Speer makes a final visit to the Führerbunker, and admits to Hitler that he has defied his orders to destroy Germany's infrastructure. Hitler declares Göring a traitor, ordering his dismissal from all posts and his arrest.
Hitler receives a message from Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, requesting state leadership. Schenck witnesses old men being executed by German military police for supposedly refusing to take part in the fighting. He finally acknowledges that the war is lost, but that he would rather commit suicide than leave Berlin. Hitler becomes enraged at what he sees as an act of betrayal and launches into a furious tirade, shouting that everyone has failed him and denouncing his generals as cowards and traitors. At another meeting, Hitler learns Steiner did not attack because his unit lacked sufficient force. His action impresses Hitler, who promotes him to oversee all of Berlin's defences. Weidling comes to the Führerbunker to clear himself of his charges. On the battlefield, General Helmuth Weidling is informed he will be executed for allegedly ordering a retreat.
Artillery fire eventually breaks up the party. However, her brother-in-law Fegelein tries to persuade Eva to leave Berlin with Hitler, but she dismisses him. Meanwhile, Hitler's companion Eva Braun holds a party in the Reich Chancellery. Speer is concerned about the destruction of Germany's infrastructure, but Hitler believes the German people left behind are weak and thus deserve death. In his office, Hitler talks to Minister of Armaments Albert Speer about his scorched earth policy. Above ground, Hitler awards Peter his medal, hailing Peter as braver than his generals. The generals find the orders impossible and irrational. Peter, who destroyed two enemy tanks and will soon be awarded a medal by Hitler, calls his father a coward and runs away.Īt a meeting in the Führerbunker, Hitler forbids the overwhelmed 9th Army from retreating, instead ordering Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner's units to mount a counter-attack. In the streets, Hitler Youth child soldier Peter Kranz's father approaches his son's unit and tries to persuade him to leave. SS doctor Obersturmbannführer Ernst-Günther Schenck is ordered to leave Berlin per Operation Clausewitz, though he persuades an SS general to let him stay in Berlin to treat the injured. Later, Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein, Himmler's adjutant, also attempts to persuade Hitler to flee, but Hitler insists that he will win or die in Berlin. Himmler leaves to negotiate terms with the Western Allies in secret. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler tries to persuade Hitler to leave Berlin, but Hitler refuses. On Hitler's 56th birthday, the Red Army begins shelling Berlin's city centre. Two and a half years later, the Red Army has pushed Germany's forces back and surrounded Berlin. Traudl Junge is overjoyed when he chooses her. In November 1942, at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia, Fuhrer of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler invites a number of young women to interview for the position of his personal secretary. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards. Critics gave favourable reviews, particularly for Ganz's performance as Adolf Hitler and Eichinger's screenplay. It later received a wide theatrical release in Germany under its production company Constantin Film. It was controversial with audiences for showing a human side of Hitler, and for its portrayal of members of the Third Reich. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on 14 September 2004. The screenplay was based on the books Inside Hitler's Bunker by historian Joachim Fest and Until the Final Hour by Traudl Junge, one of Hitler's secretaries, among other accounts of the period. As the film is set in and around the Führerbunker, Hirschbiegel used eyewitness accounts, survivors' memoirs, and other historical sources during production to reconstruct the look and atmosphere of 1940s Berlin. Principal photography took place from September to November 2003, on location in Berlin, Munich, and in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The film is a German-Austrian-Italian co-production. The cast includes Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Alexander Held, Matthias Habich, and Thomas Kretschmann. It is set during the Battle of Berlin in World War II, when Nazi Germany is on the verge of defeat, and depicts the final days of Adolf Hitler (portrayed by Bruno Ganz). Downfall ( German: Der Untergang, Italian: La caduta – Gli ultimi giorni di Hitler) is a 2004 German-language historical war drama film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a screenplay by its producer, Bernd Eichinger.
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