Downfall

(2004)Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel155 min · RDrama, History, War
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall

In the final days of World War II, as Soviet forces close in on Berlin, Adolf Hitler (Bruno Ganz) retreats into his underground bunker with his inner circle. His secretary Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) watches as the Führer and those closest to him face the collapse of everything they built. Hirschbiegel finds in these last hours not drama but a slow, suffocating recognition: the most monstrous regimes end not with clarity, but in fog.

Bruno Ganzas Adolf Hitler
Alexandra Maria Laraas Traudl Junge
Corinna Harfouchas Magda Goebbels
Ulrich Matthesas Joseph Goebbels
Juliane Köhleras Eva Braun
Heino Ferchas Albert Speer
Christian Berkelas Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Thomas Kretschmannas SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
Ulrich Noethenas Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
Birgit Minichmayras Gerda Christian
Rolf Kaniesas General der Infanterie Hans Krebs
Justus von Dohnányias General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
Michael Mendlas General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
André Hennickeas SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
Christian Redlas Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
Götz Ottoas SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche
Thomas Limpinselas Kammerdiener Heinz Linge
Thomas Thiemeas Martin Bormann
Donevan Guniaas Peter Kranz
Matthias Habichas Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
Alexander Heldas Walter Hewel
Devid Striesowas Feldwebel Tornow
Dieter Mannas Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Bettina Redlichas Frl. Constanze Manziarly