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Original title: Untergang, Der Directed by
Oliver Hirschbiegel Written by
Joachim Fest, Traudl Junge Cast
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler [more]
Release Date
• USA: Feb 25, 2005
• UK: 1 Apr 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 2, 2005
Budget EUR 13,500,000
BoxOffice: $0.6M
Official Website:
Downfall Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images and some nudity.
Running Time
2 hours, 30 minutes
Country Germany, Italy, Austria
Studio Constantin Film
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Downfall
• Der Untergang (2004)
• The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich
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Downfall Reviews |
Stay in your seats after Hitler bites the cyanide. The film is only about two-thirds over. Some of the best is yet to come especially the scene that will cause nightmares to anyone with a gram of sensitivity–the administration of poison to the five or six Goebbels kids by their own mutter dear. [read review] A-
‘Der Untergang’, about Hitler’s last days in power and in life, has a good possibility to become one of the classic Word War Two films of all time. Not only are we watching great performances from a great script, ‘Der Untergang’ is also technically very slick with incredible sets, lighting, sound and costumes and with very scrupulous editing and direction. It is as close to being in the bunker oneself as one can get and that is meant as a compliment. [read review] 
Sure, some things about World War II have been overdone. Clearly there is a surfeit of films about the Holocaust and Hitler’s bunker. But even if you have had your fill of these films, “Downfall” is one not to be missed. [read review] 10/10
Downfall is a windfall for anyone who, like me, is fascinated by stories from World War II. The first internationally released German production to feature Hitler as a central figure,... [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
You may want to keep a copy of "Toy Story 2" close by for when "Downfall" comes to a close. It's a seriously fascinating and technically brilliant film...but 'fun-time' it surely is not. [read review] 
--Scott Weinberg (eFilmCritic.com)
I wish I could write something like, "This film ought to have been called Cure for an Insomniac," but Dream for an Insomniac is not so much boring as it is insufferable. [read review] F
--Carlo Cavagna (AboutFilm.com)
...Downfall does not do enough to make one believe the bunker was both the last redoubt of Nazi ideological strength and the clearest sign of its imminent doom. [read review] C-
It's the well-wrought details that explain, perhaps better than any earlier film, how an entire country bought into Hitler's genocidal madness. [read review]
--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
"Downfall" is a spine-chilling experience, a masterpiece of filmmaking and a document which conclusively damns the repetition of its history. [read review] A+
"Downfall" is a spine-chilling experience, a masterpiece of filmmaking and a document which conclusively damns the repetition of its history. [read review] A+
If the film has a weakness it is that it concentrates too much on what is happening in the bunker. [read review] 9/10
Downfall encompasses so much more than the brief window of time it depicts. [read review] A
--Carlo Cavagna (AboutFilm.com)
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