DVD
Downfall = La chute
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In German or French, with English or French subtitles.
Performers
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Mathes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel.
Publication Information
[Montréal] : Alliance Films, [2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, disturbing images and some nudity.
Uniform Title
Summary
DOWNFALL takes you into Hitler's bunker during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler's now infamous secretary Traudl Junge, optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Fuhrer and his closest advisors.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the books Inside Hitler's bunker by Joachim Fest and Until the final hour by Traudl Junge and Melissa Müller.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Special features: A behind-the-scenes look with director Oliver Hirschbiegel.
Subjects
- Private secretaries > Germany > Drama.
- Heads of state > Germany > Drama.
- Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945 > Drama.
- Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Drama.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 > Drama.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 > Death and burial > Drama.
- Junge, Gertraud > Drama.
- Goebbels, Magda > Drama.
- Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945 > Drama.
- Braun, Eva > Drama.
- Braun, Eva > Death and burial > Drama.
- Speer, Albert, 1905-1981 > Drama.
- Schenck, Ernst Günther, 1904-1998 > Drama.