good piece of reality

Rating: 8/10 (6 August 2006)

The movie tells us the last days of the life of Adolf Hitler. From the point of view of his secretary, frau Junge, we can watch how was this man, his personality, his craziness... We are able to see how are the last days of Berlin, the battle that is going to destroy the city and how different characters deal with this moment: some disobey Hitler and run for their lives, others commit suicide due to Hitler orders... The film is 2h 30m long, but you are so immersed in the story that probably you will not be able to realize that. The actors task is superb, specially Bruno Ganz (Hitler) and Ulrich (Goebbels) who play the most spectacular acting of Nazis leaders I've never seen. Touching and hearth-taking, this is one of the most hard war films ever done, as we are able to see how the city is destroyed and a country disappears (usually war films are about victories, not defeats). Unluckily, there are so many characters and so many aspects that the director wants to show that sometimes the spectator can find himself a little lost about what is happening to who. I realize that this is a hard task for the director and it does it quite well but this fact can result a little disappointing. To sum up, this is one of the best films of its year (nomination to Oscars included) and its recommended to both the ones that like good cinema or the ones that want to know about one of the darkest moments of the Humanee.