Downfall
16/09/2004
3h

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.
Cast


Bruno Ganz
Adolf Hitler


Alexandra Maria Lara
Traudl Junge


Corinna Harfouch
Magda Goebbels


Ulrich Matthes
Joseph Goebbels


Juliane Köhler
Eva Braun


Heino Ferch
Albert Speer


Christian Berkel
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck


Thomas Kretschmann
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein


Ulrich Noethen
Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler


Birgit Minichmayr
Gerda Christian


Rolf Kanies
General der Infanterie Hans Krebs


Justus von Dohnányi
General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf


Michael Mendl
General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling


André Hennicke
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke


Christian Redl
Generaloberst Alfred Jodl


Götz Otto
SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche


Thomas Limpinsel
Kammerdiener Heinz Linge


Thomas Thieme
Martin Bormann
Donevan Gunia
Peter Kranz


Matthias Habich
Prof. Dr. Werner Haase


Alexander Held
Walter Hewel


Devid Striesow
Feldwebel Tornow


Dieter Mann
Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel


Bettina Redlich
Frl. Constanze Manziarly


Heinrich Schmieder
Rochus Misch


Anna Thalbach
Hanna Reitsch


Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
Ritter Robert von Greim


Ulrike Krumbiegel
Dorothee Kranz


Karl Kranzkowski
Wilhelm Kranz


Thorsten Krohn
Dr. Stumpfegger


Jürgen Tonkel
Erich Kempka


Fabian Busch
Obersturmbannführer Stehr


Christian Hoening
Reichsarzt SS Grawitz


Dirk Borchardt
Panzerkommandant


Elizaveta Boyarskaya
Schwester Erna


Michael Brandner
H. Fritzche
Igor Bubenchikov
Schadle


Martin Butzke
SS-Soldat 1


Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Soldat 2


Mathias Gnädinger
Hermann Göring
Bohdan Graczyk
Oberst Clausen
Norbert Heckner
Standesbeamter Wagner
Enno Hesse
Oberleutnant


Julia Jentsch
Hanna Potrowski


Michael Kind
SA-Mann / Ruinenkeller
Elisabeth von Koch
Margarete Lorenz


Konstantin Lukashov
Älterer Soldat


Stefan Mehren
Verwundeter Soldat


Katerina Poladjan
Russische Arzthelferin


Tanja Schleiff
Russische Ärztin
Christian Schmidt
SS-Mann Greifkommando


August Schmölzer
Baur
Jurij Schrader
Dolmetscher


Mariya Semyonova
Rothaarige Frau


Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
Offizier 1


Veit Stübner
Obergruppenführer Tellermann


Oliver Stritzel
Maschinist Hentschel


Vsevolod Tsurilo
Russischer Adjutant


Henning Peker
Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze (uncredited)
Dieter Rupp
Mohnke's Adjutant im Bunker (uncredited)


Andrey Blagoslovenskiy
Soldat im Ruinenkeller


Valeriy Salomakhin
Staryy Tsivilist


Igor Sergeev
Russischer Soldat


Traudl Junge
Self (archive footage)
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