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
00:05:04 ...fellow party members.
00:09:10 Do you want to die here? -Absolutely not.
00:13:33 The best guests always arrive late.
00:17:27 Do you really think you'll last even five minutes?
00:22:00 Very good.
00:27:35 It's all so unreal.
00:34:43 I should have been back by now. Are you sure the Führer still needs me?
00:39:28 I should have had...
00:45:19 Let's go down again.
00:51:32 Helga, come. Line up.
00:56:25 ...your sister.
01:02:45 I have always believed...
01:08:19 But please spare the people, mein Führer.
01:13:59 And what applies to apes, must definitely apply to humans.
01:18:12 I take all the responsibility.
01:22:56 ...I'll end up in another troublesome situation.
01:28:15 Mein Führer, according to the racial law I'm obliged to ask you:
01:35:19 Excuse me.
01:41:08 I like fashionable ladies. I want you to enjoy it.
01:51:27 Hurry.
01:56:40 Please read that.
02:09:49 Where are the others?
02:16:40 But, as a diplomat, you're under international protection.
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 line02:16:40
Production Record
DirectorOliver Hirschbiegel
LanguageGerman
Budget$16,000,000
Revenue$92,181,574
IMDb votes385,994