Downfall (2004 movie)
Downfall (German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 German war movie about the final days of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator of Germany, in the Führerbunker. It is set in Berlin in 1945.[2] The movie was first released in German on 16 September 2004.
| Downfall | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Produced by | Bernd Eichinger |
| Written by | Joachim Fest Bernd Eichinger Traudl Junge Melissa Müller |
| Starring | Bruno Ganz Alexandra Maria Lara Corinna Harfouch Ulrich Matthes Juliane Köhler |
| Music by | Stephan Zacharias |
| Cinematography | Rainer Klausmann |
| Edited by | Hans Funck |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film Newmarket Films (English subtitles) |
Release date | September 16, 2004 (Germany) February 18, 2005 (USA) |
Running time | 156 minutes (original cut) 178 minutes (extended cut) |
| Country | Germany Italy Austria |
| Language | German Russian |
| Budget | €13,500,000[1] |
| Box office | $92,180,910[1] |
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
A scene in the film, where Hitler become angry and goes into a furious tirade when he finally realizes that the war is truly lost is known for being parodied and has an internet meme.[3] British Labour MP Tom Harris stepped down from his internet adviser role because of the media reaction to a Downfall parody which made fun of Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.[4]
Cast
- Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Traudl Junge
- Juliane Köhler as Eva Braun
- Thomas Kretschmann as SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
- Christian Redl as Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
- Corinna Harfouch as Magda Goebbels
- Ulrich Matthes as Joseph Goebbels
- Heino Ferch as Albert Speer
- André Hennicke as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
- Ulrich Noethen as Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
- Christian Berkel as Ernst-Günther Schenck
- Dieter Mann as Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "DOWNFALL". Box Office Mojo.
- ↑ "Oliver Hirschbiegel - Director". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
- ↑ The rise, rise and rise of the Downfall Hitler parody. BBC. 13 April 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8617454.stm. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ "MP Tom Harris quits media post over Hitler joke video". BBC News. 16 January 2012. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16576255. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Downfall on IMDb