Best movie on WW2 history... ever!

Rating: 10/10 (5 October 2005)

I saw this movie some months ago, in cold mid winter, with great expectations propelled by friends of mine. It all proved true. People came out of cinema literally grasping for breath and fresh air in the winter night.
This is absolutely, with no competitor coming close whatsoever, the most impressive movie on the Second World War. Really there's no spoiler to give away in this comment, as everyone will know about the last few days of the War. World class acting by Bruno Ganz makes the story of Hitler's last days in his Berlin bunker the most impressive and personal account of this history to date.
Peculiar enough several comments in international media on the movie in the weeks after it was released noted that Ganz had given Hitler a much too personal and friendly face, but this makes me wonder what personalities are liked by the reviewers. I have hardly ever seen a more disturbing personal deterioration as Ganz gives away for his performance of Hitler. If only Hitler could win Oscars, Ganz would deserve it right now.