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Downfall

Summary: Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Release Date: April 08, 2005

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Writers: Bernd Eichinger

Runtime: 2 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Constantin Film, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), EOS Entertainment, Rai Cinema

Distributor: Newmarket Films, Shout Select, Shout! Factory, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: Germany, Austria, Italy

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 13,500,000

Domestic: $ 5,509,040

International: $ 86,672,534

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comrade confusion corpse corruption coughing courage court martial coward cowardice crailsheim germany cremation crying cyanide dancer dancing dancing on a table danger dead body dead body in the street dead girl dead man dead soldier dead woman death death of a child death of father death of mother debauchery debris decadence deception defeat defeat of nazis delusion deprived of power deserter desertion despair destiny destruction devastation diamond bracelet diamond watch dice dictation dictator dictatorship difficulty breathing diplomat disappointment discontent disobedience disposing of a dead body doctor dog doll downfall dream drug drug addict drug use drunkenness dying dying young elbe river elderly man elderly woman encircled encirclement end of an era escape europe eva braun character evacuation execution execution by hanging exploding skull explosion extermination eyeglasses failure fall of berlin fanatic fanaticism fascism fate father daughter relationship father son relationship fear female nudity fever fieseler storch airplane filicide final victory fire firearm flash forward flashback fleeing flowers friedrichstrasse station berlin friend friendship frohnau berlin frontline frustration fugitive fuhrer fulda germany gasoline gatow berlin general general field marshal genius german air force german history german military german shepherd german soldier girl grandfather granddaughter relationship grandmother granddaughter relationship grenade guard guard post gun gun in mouth gunfire hand amputation hanging hatred heinrich himmler character helmet hermann goering character hero hideout hitler hitler youth hohenlychen germany holding hands holocaust honor hope hopelessness hospital husband wife relationship ice illness insane man insane person insanity iron cross jew jewelry job interview joseph goebbels character karlshorst berlin killing an animal kiss last will and testament leg amputation letter lichtenberg berlin listening to a radio listening to music losing loss of parents loyalty lubeck germany lustgarten berlin machine gun magnifying glass mahlsdorf berlin man in uniform map marriage martin bormann character marzahn berlin mass child killing mass murder medal medal presentation medical research medicine megalomaniac military headquarters military hospital military police military uniform mirror morphine morphine addict mother daughter relationship mother kills own child mother son relationship motorcycle motorcycle with a sidecar murder murder of a child murder suicide national socialism nazi nazi general nazi germany nazi officer nazi race laws nazi salute nazi soldier nazi uniform nazism nightmare nihilism no exit no surrender no way out nurse oath obersalzberg germany oder river opportunist pain pankow berlin paralysis paranoia park park bench parnevu party penicillin photograph plans for the future pneumothorax poison poisoning an animal political criminal politics post war reconstruction potsdamer platz berlin prayer wheel pressure private professor promise racism racist ranting rastenburg east prussia raving record player recording recruit red army red cross redemption reference to adolf hitler reference to bavaria reference to brandenburg germany reference to bremen germany reference to carl con clausewitz reference to count bernadotte reference to dwight d. eisenhower reference to felix steiner reference to frankfurt germany reference to gerd von rundstedt reference to god reference to heinz guderian reference to josef stalin reference to karl doenitz reference to marshalk zhukov reference to martin bormann reference to munich germany reference to sophie scholl reference to the acropolis reference to the nazis reference to the ss reference to walther wenck reference to wehrmacht refugee reichsmark reichstag removed from office retreat rifle risky rubble ruins russian abroad russian soldier ruthlessness sacrifice saw saying goodbye scale model of city scapegoat schwanenwerder berlin secretary sex scene shooting shorthand shot in the forehead shot in the head shot in the heart shot through the mouth shot to death sick man siege singer singing sister sister relationship skull smoke snow song soviet soviet military soviet soldier ss ss officer stahnsdorf berlin statue stenographer suffering suicide suicide by shooting oneself in the head suicide pact suicide pill surgeon surgery surrender survival swabia germany swastika swing music tank tears teenage boy teenage girl telephone call telephone operator telescope teletype third reich tiergarten berlin topaz pendant traitor trapped treason truck tunnel twenty something two word title typewriter typing uncertainty uncle nephew relationship uncle niece relationship urban combat vegetarian vice chancellor violence voice imitation voice over letter volkssturm volunteer vow war crime war medal war ruins war zone weapon wedding wehrmacht weidendammer bridge berlin what happened to epilogue wine woman deceased woman killed world war two wound year 1942 year 1945 zossen germany

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