Flawless acting and 95% accurate.

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2005)

Having read most of the reputable books on Hitler's final days ie, Hugh Trevor Ropers "The Last Days of Hitler," "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William L. Shirer and "Inside the Third Reich" by Albert Speer to name a few, as well as majoring in History, I can attest that this film is THE most unbelievably accurate portrayal of the Third Reich's final days we are ever likely to see, and since most of the first hand observers are dead or in their final days it is very unlikely that any subsequent film will surpass this one. Time has a way of bending history to sway public opinion and suit current needs, and the more time passes, the more embellishments and subjective opinion can be inserted to distort true facts.
As the other reviewer mentioned, the acting is A+ and there is no need to reiterate what has already been said regarding plot.
I found a several points to be inaccurate. I will mention a few here: 1. Some of the timing of the events portrayed are inaccurate ie Hitler's visit to the garden to give the Iron Cross to the Hitler Youth fighting the the "Volkstuurm." 2. According to all who witnessed, Dr.Goebbels did not shoot his wife and then himself, he had an adjutant shoot the both of them in the back of the heads. 3. Bormann did not carry Eva Brauns body all the way up the stairs to the garden, Kempka did. 4. Also, and VERY importantly, German radio did not announce that the Führer committed suicide but quite the opposite,that he died a heroes death fighting at the head of his troops. This radio announcement was made by Doenitz (who at the time did not know how Hitler had died). This is a BLARING MISTAKE that the filmmaker should have known.