Downfall 2005 Movie

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. More details

Directors

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cast

Bruno Ganz Alexandra Maria Lara Corinna Harfouch Ulrich Matthes

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biography drama history war hitler bunker third reich nazi suicide world war two secretary defeat last will and testament fall of berlin year 1945 ss officer boy soldier nazi germany based on book german history nazi general nazi officer siege execution dictator no surrender war ruins fanaticism artillery national socialism hitler youth wehrmacht drug use burning a dead body death defeat of nazis nazi soldier german soldier cyanide mother kills own child poison loyalty stenographer suicide pact red army fascism child soldier berlin germany downfall reference to sophie scholl reference to gerd von rundstedt reference to count bernadotte heil hitler elderly man ruins nazism heinrich himmler character albert speer character eva braun character martin bormann character hermann goering character suicide by shooting oneself in the head german shepherd suicide pill dying young dead man dead body in the street nazis betrayal general party firearm burning a document soviet military russian abroad paranoia disposing of a dead body cease fire decadence dead girl execution by hanging gasoline nazi race laws general field marshal military headquarters military police coughing tiergarten berlin awol jewelry court martial reference to josef stalin bomb shelter nihilism hatred trapped medal hand amputation leg amputation surgeon fanatic brother sister relationship devastation fear scapegoat bolshevik map hopelessness morphine addict drug addict morphine champagne shot in the head dictation evacuation gunfire escape bombing dead soldier political criminal combat brutality madman drunkenness violence swastika frontline dog military uniform smoke war crime scale model of city murder marriage gun in mouth filicide father son relationship architect anti semitism despair confusion wedding ss ruthlessness hospital hanging doctor cremation assisted suicide based on true story joseph goebbels character adolf hitler character reference to karl doenitz germany holocaust murder of a child two word title reference to dwight d. eisenhower reference to carl con clausewitz debris final victory parnevu no exit rubble holding hands potsdamer platz berlin grandfather granddaughter relationship bombardment saying goodbye letter racism telephone call dancing on a table kiss german air force dead body german military year 1942 shot through the mouth lunatic megalomaniac female nudity corpse nazi uniform bicycle dancing drug killing an animal elderly woman poisoning an animal medal presentation voice over letter disappointment soviet soldier fuhrer shot to death dictatorship nazi salute war medal birthday battle surrender costume drama borderline personality disorder hero fugitive medicine brother in law sister in law relationship opportunist insanity collaborator losing private deprived of power removed from office deserter reichsmark volkssturm tunnel bomb crater guard guard post pneumothorax pain barge dice mass murder barbed wire commander in chief suffering adjutant comrade vow capture statue cigarette lighter chandelier candelabra candle park bench park volunteer paralysis magnifying glass red cross military hospital truck sacrifice medical research bazooka telephone operator fever saw skull listening to a radio record player recording card playing doll iron cross bedtime story professor air raid jew illness snow oath colonel redemption nightmare dream hideout promise mirror bunk bed allegiance telescope teletype death of a child singing racist sister sister relationship destruction survival raving ranting binoculars cigarette smoking arrest failure nurse blood destiny disobedience dying beating machine gun diplomat fate coward cowardice courage teenage girl teenage boy boy refugee wound penicillin motorcycle with a sidecar motorcycle crying corruption deception dancer typewriter typing shorthand delusion shooting rifle gun explosion traitor treason husband wife relationship flash forward flashback voice imitation dead children tank desertion armor fire what happened to epilogue surgery murder suicide loss of parents job interview swing music shot in the heart shot in the forehead mother daughter relationship bodyguard death of mother death of father friedrichstrasse station berlin based on real person reference to the acropolis reference to bavaria reference to brandenburg germany reference to bremen germany reference to frankfurt germany lubeck germany reference to munich germany soviet army weapon mass child killing reference to walther wenck post war reconstruction eyeglasses allied forces wine chocolate reference to felix steiner vice chancellor recruit exploding skull gatow berlin brigadefuhrer fieseler storch airplane diamond watch breaking a pencil difficulty breathing hope diamond bracelet topaz pendant europe uncle niece relationship uncle nephew relationship aunt niece relationship aunt nephew relationship reference to marshalk zhukov helmet mahlsdorf berlin lichtenberg berlin karlshorst berlin frohnau berlin stahnsdorf berlin zossen germany twenty something bridge prayer wheel prague czechoslovakia bathroom flowers plans for the future obersalzberg germany schwanenwerder berlin lustgarten berlin pankow berlin rastenburg east prussia crailsheim germany fulda germany swabia germany hohenlychen germany reference to heinz guderian photograph grandmother granddaughter relationship bandage accordion listening to music genius elbe river oder river marzahn berlin airplane weidendammer bridge berlin ice brandenburg gate berlin reference to god command post chancellor honor blood on one's hand girl song singer vegetarian extermination bravery friendship friend tears politics fleeing sex scene reichstag retreat mother son relationship father daughter relationship causality russian soldier grenade debauchery

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