Downfall (2004) Der Untergang (original title): Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. (8.3)
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writers: Bernd Eichinger (screenplay), Joachim Fest (book), Traudl Junge / Melissa Müller (book)
Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara and Ulrich Matthes
Acting is quite good in that you think you are watching the real events. Bruno Ganz must have studied his role quite well; he gets Hitler's part spot-on. The movie shows how various inner-circle people behaved at the end. It begins and ends with the footage of the real-life Traudl Junge speaking. She claims that she didn't know the true evil nature of the Nazis. How could she have not known? As the secretary, she was privy to the information in the inner circle and typed letters for the man himself. I think she has decided to shut that out and she gets no sympathy what-so-ever from me. As a depiction of the evilness of the Third Reich this movie does its job very well. My Rating: 8.0
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