Der Untergang
Directed by	Oliver Hirschbiegel
Produced by	Bernd Eichinger
Written by	Bernd Eichinger
Starring	Bruno Ganz Alexandra Maria Lara
Music by	Stephan Zacharias
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Editing by	{{{editing}}}
Distributed by	Constantin Film Newmarket Films (English subtitles)
Released	September 16, 2004 (Germany) February 18, 2005 (USA)
Running time	155 minutes
Language	German
Budget	$8.5 million
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Der Untergang (2004; international English title Downfall) is a German film depicting the final days of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany in 1945. The movie was written by Bernd Eichinger and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. The film is based on the eponymous book by historian Joachim Fest about Hitler's final days, pieces of Albert Speer's memoirs, and the memories of Traudl Junge, secretary of Adolf Hitler; in addition, it loosely conveys events described in the memoirs of Siegfried Knappe. File links The following pages link to this file: Der Untergang Categories: Fair use posters ... Oliver Hirschbiegel Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 26 March 1957) is a German film director. ... Bernd Eichinger (born 11 April 1949) is a German film producer and director. ... Bernd Eichinger (born 11 April 1949) is a German film producer and director. ... â–¶(?) (born March 22, 1941 in Zurich) is a Swiss actor. ... Alexandra Maria Lara Alexandra Maria Lara (left) as Traudl Junge in Der Untergang Alexandra Maria Lara is an actress born as Alexandra Plătăreanu on 12 November 1978 in Bucharest, Romania. ... Newmarket Films is a American film production and film distributon company which is a subsidiary of Newmarket Capital Group. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bernd Eichinger (born 11 April 1949) is a German film producer and director. ... Oliver Hirschbiegel Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 26 March 1957) is a German film director. ... Joachim C. Fest (born December 8, 1926 in Berlin) is a German journalist and author, best known in English-speaking countries for his biography of Adolf Hitler. ... Inside the Third Reich is a memoir written by Albert Speer, the Nazi Minister of Armaments from 1942 to 1945. ... Traudl Junge just after World War Two. ... (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... Siegfried Knappe was a German artillery and corps staff officer, during World War II. At the end of the war, he was stationed in Berlin and made daily briefings at the Führerbunker. ...

Synopsis

It is the last days of World War Two, and the Red Army is fighting its way into Berlin. Deep within the Führerbunker underneath the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler lives out his last birthday and his final ten days isolated from the world, desperately ordering counterattacks that will never happen, from armies that exist only on maps, commanded by men who are most likely dead. Played by Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, Hitler is presented as he was in the last months of World War II: a sick, exhausted man both dreaming still of a Greater Germany amid the ruins of war-ravaged Berlin and callously ranting against the 'weakness' and deserved destruction of the German citizenry. As the Red Army draws nearer and imminent defeat looms over the Third Reich Hitler is seen alone with his clique which consists of Joseph Goebbels (Ulrich Matthes), Albert Speer (Heino Ferch) and (briefly) SS leader Heinrich Himmler (Ulrich Noethen), along with his personal staff. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Feldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner in the Führerbunker, one of last known photos of Hitler. ... Model of the new Reich Chancellory. ... â–¶(?) (born March 22, 1941 in Zurich) is a Swiss actor. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 8 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... Grossdeutschland (literally Greater Germany) is a term that has been used in two separate contexts over history. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels (October 29, 1897 – May 1, 1945) was Adolf Hitlers Propaganda Minister (see Propagandaministerium) in Nazi Germany. ... Albert Speer â–¶ (help· info) (March 19, 1905 – September 1, 1981) was born Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer in Mannheim, Germany, the second of three sons. ... The infamous double-sig rune SS insignia. ... Heinrich Himmler â–¶ (help· info) (October 7, 1900 – May 23, 1945) was the commander of the German Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. ...

Most of the events are depicted from the perspective of Hitler's young personal secretary Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara). Events outside Hitler's bunker are mostly depicted from the perspective of SS doctor Ernst-Günther Schenck (Christian Berkel). On the day before his death Hitler marries his longtime mistress Eva Braun (Juliane Köhler) and they commit suicide together on April 30, 1945; ten days after Hitler's 56th birthday. Traudl Junge just after World War Two. ... Alexandra Maria Lara Alexandra Maria Lara (left) as Traudl Junge in Der Untergang Alexandra Maria Lara is an actress born as Alexandra Plătăreanu on 12 November 1978 in Bucharest, Romania. ... Ernst-Günther Schenck was a German doctor who joined the Sturmabteilung in 1933. ... Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler Eva Anna Paula Braun (February 6, 1912 – April 30, 1945) was the longtime companion (and ultimately, wife for a night and a day) of Adolf Hitler. ... A suicide pact describes the suicides of two or more individuals in an agreed-upon plan. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Commentary and reaction

Der Untergang is a scrupulously-researched historical drama, based largely on historical detail left by the Nazis, first-hand accounts of the final days of the Third Reich in Berlin, and the personal testimony of the people who knew Hitler. With treatment of the Third Reich still a sensitive subject among many Germans even 60 years after World War II's end, the film broke one of the last remaining taboos by its depiction of Adolf Hitler in a central role by a German speaking actor (as opposed to using actual film footage of Hitler). Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom declared as sacred and forbidden; breaking of the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society. ...

