Downfall
Directed by Oliver HirschbiegelCharting the last 10 days of Hitler's life, from his 56th birthday on April 20th, 1945 to his suicide on April 30th, Downfall uses multiple characters to show the chaos of a country coming apart at the seams, from Hitler's henchman under the streets of Berlin, to the soldiers and civilians fighting and dying as the Soviet Army ravaged the city above. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005.
Downfall Ratings & Reviews
- Donavin WengerOctober 11, 2024Solid WW2 movie about the last days of the Germans in Berlin. Hitler kills himself in this so you can't go wrong with that
- Survivor AlwaysNovember 9, 2025This an outstanding film. It’s shocking in so many ways. That these people could be this committed all the way to their end, it’s just stunning.
- nicpedersonSeptember 12, 2025Good, but way too long
- SlayerSantiagoAugust 14, 2025An intense and brilliantly acted portrayal of Hitler’s final days, showing a man consumed by his own deranged and demented rantings, lost in total delusion, and shamelessly lying to his loyal followers. Watching it, the parallels to Donald Trump are hard to ignore—both thrive on feeding supporters false hope while the walls close in. The difference? Hitler, for all his monstrous evil, was at least a strategic mind. Trump comes across as a bargain-bin, low-IQ knockoff—a cruder version of a dictator, without the grim intellect that made Hitler so dangerously effective.
- atkins902July 21, 2025This movie makes you an eyewitness to history because it's so well acted. I had seen all the internet memes and wondered where they came from... well worth the time spent in watching.
- probus5May 13, 2025Great movie. Bad people.
- Charles LondonMay 14, 2025Good triumphs over evil. Always a crowd pleaser. What makes this movie different is that we view it entirely from the side of the latter. It's a rather unique POV that works. Spending virtually the entire movie inside Hitler's bunker and amongst his inner circle is as intriguing to the mind as it is unsettling to the soul.
- adam3199June 29, 2025Script, direction, filming, tension....just incredible. Cannot sing its praises high enough.
