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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Tagline
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
Original title
Der Untergang
Release date
2004-09-08
Runtime
2h 36m
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Director


  1. Oliver Hirschbiegel

Writer


  1. Bernd Eichinger

Cast


  1. Thomas Kretschmann
    SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
  2. Alexandra Maria Lara
    Traudl Junge
  3. Götz Otto
    SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche
  4. Christian Berkel
    Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
  5. Bruno Ganz
    Adolf Hitler
  6. Alexander Held
    Walter Hewel
  7. Justus von Dohnányi
    General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
  8. Thomas Thieme
    Martin Bormann
  9. Oliver Stritzel
    Maschinist Hentschel
  10. Heino Ferch
    Albert Speer
  11. Devid Striesow
    Feldwebel Tornow
  12. Corinna Harfouch
    Magda Goebbels
  13. Anna Thalbach
    Hanna Reitsch
  14. Michael Mendl
    General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
  15. André Hennicke
    SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
  16. Michael Brandner
    H. Fritzche
  17. Rolf Kanies
    General der Infanterie Hans Krebs
  18. Fabian Busch
    Obersturmbannführer Stehr
  19. Matthias Habich
    Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
  20. August Schmölzer
    Baur
  21. Igor Sergeev
  22. Elizaveta Boyarskaya
    Schwester Erna
  23. Ulrich Matthes
    Joseph Goebbels
  24. Birgit Minichmayr
    Gerda Christian
  25. Michael Kind
    SA-Mann / Ruinenkeller
  26. Julia Jentsch
    Hanna Potrowski
  27. Ulrich Noethen
    Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
  28. Juliane Köhler
    Eva Braun
  29. Christian Hoening
    Reichsarzt SS Grawitz
  30. Ulrike Krumbiegel
    Dorothee Kranz
  31. Tanja Schleiff
    Russische Ärztin
  32. Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
    Ritter Robert von Greim
  33. Veit Stübner
    Obergruppenführer Tellermann
  34. Thomas Limpinsel
    Kammerdiener Heinz Linge
  35. Vsevolod Tsurilo
    Russischer Adjutant
  36. Norbert Heckner
    Standesbeamter Wagner
  37. Jürgen Tonkel
    Erich Kempka
  38. Martin Butzke
    SS-Soldat 1
  39. Dirk Borchardt
    Panzerkommandant
  40. Heinrich Schmieder
    Rochus Misch
  41. Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
    Soldat 2
  42. Stefan Mehren
    Verwundeter Soldat
  43. Bettina Redlich
    Frl. Constanze Manziarly
  44. Karl Kranzkowski
    Wilhelm Kranz
  45. Henning Peker
    Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze (uncredited)
  46. Thorsten Krohn
    Dr. Stumpfegger
  47. Bohdan Graczyk
    Oberst Clausen
  48. Dieter Mann
    Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
  49. Enno Hesse
    Oberleutnant
  50. Christian Redl
    Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
  51. Donevan Gunia
    Peter Kranz
  52. Igor Bubenchikov
    Schadle
  53. Igor Sergeev
    Russischer Soldat
  54. Konstantin Lukashov
    Älterer Soldat
  55. Mariya Semyonova
    Rothaarige Frau
  56. Jurij Schrader
    Dolmetscher
  57. Christian Schmidt
    SS-Mann Greifkommando
  58. Mathias Gnädinger
    Hermann Göring
  59. Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
    Offizier 1
  60. Andrey Blagoslovenskiy
    Soldat im Ruinenkeller
  61. Valeriy Salomakhin
    Staryy Tsivilist
  62. Katerina Poladjan
    Russische Arzthelferin
  63. Dieter Rupp
    Mohnke's Adjutant im Bunker (uncredited)
  64. Elisabeth von Koch
    Margarete Lorenz

Composer


  1. Stephan Zacharias

Producer


  1. Bernd Eichinger
  2. Christine Rothe

Director of Photography


  1. Rainer Klausmann

Editor


  1. Hans Funck