About Downfall
- Rating:
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R
R
- Year Released:
- 2004
- Genres:
- Drama
- Metadata:
- Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Set in Berlin in 1945, Traudl Junge, the final secretary
for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his
bunker at the end of WWII. Bruno Ganz gives a remarkable
performance as Hitler in this ‘insider’s’ perspective into the
final hours of desperation and madness as the Russian Army
surrounds Berlin. Director Oliver Hirschbiegel presents a
human character in Hitler, and not a demon, which created
controversy around the film. Nominated in 2005 for a Best
Foreign Language Film Oscar®, it is in German language
with English subtitles. (35mm presentation)
This screening is part of the President's Choice Film Series: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.