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Then there is Albert Speer (Heino Ferch), the architect who admits to Hitler that he sabotaged the Nero Decree. There is Eva Braun (Juliane Köhler), dancing to swing music while shells fall overhead, refusing to put on a coat. There is General Krebs, translating Russian offers of surrender into German lies.
And finally, there is the real Traudl Junge, who appears in a brief documentary segment at the film’s end. She says: "I was young. I didn’t know any better." Then she pauses. "But that is no excuse." Historians generally praise Downfall as one of the most accurate war films ever made. The script was based on Junge’s memoirs, Albert Speer’s Inside the Third Reich , and numerous historian interviews. The bunker was reconstructed from blueprints. The dates and times of military briefings are correct.
Available on major streaming platforms (check local listings for Der Untergang or Downfall ). Look for the 2004 original German release, not edited versions.
Then there is Albert Speer (Heino Ferch), the architect who admits to Hitler that he sabotaged the Nero Decree. There is Eva Braun (Juliane Köhler), dancing to swing music while shells fall overhead, refusing to put on a coat. There is General Krebs, translating Russian offers of surrender into German lies.
And finally, there is the real Traudl Junge, who appears in a brief documentary segment at the film’s end. She says: "I was young. I didn’t know any better." Then she pauses. "But that is no excuse." Historians generally praise Downfall as one of the most accurate war films ever made. The script was based on Junge’s memoirs, Albert Speer’s Inside the Third Reich , and numerous historian interviews. The bunker was reconstructed from blueprints. The dates and times of military briefings are correct.