Spectacular at every aspect ! A must watch masterpiece !

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2020)

It's been almost seventy years since the end of Second World War and Nazi German regime . Dozens of flims has been made on WW II but none can match the class of Downfall .
The flims is all about last ten days of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler . Yes , Hitler , who perhaps is the most hated and evil human ever born . The flim cuts all the nonsense out and directly shows what actually happened as if you are watching a documentry . Downfall takes place almost entirely inside the bunker beneath Berlin where Adolf Hitler and his inner circle spent their final days, and died. It ventures outside only to show the collapse of the Nazi defense of Berlin, the misery of the civilian population and the burning of the bodies of Hitler, Eva Braun, and Joseph and Magda Goebbels. For the rest, it occupies a labyrinth of concrete corridors, harshly lighted, with a constant passage back and forth of aides, servants, guards, family members and Hitler's dog .
Based on the book 'Inside Hitler's Bunker' by Joachim Fest and 'Until the Final Hour' by Traudl Junge and Melissa Muller , this flim has shown the horror of Nazi regime as well as the despondency of Hitler. The great thing about this movie is you can actually see a person or persons who have undergone a process of dehumanization and indoctrination that at the time point of the movie is irreversible . Hitler makes it very clear in several occasions that he chose to construct himself as such a person , and in the end nearly deiulisional , unable to separate his fatherland from his own persona , but remaining such a human being where he is not concerned about the matter of his civilians . On the whole you could see masses brainwashed by propaganda , blindly following Hitler even after knowing the possible outcome .
The violence and depression of the films goes beyond Dark as the scene comes where Magda Gobbles cooly poisons her own children rather than let them live in a world without Hitler's national socialism .
The film begins in eyes of Traudl Junge portrayed by Alexandra Maria Lara , where she has been recruited as Hitler's personal secretary and later (as shown in the clip) how she fells about all that . Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler is perhaps the best portrayal of Hitler as well as any historical personal . What a spectacular performence he has given , specially on those scenes where Hitler outbursts in rage and takes it out on his generals . Each and every charecter is played with sheer brilliance by the actors . Ulrich Matthes as Joseph Goebbels , Christian Berkel as Prof. Dr. Schenck are only few to name . Those briliant acting performances keeps the audience attached with the movie for two and half hours .
We all know the outcome , we all know how it ended yet the director Oliver Hirschbiegel keeps the pace for each and every second . The fall of thrid recih , the vilonlense and casualties of war is shown perfectly. Without a doubt Downfall , originally titled 'Der Untergang' ,is a brave attempt and successfully carried out by the cast .