The film neither glorifies Hitler and his inner circle, nor does it provide commentary on the crimes perpetrated by the Nazi regime. Instead, the film is based on historical events, eyewitness accounts and the personal testimony of the people who knew Hitler. Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ...

The film's impending release in 2004 provoked a debate in German film magazines and newspapers. Germany's tabloid newspaper Bild asked, "Are we allowed to show the monster as a human being?" and some within the German press questioned whether Germany was ready for a portrayal that could provoke sympathy for the dictator.

Concern about the film's depiction of Hitler led New Yorker film critic David Denby to observe[1] that The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted most years on the magazines anniversary. ...

As a piece of acting, Ganz’s work is not just astounding, it’s actually rather moving. But I have doubts about the way his virtuosity has been put to use. By emphasizing the painfulness of Hitler’s defeat Ganz has ... made the dictator into a plausible human being. Considered as biography, the achievement (if that’s the right word) ... is to insist that the monster was not invariably monstrous—that he was kind to his cook and his young female secretaries, loved his German shepherd, Blondi, and was surrounded by loyal subordinates. We get the point: Hitler was not a supernatural being; he was common clay raised to power by the desire of his followers. But is this observation a sufficient response to what Hitler actually did?

With respect to German uneasiness about "humanizing" Hitler, Denby continued that

A few journalists in [Germany] wondered aloud whether the "human" treatment of Hitler might not inadvertently aid the neo-Nazi movement. But in his many rants in [the film] Hitler says that the German people do not deserve to survive, that they have failed him by losing the war and must perish—not exactly the sentiments ... that would spark a recruitment drive. This Hitler may be human, but he's as utterly degraded a human being as has ever been shown on the screen, a man whose every impulse leads to annihilation.

After previewing the film, Hitler biographer Ian Kershaw, wrote in The Guardian[2] that For the British actor, please see Ian Kershaw (actor). ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

Knowing what I did of the bunker story, I found it hard to imagine that anyone (other than the usual neo-Nazi fringe) could possibly find Hitler a sympathetic figure during his bizarre last days. And to presume that it might be somehow dangerous to see him as a human being — well, what does that thought imply about the self-confidence of a stable, liberal democracy? Hitler was, after all, a human being, even if an especially obnoxious, detestable specimen. We well know that he could be kind and considerate to his secretaries, and with the next breath show cold ruthlessness, dispassionate brutality, in determining the deaths of millions.

Kershaw went on to comment that "Of all the screen depictions of the Führer, even by famous actors such as Alec Guinness or Anthony Hopkins, this is the only one which to me is compelling. Part of this is the voice. Ganz has Hitler's voice to near perfection. It is chillingly authentic."

Addressing other critics like Denby, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert wrote[3]: New Chicago Sun-Times building located at 350 N. Orleans St. ... Roger Ebert (right) with Russ Meyer, 1970. ...

Admiration I did not feel. Sympathy I felt in the sense that I would feel it for a rabid dog, while accepting that it must be destroyed. I do not feel the film provides "a sufficient response to what Hitler actually did," because I feel no film can, and no response would be sufficient.

As we regard this broken and pathetic Hitler, we realize that he did not alone create the Third Reich, but was the focus for a spontaneous uprising by many of the German people, fueled by racism, xenophobia, grandiosity and fear. He was skilled in the ways he exploited that feeling, and surrounded himself by gifted strategists and propagandists, but he was not a great man, simply one armed by fate to unleash unimaginable evil. It is useful to reflect that racism, xenophobia, grandiosity and fear are still with us, and the defeat of one of their manifestations does not inoculate us against others.

Scene from the film in which Traudl Junge escapes the bunker after the death of Hitler

Director Oliver Hirschbiegel confirmed that the film's makers sought to give Hitler a three-dimensional personality. "We know from all accounts that he was a very charming man—a man who managed to seduce a whole people into barbarism."[4] Alexandra Maria Lara as Traudl Junge _ still from official French website for the film Downfall This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Alexandra Maria Lara as Traudl Junge _ still from official French website for the film Downfall This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ...

