Downfall [videorecording] = La chute / [presented by] Constantin Film, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Degeto Film, Österreichischer Rundfunk and Rai Cinema ; directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel ; produced and written by Bernd Eichinger.
Bruno Ganz ; Alexandra Maria Lara ; Corinna Harfouch ; Ulrich Mathes ; Juliane Köhler ; Heino Speer ; Christian Berkel. Based on the books Inside Hitler's bunker by Joachim Fest and Until the final hour by Traudl Junge and Melissa Müller. Originally released in 2004. Special features: Disc 1: Director's commentary by Oliver Hirschbiegel; Disc 2: Interviews with Melissa Muller, Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Köhler, and Oliver Hirschbiegel; On set with Oliver hirschbiegel; The making of Downfall.
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Summary:
Depicts the final ten days of Nazi Germany in Hitler's bunker and Berlin. Based partly on the first-hand account of secretary Traudl Junge, the film shows the collapse of Hitler's plans, the suicides of Hitler and those around him, and the entrance of the Russians into Berlin. The film begins and ends with the words of Traudl Junge and her slow realization that she too was partially responsible for the acts of the Nazis.
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