Downfall

Overview

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.

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

Top 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

Thomas Kretschmann

SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein

Ulrich Noethen

Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler

Birgit Minichmayr

Gerda Christian

Rolf Kanies

General der Infanterie Hans Krebs

Justus von Dohnányi

General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf

Michael Mendl

General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling

André Hennicke

SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke

Christian Redl

Generaloberst Alfred Jodl

Götz Otto

SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche

Thomas Limpinsel

Kammerdiener Heinz Linge

Thomas Thieme

Martin Bormann

D

Donevan Gunia

Peter Kranz

Matthias Habich

Prof. Dr. Werner Haase

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