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Downfall

Downfall

7,9 /10 (4,388 Votes)
2004 DE 155 min

Overview

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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Release date

16/09/2004

Votes

4,388

Popularity

9.8

April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Der Untergang

Language

DE

Runtime

155 min

Budget

$16,000,000

Revenue

$92,181,574

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Adolf Hitler

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

Traudl Junge

Corinna Harfouch

Corinna Harfouch

Magda Goebbels

Ulrich Matthes

Ulrich Matthes

Joseph Goebbels

Juliane Köhler

Juliane Köhler

Eva Braun

Heino Ferch

Heino Ferch

Albert Speer

Christian Berkel

Christian Berkel

Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein

Ulrich Noethen

Ulrich Noethen

Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler

Birgit Minichmayr

Birgit Minichmayr

Gerda Christian

Rolf Kanies

Rolf Kanies

General der Infanterie Hans Krebs

Justus von Dohnányi

Justus von Dohnányi

General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf

Michael Mendl

Michael Mendl

General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling

André Hennicke

André Hennicke

SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke

Christian Redl

Christian Redl

Generaloberst Alfred Jodl

Götz Otto

Götz Otto

SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche

Thomas Limpinsel

Thomas Limpinsel

Kammerdiener Heinz Linge

Thomas Thieme

Thomas Thieme

Martin Bormann

No photo

Donevan Gunia

Peter Kranz

Matthias Habich

Matthias Habich

Prof. Dr. Werner Haase

Alexander Held

Alexander Held

Walter Hewel

Devid Striesow

Devid Striesow

Feldwebel Tornow

Dieter Mann

Dieter Mann

Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel

Bettina Redlich

Bettina Redlich

Frl. Constanze Manziarly

Heinrich Schmieder

Heinrich Schmieder

Rochus Misch

Anna Thalbach

Anna Thalbach

Hanna Reitsch

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

Ritter Robert von Greim

Ulrike Krumbiegel

Ulrike Krumbiegel

Dorothee Kranz

Karl Kranzkowski

Karl Kranzkowski

Wilhelm Kranz

Thorsten Krohn

Thorsten Krohn

Dr. Stumpfegger

Jürgen Tonkel

Jürgen Tonkel

Erich Kempka

Fabian Busch

Fabian Busch

Obersturmbannführer Stehr

Christian Hoening

Christian Hoening

Reichsarzt SS Grawitz

Dirk Borchardt

Dirk Borchardt

Panzerkommandant

Elizaveta Boyarskaya

Elizaveta Boyarskaya

Schwester Erna

Michael Brandner

Michael Brandner

H. Fritzche

No photo

Igor Bubenchikov

Schadle

Martin Butzke

Martin Butzke

SS-Soldat 1

Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov

Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov

Soldat 2

Mathias Gnädinger

Mathias Gnädinger

Hermann Göring

No photo

Bohdan Graczyk

Oberst Clausen

No photo

Norbert Heckner

Standesbeamter Wagner

No photo

Enno Hesse

Oberleutnant

Julia Jentsch

Julia Jentsch

Hanna Potrowski

Michael Kind

Michael Kind

SA-Mann / Ruinenkeller

No photo

Elisabeth von Koch

Margarete Lorenz

Konstantin Lukashov

Konstantin Lukashov

Älterer Soldat

Stefan Mehren

Stefan Mehren

Verwundeter Soldat

Katerina Poladjan

Katerina Poladjan

Russische Arzthelferin

Tanja Schleiff

Tanja Schleiff

Russische Ärztin

No photo

Christian Schmidt

SS-Mann Greifkommando

August Schmölzer

August Schmölzer

Baur

No photo

Jurij Schrader

Dolmetscher

Mariya Semyonova

Mariya Semyonova

Rothaarige Frau

Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann

Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann

Offizier 1

Veit Stübner

Veit Stübner

Obergruppenführer Tellermann

Oliver Stritzel

Oliver Stritzel

Maschinist Hentschel

Vsevolod Tsurilo

Vsevolod Tsurilo

Russischer Adjutant

Henning Peker

Henning Peker

Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze (uncredited)

No photo

Dieter Rupp

Mohnke's Adjutant im Bunker (uncredited)

Andrey Blagoslovenskiy

Andrey Blagoslovenskiy

Soldat im Ruinenkeller

Valeriy Salomakhin

Valeriy Salomakhin

Staryy Tsivilist

Igor Sergeev

Igor Sergeev

Russischer Soldat

Traudl Junge

Traudl Junge

Self (archive footage)

Original Soundtrack

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2023-04-23

⭐ 7

**_Hitler’s end_** As the Red Army encroaches upon Berlin in late April, 1945, the final days of Hitler in his bunker (Bruno Ganz) are told from the perspective of his secretary, Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara). "Downfall” (2004) is not a conventional war movie due to its downbeat subject and is more educational than entertaining, but it’s a necessary piece of the puzzle in understanding WW2. If you appreciate movies like "Enemy at the Gates" (2001), "The Pianist" (2002), "Black Book" (2006), "Valkyrie" (2008), "Rommel" (2012), "Warsaw '44" (2014) and "Fury" (2014), you’ll appreciate…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2026-01-23

⭐ 7

Though he might not much like the compliment, Bruno Ganz is superb as the Führer in this dramatisation of his last few days in Berlin. If you saw George Schaefer’s attempt at this, with Anthony Hopkins in the title role (1981) then you’ll already have the gist of what occurs, but this has an altogether less dramatic, more natural, feel to it. It helps, of course, that those of us watching know now just how precarious his situation was, but for him surrounded as he was by yes men, Ganz portrays a man who genuinely believes the war is there to win. None of his acolytes have the courage to tell h…

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