Der Untertang/Downfall, 2004

Production Companies: Constantin Film Produktion GmbH, Norddeeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Degeto Film, Österreichischer Runndfunk, EOS Entertainment, RAI Cinemafiction

Distribution: Constantin Film (Germany), Momentum Pictures (UK), Newmarket Films (USA)

Executive producer: Christine Rothe

Producer: Bernd Eichinger

Screenplay: Bernd Eichinger (based on Joachim Fest, Inside Hitler’s Bunker (2002) and Junge Traudl and Melissa Müller, Until the Final Hour: Hitler’s Last Secretary (2002))

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cinematography: Rainer Klausmann

Editing: Hans Funck

Music: Stephan Zacharias

Cast: Bruno Ganz (Adolf Hitler), Alexandra Maria Lara (Traudl Junge), Corinna Harfouch (Magda Goebbels), Ulrich Matthes (Joseph Goebbels), Juliane Köhler (Eva Braun), Heino Ferch (Albert Speer), Ulrich Noethen (Heinrich Himmler).

Running Time: 156 mins.

Classification: Germany 12/MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images and some nudity

Box office gross: Germany $39m/worldwide $58.2m

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