Der Untergang
2004 Germany Color 156 Minutes
Review
You must be on the stage when the curtain comes down
Adolf Hitler (Bruno Ganz) is trapped in his Berlin-based underground hideout with other officials of the Third Reich and their families. He directs armies that no longer exist. His secretary (from 1942) Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) witnesses the rapidly changing moods of the Führer. One moment he's a thoughtful, caring boss, the next minute he's deluded and murderously enraged.
Outside, bombs are falling, the Russians are approaching almost unchecked. There is virtually nothing left to lead, other than a few kids and old men hastily given weapons and scrapheap uniforms. A vicious strain of lawless vigilantism is spawning in Berlin. When Hitler finally realizes he's fighting a losing battle, he expresses the hope that the city be destroyed before the Russians take over.
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
- Matthias Habich .... Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
- Thomas Kretschmann .... SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
- Michael Mendl .... General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
- André Hennicke .... SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
- Ulrich Noethen .... Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
- Birgit Minichmayr .... Gerda Christian
- Donevan Gunia .... Peter Kranz
Links and more
Besser erschiessen
Das probieren wir gleich nogmal
Sie sind der Führer
Wahnsinnig geworden