The movie incorporates, as introduction and conclusion, the struggle for self-forgiveness of Traudl Junge, as voiced in the documentary Im toten Winkel." It was nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in the 77th Academy Awards. The film also won the BBC's 2005 BBC 4 World Cinema award. Traudl Junge just after World War Two. ... Im toten Winkel poster. ... // As a Special Award 1947 Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (Italy) - Societa Co-operativa Alfa Cinematografica - Paolo William Tamburella producer - Vittorio De Sica director 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France) - E. D. I. C., Union Général Cinématographique - George de la Grandiere producer - Maurice Cloche director 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette... 77th Academy Awards Sunday, February 27, 2005 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California Hosts Preshow: Billy Bush, Jann Carl, Chris Connelly & Shaun Robinson Show: Chris Rock Crew Producer: Gilbert Cates Director: Louis J. Horvitz Duration 3 hours, 10 minutes The 77th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for...

The film is set mostly in and around the Führerbunker. Director Oliver Hirschbiegel made an effort to accurately reconstruct the look and atmosphere of the bunker through eyewitness accounts, survivors' memoirs and other historical sources. According to his commentary on the DVD, Der Untergang was filmed in a district of Saint Petersburg, Russia which, with its many buildings designed by German architects, was said to resemble many parts of 1940s Berlin to an astonishing degree. Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Feldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner in the Führerbunker, one of last known photos of Hitler. ... Oliver Hirschbiegel Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 26 March 1957) is a German film director. ... A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ... DVD-R writing/reading side DVD-R with purple dye, 4. ... Saint Petersburg  listen (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Cast

• Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler
• Alexandra Maria Lara as Traudl Junge
• Corinna Harfouch as Magda Goebbels
• Ulrich Matthes as Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels
• Juliane Köhler as Eva Braun
• Heino Ferch as Albert Speer
• Christian Berkel as Obersturmbannführer Dr. Ernst-Günther Schenck
• Matthias Habich as Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
• Thomas Kretschmann as SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
• Michael Mendl as General Helmuth Weidling
• André Hennicke as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
• Ulrich Noethen as Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
• Birgit Minichmayr as Gerda Christian
• Rolf Kanies as General Hans Krebs
• Justus von Dohnanyi as General Wilhelm Burgdorf
• Dieter Mann as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
• Christian Redl as Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
• Götz Otto as SS-Sturmbannführer Otto Günsche
• Thomas Limpinsel as Heinz Linge
• Thomas Thieme as Martin Bormann
• Gerald Alexander Held as Walther Hewel
• Donevan Gunia as Peter Kranz (a fictitious person)
• Bettina Redlich as Constanze Manziarly
• Heinrich Schmieder as Rochus Misch
• Anna Thalbach as Hanna Reitsch
• Dietrich Hollinderbäumer as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
• Ulrike Krumbiegel as Dorothee Kranz (a fictitious person)
• Karl Kranzkowski as Wilhelm Kranz (a fictitious person)
• Thorsten Krohn as Dr. Ludwig Stumpfegger
• Jürgen Tonkel as SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Kempka
• Devid Striesow as Feldwebel Heinz Tornow
• Fabian Busch as Obersturmbannführer Stehr (a fictitious person)
• Christian Hoening as SS-Reichsarzt Dr. Ernst-Robert Grawitz
• Alexander Slastin as General Wassili Iwanowitsch Tschuikow

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Trivia

• Bruno Ganz is the first German-speaking actor to play Adolf Hitler in a starring role.

• Of the thirty-seven named real life people featured as characters in the film, Rochus Misch was the only one who was still alive when the film was released. As of 2006, he is one of the last remaining survivors of the Führerbunker.

• In preparation for his role as Hitler, Bruno Ganz practiced Hitler's distinctive Austrian/Bavarian accent, and studied Parkinson's patients in order to emulate the physical symptoms like tremors exhibited by those suffering from the disease.

• Hitler's public persona is well documented through numerous audio recordings and films of major events (including the propaganda film Triumph of the Will), but only one known recording exists of Hitler in ordinary conversation. Ganz prepared for his role by studying this unique recording of Adolf Hitler, made during his attending Field Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim's 75th birthday reception on June 4, 1942, held in a railway carriage near the Finnish HQ during Finland's alliance with Germany against the Soviet Union. An Yleisradio [Finnish National Radio] sound engineer Thor Damen, who had been ordered to record the official birthday speeches and Mannerheim's responses made the unauthorised recording using two recorders; Hitler did not allow recordings or photographs to be made of him in private.

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Further reading

• Fest, Joachim Inside Hitler's Bunker : The Last Days of the Third Reich (ISBN 0374135770)
• Junge, Traudl, and Melissa Müller: Until the Final Hour : Hitler's Last Secretary Published by Arcade Publishing; 1st U.S. edition (April 2, 2004) ISBN 1559707283
• O'Donnell, James P., The Bunker (ISBN 0306809583)
• Willi Bischof (Hg.): Filmri: ss. Studien über den Film "Der Untergang". Unrast Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-89771-435-3 (Studies about the Film)

External links

• Der Untergang at The Internet Movie Database
• Der Untergang Official site (in German)
• Official French site
• Downfall - The Official Movie Website (U.S.A.)
• The Downfall - estimation - events - exchange Interviews, background and forum

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