Downfall
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005].
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Language
English
ISBN
1404987606
UPC
043396115453

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
General Note
Based on the book "Inside Hitler's bunker" by Joachim Fest and "Until the final hour" by Traudl Junge and Melissa Müller.
General Note
Special features: Director commentary; the making-of 'Downfall'; cast & crew interviews.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Rainer Klausmann ; editor, Hans Funck ; music, Stephan Zacharias ; costume designer, Claudia Bobson ; production designer, Bernd Lepel.
Participants/Performers
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkes.
Description
Inside Hitler's bunker, in 1945, during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich, optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Fuhrer and his closest advisers.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, mastered in high definition.
Language
German soundtrack with English subtitles. Closed-captioned.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945 -- Drama.
Drama.
Feature films.
Hitler, Adolf, -- 1889-1945 -- Drama.
Junge, Gertraud -- Drama.
Private secretaries -- Germany -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
War films.
Women in motion pictures.
Other Subjects
German language materials.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Eichinger, B., Hirschbiegel, O., Ganz, B., Lara, A. M., Harfouch, C., Matthes, U., Köhler, J., Klausmann, R., Zacharias, S., Fest, J. C., Junge, G., & Müller, M. (2005). Downfall (Widescreen ver.). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bernd. Eichinger et al.. 2005. Downfall. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bernd. Eichinger et al.. Downfall Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Eichinger, Bernd., et al. Downfall Widescreen ver., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.

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