April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
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.
- Suicide or self-harm
- Bleak ending
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Earnest, grave, bleak and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Bruno GanzAdolf Hitler
- Alexandra Maria LaraTraudl Junge
- Corinna HarfouchMagda Goebbels
- Ulrich MatthesJoseph Goebbels
- Juliane KöhlerEva Braun
- Heino FerchAlbert Speer
- Christian BerkelProf. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
- Thomas KretschmannSS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
- Ulrich NoethenReichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
- Birgit MinichmayrGerda Christian
Crew
- Oliver HirschbiegelDirector
- Bernd EichingerScreenplay
- Rainer KlausmannDirector of Photography
- Stephan ZachariasOriginal Music Composer
- Hans FunckEditor
- Bernd EichingerProducer
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