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Downfall [DVD] DVD

R (Restricted) :: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment :: Released: 2005-08-02

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Downfall [DVD] Summary Called Dramatic, Accurate And Harrowing By The San Francisco Chronicle And Nominated For The Oscar(r)for Best Foreign Film, downfall Takes You Into Hitler's Bunker During The Brutal And Harrowing Last Days Of The Third Reich. Seen Through The Eyes Of Hitler's Infamous Secretary Traudl Junge, Optimism Crumbles Into Grim Realization And Terror As It Becomes Clear That Germany's Defeat Is Inevitable. As The Russian Army Circles The City, The Dimly Lit Halls Of The Underground Refuge Become An Execution Chamber For The Fuhrer And His Closest Advisors.

The riveting subject of Downfall is nothing less than the disintegration of Adolf Hitler in mind, body, and soul. A 2005 Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film, this German historical drama stars Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire) as Hitler, whose psychic meltdown is depicted in sobering detail, suggesting a fallen, pathetic dictator on the verge on insanity, resorting to suicide (along with Eva Braun and Joseph and Magda Goebbels) as his Nazi empire burns amidst chaos in mid-1945. While staging most of the film in the claustrophobic bunker where Hitler spent his final days, director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Das Experiment) dares to show the gentler human side of der Fuehrer, as opposed to the pure embodiment of evil so familiar from many other Nazi-era dramas. This balanced portrayal does not inspire sympathy, however: We simply see the complexity of Hitler's character in the greater context of his inevitable downfall, and a more realistic (and therefore more horrifying) biographical portrait of madness on both epic and intimate scales. By ending with a chilling clip from the 2002 documentary Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary, this unforgettable film gains another dimension of sobering authenticity. --Jeff Shannon

Downfall DVD Techincal Details Cast: Bruno Ganz, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Corinna Harfouch
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 156 mins
UPC: 043396115453
Binding: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2005-08-02
Region Code: 99
Specs: AC-3, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), German (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1), Russian (Original Language),