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Downfall (Der Untergang)

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Starring: Bruno Ganz, Juliane Koehler, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Noethen, Alexandra Maria Lara.
Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel.
Produced by: Bernd Eichinger.
Distributor: Newmarket Films.
MPAA Rating: Not rated.
Release date: February 18th, 2005 (limited).
Oscar Nomination: "Downfall" is one of the five films nominated for the 2005 Academy Award's Best Foreign Film.
Language: German.
Art/Foreign and Drama. 2 hrs. 34 min.: It's the last days of Adolf Hitler, April 1945, and Hitler's personal secretary Traudl Junge finds herself in the Der Fuhrer's bunker. Facing inevitable defeat, Hilter's moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain loyal or opt for self-preservation. Eva Braun parties while Magda Goebbels kills her children.

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