Downfall (2005)
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Country: Germany
Genre: Foreign, War
Hitler has never been so radiant.
When it comes to World War II movies, it often feels like there isn’t much that hasn’t been done or said before. Seldom does a film present the horrific events in a new light, but when one does it makes you realize the infinite stories that could be told from the war. Downfall is certainly one of those films. It takes place in the last days, the ‘downfall’, of the Third Reich and of the Nazi soldiers individually. At times, Downfall recalls films made just after WWII, (Forbidden Games, Ashes and Diamonds,) and this classic style of storytelling feels very fitting as it doesn’t sensationalize Hitler as a sympathetic character. It does an amazing job of showing Hitler as a person with humanistic faults, but also for the flat out ruthless villain that he was. There is a reason this film has sparked a bit of an internet sensation.
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Tags: Adaptation, Drama, Foreign, Period Piece, War
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