernst-Robert Grawitz
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Aleksandr Slastin
General Wassili I. Tschuikow
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Aline Sokar
Helga Goebbels
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Amelie Menges
Heide Goebbels
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Charlotte Stoiber
Hilde Goebbels
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Gregory Borlein
Helmut Goebbels
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Julia Bauer
Hedda Goebbels
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Laura Borlein
Holde Goebbels
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Andrey Blagoslovenski
Soldat im Ruinenkeller
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Dirk Borchardt
Panzerkommandant
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Liza Boyarskaya
Schwester Erna
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Michael Brandner
Hans Fritzsche
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I. Bubenchikov
Schädle
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Leopold von Buttlar
Sohn Grawitz
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Martin Butzke
SS-Soldat 1
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Dmitri Bykovsky
Soldat 2
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S. Yevseyev
Adjutant 2 von General Mohnke
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Mathias Gnädinger
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
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Bohdan Graczyk
Oberst Clausen
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Sergei Halturin
SS-Adjutant
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Norbert Heckner
Standesbeamter Wagner
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Enno Hesse
Oberleutnant
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Yevgeni Ilovaiskij
Älterer Zivilist 1
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Julia Jentsch
Hanna Potrowski
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Oleg Khoroshilov
Henker
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Michael Kind
SA-Mann / Ruinenkeller
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Elisabeth von Koch
Margarete Lorenz
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Marie Sarah Linke
Hedwig Brandt
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Michael Lippold
Junger Offizier 1
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Konstantin Lukashov
Älterer Soldat
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Stefan Mehren
Verwundeter Soldat
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Ilya Mozgovoi
Soldat #1
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Silke Nikowski
Frau Grawitz
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Alexei Oleinikov
SS-Offizier Brauerei
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Alexander Orlov
HJ Führer
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Oleg Piminov
Adjutant von General Mohnke
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Katerina Poladjan
Russische Arzthelferin
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Oleg Popov
Adjutant von General Weidling
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Silke Popp
Ursula Puttkamer
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Vasili Reutov
Adjutant von General Krebs
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Igor Romanov
SS-Offizier Högel
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Tanja Schleiff
Russische Ärztin
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Christian Schmidt
SS-Mann Greifkommando
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August Schmölzer
Hans Baur
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Jurij Schrader
Dolmetscher
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Boris Schwarzmann
Matwej Blanter
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Maria Semenova
Rothaarige Frau
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Igor Sergeyev
Russischer Soldat
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Valeri Slavinski
Mann
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Valeri Solomakhin
Älterer Zivilist #2
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Hans H. Steinberg
General der Flieger Karl Koller
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Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
Offizier 1
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Oliver Stritzel
Maschinist Hentschel
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Veit Stübner
SS-Obergruppenführer Tellermann
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Mikhail Tryasorukov
Adjutant Müller
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Vsevolod Tsurilo
Russischer Adjutant
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Klaus B. Wolf
Junger Marinesoldat
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Yelena Zelenskaya
Inge Dombrowski
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Tatjana Zhuravleva
Alte Frau
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Thomas Franke
Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze
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Traudl Junge
Herself
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Henning Peker
Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze