Downfall
Downfall
A Drama and History film released in 2004, Downfall runs 2h 35m and comes from Austria. Soap2Day lists it with Oliver Hirschbiegel directing and Bruno Ganz and Alexandra Maria Lara in the cast. It holds 7.9/10 from 4,535 votes. 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.
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Country: Austria, Germany, Italy
- Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, Ulrich Noethen, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Kanies, Justus von Dohnányi
