Downfall

2004 · 2h35 · Film

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

Starring Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, Ulrich Noethen, Birgit Minichmayr

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low

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.

Original title

Der Untergang

Original language

German

Screenplay

Bernd Eichinger, Traudl Junge, Joachim Fest, Melissa Müller

Music

Stephan Zacharias

Cinematography

Rainer Klausmann

Cast

Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, Ulrich Noethen, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Kanies, Justus von Dohnányi

Updated July 22, 2026

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