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Downfall

starring: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler
directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404987609
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1404987606
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: August 02, 2005
Running Time: 155 minutes
Sales Rank: 1046
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2004



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Product Description:
This takes you into hitlers bunker during the brutal & terrifying last days of the third reich. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/24/2007 Starring: Bruno Ganz Julianne Kohler Run time: 155 minutes Rating: R

Amazon.com:
The riveting subject of Downfall is nothing less than the disintegration of Adolf Hitler in mind, body, and soul. A 2005 Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film, this German historical drama stars Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire) as Hitler, whose psychic meltdown is depicted in sobering detail, suggesting a fallen, pathetic dictator on the verge on insanity, resorting to suicide (along with Eva Braun and Joseph and Magda Goebbels) as his Nazi empire burns amidst chaos in mid-1945. While staging most of the film in the claustrophobic bunker where Hitler spent his final days, director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Das Experiment) dares to show the gentler human side of der Fuehrer, as opposed to the pure embodiment of evil so familiar from many other Nazi-era dramas. This balanced portrayal does not inspire sympathy, however: We simply see the complexity of Hitler's character in the greater context of his inevitable downfall, and a more realistic (and therefore more horrifying) biographical portrait of madness on both epic and intimate scales. By ending with a chilling clip from the 2002 documentary Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary, this unforgettable film gains another dimension of sobering authenticity. --Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Beware: no subtitle options
First off: this movie is great.
I gave my review 4 stars because it bothers me when foreign ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Fuhrer Trapped In Refrigerator Eats Own Foot
This is an important film. It had to be done: the fascinating and terrible story of the final moments ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Engaging, Fantastic Story of Hitler's Fall
I never knew Hitler was a vegetarian, but that is just the tip of the iceberg of information this film ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Realistic portrayal of the final days in the bunker.
English subtitles with German language dialog give this film an audiophonic realism. Combined with the ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Best Hitler film ever?
n the annals of film, the greatest screen portrayal of an evil world leader was undoubtedly Anthony Hopkins' ... Read More

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