The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others, across 4,400 audience votes. Scores higher than 98% of the 3,226 2000s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 35m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic82/100
4,443 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernd EichingerScreenplay
- Stephan ZachariasOriginal Music Composer
- Oliver HirschbiegelDirector
Cast
- Bruno GanzAdolf Hitler
- Alexandra Maria LaraTraudl Junge
- Corinna HarfouchMagda Goebbels
- Ulrich MatthesJoseph Goebbels
- Juliane KöhlerEva Braun
- Heino FerchAlbert Speer
- Christian BerkelProf. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
- Thomas KretschmannSS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
- Ulrich NoethenReichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
- Birgit MinichmayrGerda Christian
- Rolf KaniesGeneral der Infanterie Hans Krebs
- Justus von DohnányiGeneral der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
Stills
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Themes
dying and deathbased on novel or booknaziclerkdictatorpoisondespairtraitorworld war iibunkerdestroytestament
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