The film "Downfall" - Page 2

spidge · 07-09-2005, 11:46 AM

Hope it gets to Oz

andy007 · 07-09-2005, 11:58 AM

I too have seen the movie and would go as far as to say it is one of the best WWII movies I have ever seen. I thought the actor who played Hitler did an awesome job as well. I also think that the director had the right amount of choas in the movie for it to be realistic.

Obri · 12-09-2005, 03:45 PM

The Downfall did indeed make an appearance at my local arts cinema, but for whatever reason, I wasn't able to make it. I'm hoping it appears on DVD at some point, since most reviews have been favourable, and as far as I'm aware, Traudl Junge's account of those days is as accurate as any other that can be found.

the gunners dream · 12-09-2005, 04:29 PM

I saw this movie at the cinema and I came out of the cinema physically shaking.

It is one of the best films I have ecer seen, I felt like a witness to a time when everything in Germany was going wrong and the perpetrators of that crime were slowly loosing their hold on the country. It's almost as if you are stood in the same room as the characters!

Ganz is excellent as Hitler, it's almost as if he never died? Some of the scenes actually moved me to tears, especially the scene where Magda Geobbells poisened her drugged children.

I think the recreation of Berlin in 1945 was amazing and I recommend the film to anyone who would like to know more about Hitler's last days in the bunker.

Steve

Obri · 14-09-2005, 09:39 AM

According to Amazon, it's released on DVD on 19th September, available to pre-order now.

30-09-2005, 11:13 PM

I just bought it at ASDA, probably watch it tonight.

01-10-2005, 11:56 PM

Watched it last night, pretty nice portayal.

I can usually never be bothered with anything containing subtitles, but the fact it was German produced and its subject I knew it had to be done and I am glad I sat through it.

I would never have thought a German led film on this subject would show Hitler willing to allow the extermination of his own people because he was loosing the war, and I probably did not....

Well let me not say to much for the time being as many of you will be yet to watch it

smc66 · 04-10-2005, 11:34 PM

Just watched it on DVD this evening and its very good. Watching the making of documentary I also wonder how much was cut!

Some minor niggles;

1. Fegelein was found disguised in workers overalls in an attic. He was also imprisoned in the bunker before getting a tongue lashing by Hitler and then he was taken outside and shot.
2. The Goebbels killed themselves with cyanide capsules then got an SS orderly to shot them to make sure.

adamcotton · 10-10-2005, 11:51 AM

I saw Downfall this weekend and I agree entirely with the comments others have posted. A superb film - and one that conveys brilliantly just how demonic was Hitler and how utterly mad was the whole Nazi regieme - the scenes of the fighting in the streets of Berlin, the lynch mobs, it all makes you realize what a true hell on earth had been created by factions of the human race. If the devil has his disciples, then Hitler was truly one of the most devout....

The second disc is also worth a look, as it features interviews with the cast and a couple of documentaries on the making of the film. Interesting, all the exterior shots - the fighting in Berlin - were actually shot in St.Petersburg, Russia, and many of the German soldiers played by Russian extras!

laufer · 18-10-2005, 05:11 PM

In a short period I saw the film and read Antony Beevor's 'Berlin - The Downfall 1945'. That was some experience!

07-09-2005, 11:46 AM	#11 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,105	Hope it gets to Oz __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

07-09-2005, 11:58 AM	#12 (permalink)
andy007 Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand Posts: 47	I too have seen the movie and would go as far as to say it is one of the best WWII movies I have ever seen. I thought the actor who played Hitler did an awesome job as well. I also think that the director had the right amount of choas in the movie for it to be realistic. __________________ Cheers, Andy

12-09-2005, 04:29 PM	#14 (permalink)
the gunners dream Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5	I saw this movie at the cinema and I came out of the cinema physically shaking. It is one of the best films I have ecer seen, I felt like a witness to a time when everything in Germany was going wrong and the perpetrators of that crime were slowly loosing their hold on the country. It's almost as if you are stood in the same room as the characters! Ganz is excellent as Hitler, it's almost as if he never died? Some of the scenes actually moved me to tears, especially the scene where Magda Geobbells poisened her drugged children. I think the recreation of Berlin in 1945 was amazing and I recommend the film to anyone who would like to know more about Hitler's last days in the bunker. Steve __________________ Steve Smith Qualified Battlefield Guide (Badge No 17) The Guild of Battlefield Guides www.battleguides.org If you are able Save for them a place in your heart And take one backward glance When you are leaving For the places They can no longer go.

04-10-2005, 11:34 PM	#18 (permalink)
smc66 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 84	Just watched it on DVD this evening and its very good. Watching the making of documentary I also wonder how much was cut! Some minor niggles; 1. Fegelein was found disguised in workers overalls in an attic. He was also imprisoned in the bunker before getting a tongue lashing by Hitler and then he was taken outside and shot. 2. The Goebbels killed themselves with cyanide capsules then got an SS orderly to shot them to make sure. __________________ BESSIE BRADDOCK: Winston you are drunk. WINSTON CHURCHILL: Mrs Braddock you are ugly, but in the morning I will be sober.

10-10-2005, 11:51 AM	#19 (permalink)
adamcotton Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brighton, England Posts: 352	I saw Downfall this weekend and I agree entirely with the comments others have posted. A superb film - and one that conveys brilliantly just how demonic was Hitler and how utterly mad was the whole Nazi regieme - the scenes of the fighting in the streets of Berlin, the lynch mobs, it all makes you realize what a true hell on earth had been created by factions of the human race. If the devil has his disciples, then Hitler was truly one of the most devout.... The second disc is also worth a look, as it features interviews with the cast and a couple of documentaries on the making of the film. Interesting, all the exterior shots - the fighting in Berlin - were actually shot in St.Petersburg, Russia, and many of the German soldiers played by Russian extras! __________________ *Adam* *Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth* *And danced the skies on laughter silvered wings* *Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun split clouds -* *and done a hundred things* *You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air.* *Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue* *I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew-* *And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod* *The high untrespassed sanctity of space,* *Put out my hand and touched the face of God.* - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. 1922-1941

12-09-2005, 03:45 PM	#13 (permalink)
Obri Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Scotland, UK. Posts: 15	The Downfall did indeed make an appearance at my local arts cinema, but for whatever reason, I wasn't able to make it. I'm hoping it appears on DVD at some point, since most reviews have been favourable, and as far as I'm aware, Traudl Junge's account of those days is as accurate as any other that can be found.

14-09-2005, 09:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
Obri Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Scotland, UK. Posts: 15	According to Amazon, it's released on DVD on 19th September, available to pre-order now.

30-09-2005, 11:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
Wise1 Guest Posts: n/a	I just bought it at ASDA, probably watch it tonight.

01-10-2005, 11:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
Wise1 Guest Posts: n/a	Watched it last night, pretty nice portayal. I can usually never be bothered with anything containing subtitles, but the fact it was German produced and its subject I knew it had to be done and I am glad I sat through it. I would never have thought a German led film on this subject would show Hitler willing to allow the extermination of his own people because he was loosing the war, and I probably did not.... Well let me not say to much for the time being as many of you will be yet to watch it

18-10-2005, 05:11 PM	#20 (permalink)
laufer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lublin Posts: 197	In a short period I saw the film and read Antony Beevor's 'Berlin - The Downfall 1945'. That was some experience! __________________ "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it." Robert E. Lee "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept my faith" 2 Timothy 4:7

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