11 stars, it's beyond words!
Added 11/7/2009
This is possibly THE best performance of an actor as Hitler, perhaps even better than the one of Anthony Hopkins in "the Bunker". Is truly for the ages. For the first time you see something of the human side of the monster. You can feel the anger, the hatred, the anguish of the man and the people around him. One of the best war based movies ever. Plus is in german, nothing is better than listening to Hitler screaming at his generals in the original language! Get this movie right now.
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Joe's Review
Added 10/26/2009
Very detailed and realistic portrayal of the last days of life for Hitler and his staff (and wife) in their bunker.
German with English subtitles.
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Excellent account of Hitler's last hours.
Added 10/26/2009
My review will be short since so many others have written at length. To summarize, this film is brilliant. You will not be disappointed by it; in fact, it is a DVD well-worth purchasing to view again. Also this film should have won the Best Foreign Film Academy Award -- it was a tragedy that it lost. Downfall is a superb film in every respect: the acting is brilliant, the settings are impeccably researched and exquisitely detailed, and the mood is perfect in tone -- melancholy and desperate. Hitler, as portrayed by the marvelous Mr. Ganz, is a moody, self-absorbed, shallow, and shattered politician who has reached the bitter end of his empty promises and knows this fact with a cruel urgency. He knows that he is doomed and that his Reich has crumbled into pieces like the rubble of the buildings destroyed by the Soviets. The film is shot so well and with such an intimate feel that you will think you are watching a documentary of the final hours of the crumbling German government. It is brutal, and it is beautifully done.
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Good movie
Added 10/23/2009
I saw excerpts from this movie all over the internet and wanted to see the whole movie. It was well worth the purchase.
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Fantastic Insight Into The Evil Of Adolf Hitler
Added 10/23/2009
Having become interested in WWII history after watching Valkyrie a friend recommended that I watch Downfall(DER UNTERGANG). I could not find it locally so I purchased this at Amazon. I have the DVD version since the Blu-ray is outrageously priced. That was disappointing since I have developed a passion for the 1080p productions. The DVD version is still a high quality film and the reproduction is very good. Most of the movie is dialogue and takes place inside Hitler's bunker in Berlin so do not expect this to be a cinematography masterpiece. I am not saying that the production is bad, it is just not intended to be beautiful. It is however realistic looking and the gravity of war is evident in the few outside shots that take place.
The storyline is taken from historical records including Joachim Fest's book, Inside Hitler's Bunker The Last Days of the Third Reich and BIS ZUR LETZTEN STUNDE by Traudl Junge. The movie follows Hitler's personal secretary (Traudl Junge)through the final days of Hitler's life. Since I enjoy movies based in fact rather than fiction I thoroughly enjoyed watching this from the historical perspective.
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