Downfall
2004 · 155 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 385,994 VOTES · DIR. Oliver Hirschbiegel
Overview
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,099 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:20 DOWNFALL
00:05:05 It is, I think, rather special...
00:09:42 What's going on? -We're leaving.
00:14:05 You know, Speer... There's an advantage to those bombings.
00:17:54 The 9th army had to retreat or they would have been decimated...
00:23:04 I can't go either.
00:29:26 They think I moved my command post to the west.
00:35:52 Take it easy. Wait, kid. They're still too far.
00:40:43 The war is lost.
00:47:11 They're old men. Civilians. You can't do this.
00:53:59 But I'm sure you'll see him again.
01:00:42 If our communication system fails...
01:05:12 I've come to say goodbye to the Führer. I'm going back to Hamburg tonight.
01:12:11 Loyalty and courage still exist in this world.
01:16:15 Do you think I'll sit and wait until those Jewish swine slaughter me?
01:21:18 He'll be court-martialled and executed.
01:26:21 ...during the first World War.
01:32:16 I don't want them to get me, dead or alive.
01:39:29 my husband for more than 15 years.
01:47:57 Reichsleiter, it's over.
01:55:11 But it's not humid in the bunker.
02:08:10 Sturmmann Wagner took out two machine-gun nests...
02:16:08 See this?
30:19:04 committed suicide...
Cast & Characters
Bruno Ganz
Adolf Hitler
Alexandra Maria Lara
Traudl Junge
Ulrich Matthes
Joseph Goebbels
Juliane Köhler
Eva Braun
Corinna Harfouch
Magda Goebbels
Heino Ferch
Albert Speer
Christian Berkel
Prof. Ernst-Günther Schenck
Matthias Habich
Prof. Werner Haase
Thomas Kretschmann
Hermann Fegelein
Michael Mendl
General Weidling
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,099
Dialogue density7.1 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line30:19:04
Production Record
DirectorOliver Hirschbiegel
LanguageGerman
Budget$16,000,000
Revenue$92,181,574
IMDb votes385,994