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Downfall
World War II drama. As defeat looms, the increasingly unhinged Adolf Hitler readies himself for the end and makes his final declarations to a dwindling crowd of loyalists.
World War II drama. April, 1945 and it's the last days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. The Battle of Berlin rages and the Russians move unstoppably towards the centre of the city and the bunker from which Hitler and his inner circle are attempting to direct the German forces. As defeat looms, the increasingly unhinged Hitler readies himself for the end and makes his final declarations to a dwindling crowd of loyalists. His decline is seen through the eyes of Traudl Junge, his innocent and deluded young secretary.
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Sun 23 Oct 201623:20
BBC Two except Northern Ireland
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | Bruno Ganz |
| Traudl Junge | Alexandra Maria Lara |
| Joseph Goebbels | Ulrich Matthes |
| Magda Goebbels | Corinna Harfouch |
| Eva Braun | Juliane Kohler |
| Albert Speer | Heino Ferch |
| Professor Ernst-Günther Schenck | Christian Berkel |
| Gerda Christian | Birgit Minichmayr |
| Hermann Fegelein | Thomas Kretschmann |
| General Weidling | Michael Mendl |
| General Krebs | Rolf Kanies |
| General Burgdorf | Justus von Dohnanyi |
| Professor Werner Haase | Matthias Habich |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Writer | Bernd Eichinger |
| Composer | Stephan Zacharias |
| Director of photography | Rainer Klausmann |
