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Summary
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 82Audiences 84GoodWatch 82
Metascore82
User score8.6
Letterboxd · 186 K ratings4.1/5
IMDb8.2
Box office
5.8×its budget
- Budget
- $16 M
- Worldwide
- $92 M
Worldwide it earned $76 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 35 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +46 min on the typical 109
typical 109155Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 22 countries, rent or buy in 13 more
+12Released
2004
September 16, 2004
22 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryWarLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
HungarianRussianMade in
- Austria
- Germany
Italy
Academy Awards2005
- International Feature Film2005Nominated
- Foreign Language Film2005Nominated
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightIntergenerationalPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 57 more64 people
- Bruno GanzAdolf Hitler
- Alexandra Maria LaraTraudl Junge
- Corinna HarfouchMagda Goebbels
- Ulrich MatthesJoseph Goebbels
- Juliane KöhlerEva Braun
- Heino FerchAlbert Speer
- Christian BerkelProf. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
- Thomas KretschmannSS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
Ulrich NoethenReichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
Birgit MinichmayrGerda Christian
Rolf KaniesGeneral der Infanterie Hans Krebs
Justus von DohnányiGeneral der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
Michael MendlGeneral der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
André HennickeSS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
Christian RedlGeneraloberst Alfred Jodl
Götz OttoSS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche
Thomas LimpinselKammerdiener Heinz Linge
Thomas ThiemeMartin Bormann
Donevan GuniaPeter Kranz
Matthias HabichProf. Dr. Werner Haase
Alexander HeldWalter Hewel
Devid StriesowFeldwebel Tornow
Dieter MannFeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Bettina RedlichFrl. Constanze Manziarly
Directing · 3
- Oliver Hirschbiegel Director
- Bohdan Graczyk Assistant Director
- Hanuš Polak jr. Assistant Director
Writing · 4
- Bernd Eichinger Screenplay, Producer
- Traudl Junge Author
- Melissa Müller Author
- Joachim Fest Author
Production · 13
- Christine Rothe Executive Producer
- An Dorthe Braker Casting
- Doris J. Heinze Co-Producer
- Wolf-Dietrich Brücker Co-Producer
- Yakov Gordin Location Manager
- Jörn Klamroth Co-Producer
Camera · 6
- Rainer Klausmann Director of Photography
- Carol Burandt von Kameke First Assistant Camera
- Marcus Pohlus Steadicam Operator
- Sebastian Meuschel Steadicam Operator
- Tilman Büttner Steadicam Operator
- Jürgen Olczyk Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Hans Funck Editor
Sound · 9
- Stephan Zacharias Original Music Composer
- Nico Krebs Sound Designer
- Carsten Richter Foley
- Jörn Poetzl Foley
- Norbert Zich Dolby Consultant
- Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard Sound Effects Editor
Art · 7
- Bernd Lepel Production Design
- Elena Zhukova Art Direction
- Aleksey Filatov Assistant Art Director
- Ekaterina Omakhanova Property Master
- Galina Zaigraeva Property Master
- Sergey Fukalov Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Claudia Bobsin Costume Design
- Waldemar Pokromski Makeup Artist
- Andrew Mollo Other
- Natalya Zamakhina Costume Supervisor
- Margrit Neufink Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 4
- Thomas Zauner Visual Effects Supervisor
- Michael Ralla Compositing Artist
- Alessandro Cioffi Compositing Artist
- Stefanie Stalf Visual Effects Producer
Lighting · 2
- Dirk Eichler Lighting Technician
- Konstantin Kostin Gaffer
Other crew · 7
- Oleg Korytin Stunt Coordinator
- Tom Tykwer Thanks
- Oskar Roehler Thanks
- Sergey Golovkin Stunts
- Nonna Velikaya Translator
- Christine Jahn Post Production Supervisor
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