Der Untergang

original title:
Der Untergang
other titles:
Downfall; La Caduta - Gli ultimi giorni di Hitler; La Chute
country / year of production:
Germany , Italy , Austria / 2004
original length:
150 min. , color
premiere:
8 September 2004
genre:
history film
based on:
director:
Oliver Hirschbiegel
film script:
Joachim C. Fest , Bernd Eichinger
producer:
Bernd Eichinger
cinematographer:
Rainer Klausmann
editor:
Hans Funck
composer:
Stephen Zacharias
cast (role):
Bruno Ganz , Alexandra Maria Lara
more:
plot synopsis:
Traudl Junge, the final stenographer of Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Everyone in the bunker makes his last preparations before the Russians will arrive. Hitler swings between optimism and the wish to flee. Eva Braun gives a party, while Magda Goebbels kills her children.
keywords:
high treason , order and obedience , bunker , authenticity , children , denazification
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Joachim C. Fest (Hg.). Der Untergang. Eine historische Skizze. Reinbek: Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 2004.

Margrit Frölich/ Christian Schneider/ Karsten Visarius (Hg.). Das Böse im Blick : die Gegenwart des Nationalsozialismus im Film. München: Ed. Text + Kritik, 2007.

Traudl Junge. Bis zur letzten Stunde. Hitlers Sekretärin erzählt ihr Leben. Berlin: Ullstein, 2004.

Owen Gleiberman. "Downfall: It's springtime for Hitler's final 12 days in Germany". In: Entertainment Weekly 808 (2005), 79-80.
remarks:
TV-Version: 180 min (two parts).

Homepage: http://www.der-untergang.de

Was nominated for an "Oscar" in 2005.
availability:
DVD