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Hitler remains in control, drawing possible lines of attack on the map, believing that SS commander Felix Steiner’s Panzer divisions will repel the Soviets. Little does he know that Steiner’s divisions exist only on paper.
Aug 25, 2023 · A war historian praises Downfall for its controversial take on Hitler and explains why so many other actors have failed in the role. Released in 2004, the German-language film takes place during World War II's Battle of Berlin with the Nazis on the brink of defeat and depicts the final days of Adolf Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz).
- Senior Reporter
Sep 13, 2024 · Twenty years ago, the film of Hitler’s final days showed him as he’d never been seen before – as a sniveling mortal. Why did Germany object?
Jul 25, 2024 · The national taboos associated with Hitler had been enough to scare off a generation of filmmakers before them, but rather than shirk the responsibility and give in to tired clichés and cheap...
- Thomas Randolph
Feb 17, 2019 · The Swiss actor's film career spanned 50 years, but many know him best because of a YouTube video meme that sprang from Ganz's 2004 role as Adolf Hitler in the movie Downfall. In the scene, set...
- Gael Cooper
Dec 2, 2020 · The Hitler parody videos began proliferating around 2006, a couple of years after the release of “Downfall,” Oliver Hirschbiegel’s film about Hitler’s final days in Berlin.
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Hitler falls into a tearful rage and declares that the war is lost. The incident of April 22 is mentioned in several texts, but surprisingly, the important eyewitnesses for many events shown in the movie (for example, Traudl Junge or Rochus Misch) did not actually witness this briefing.
