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The Downfall

The Downfall

by Oliver Hirschbiegel

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The Downfall

The Downfall

Clearly, a film about the last days of Hitler in a Germany in ruins and under bombardment, where the concentration camps were still in operation, was always going to be an attention-grabber

"Plumbed such depths"

Interview: Oliver Hirschbiegel • Director

"Plumbed such depths"

Artist, critic and television director and the director of The Downfall, a difficult film which has become a topic of debate

"Dark tones predominate"

Interview: Bernd Eichinger • Producer

"Dark tones predominate"

Bernd Eichinger, who wrote the screenplay of The Downfall and also produced it, has always been interested in German history, especially the Nazi era

"To tell it like it was"

Interview: Joachim Fest • Writer

"To tell it like it was"

He wrote the biography on wich The Downfall is based, by German director Oliver Hirschbiegel, one of those films that's on people's lips even before they've been to the screening

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international title:	Downfall
original title:	Der Untergang
country:	Germany, Italy, Austria
sales agent:	Beta Cinema
year:	2004
directed by:	Oliver Hirschbiegel
screenplay:	Bernd Eichinger
cast:	Bruno Ganz, Juliane Köhler, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Heino Ferch, Thomas Kretschmann

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