Downfall (2004 movie)

Downfall (German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 German war movie about the final days of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator of Germany, in the Führerbunker. It is set in Berlin in 1945. The movie was first released in German on 16 September 2004.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

A scene in the film, where Hitler become angry and goes into a furious tirade when he finally realizes that the war is truly lost is known for being parodied and has an internet meme. British Labour MP Tom Harris stepped down from his internet adviser role because of the media reaction to a Downfall parody which made fun of Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.

 Cast 
 Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler
 Alexandra Maria Lara as Traudl Junge
 Juliane Köhler as Eva Braun
 Thomas Kretschmann as SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
 Christian Redl as Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
 Corinna Harfouch as Magda Goebbels
 Ulrich Matthes as Joseph Goebbels
 Heino Ferch as Albert Speer
 André Hennicke as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
 Ulrich Noethen as Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
 Christian Berkel as Ernst-Günther Schenck
 Dieter Mann as Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel

 References 

Other websites
Official website 

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