Authentic, Realistic, and Shocking

Rating: 10/10 (5 June 2019)

While this film is a fictionalized version of the events that marked the final days of Berlin and the Nazi leadership, it is clear that Producer Bernd Eichinger wanted to make the movie as historically accurate as possible, while still perceiving traditional movie making elements. The film uses historical accounts of people who were actually in the bunker with Hitler during his final days, such as Albert Speer, and Hilter's secretary, Traudl Junge.
The film and the storytelling elements were overall very impressive. There was never a dull moment throughout the entire run time. Bruno Ganz, who plays Hitler, does an impressive job at portraying a madman who becomes out of touch with reality, and who's mental state alternates between unrealistic hopefulness and impeding, certain doom.
The producer and director do not hold back in showing the shocking brutality that occurred in the final days of Berlin while it was still controlled, to some degree or another, by the Nazis. There are many shocking and intense scenes that depicted the fanatical last stands of Hitler's last supports, the mass despair and hardships of the population, and the decent of a city into absolute chaos and destruction.