

Downfall
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $16M
- Box office
- $92.2M
- Language
- Hungarian
- dying and death
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- clerk
- dictator
- poison
- despair
- traitor
- world war ii
- bunker
- destroy
- testament
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Produced in
Austria, Germany, Italy
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical4 Jul 2006
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York18 Feb 2005
- TheatricalR8 Apr 2005
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical151 Apr 2005
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD16 Apr 2006
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMA15+16 Feb 2005
- Theatrical21 Apr 2005
CanadaCA
- PremiereRToronto International Film Festival14 Sept 2004
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereMar del Plata Film Festival11 Mar 2005
- Theatrical2 Jun 2005
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna10 Sept 2004
- Theatrical17 Sept 2004
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1612 Jan 2005
BrazilBR
- Theatrical166 May 2005
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical9 Sept 2005
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical5 Aug 2005
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Downfall was released on 16 September 2004.
Audience reviews
2- W7/10
Wuchak
4/23/2023
**_Hitler’s end_** As the Red Army encroaches upon Berlin in late April, 1945, the final days of Hitler in his bunker (Bruno Ganz) are told from the perspective of his secretary, Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara). "Downfall” (2004) is not a conventional war movie due to its downbeat subject and is more educational than entertaining, but it’s a necessary piece of the puzzle in understanding WW2. If you appreci…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/23/2026
Though he might not much like the compliment, Bruno Ganz is superb as the Führer in this dramatisation of his last few days in Berlin. If you saw George Schaefer’s attempt at this, with Anthony Hopkins in the title role (1981) then you’ll already have the gist of what occurs, but this has an altogether less dramatic, more natural, feel to it. It helps, of course, that those of us watching know now just how precarious…
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