Downfall is a fact based dramatisation of the last days of the Second World War and the gradual but eventual demise of Adolf Hitler.
In the springtime of 1945 Germany stands at the edge of defeat. With the Allied Forces attacking from the West and the Russian Forces pushing in ever more from the East almost everyone could sense the beginning of the end. However from Berlin Hitler proclaims that Germany will be victorious and orders all his Generals and troops to fight on until the very last man falls. This was the catalyst for the ‘downfall’ of the Third Reich and its followers.
With senior figures such as Himmler and Goring defecting away from their previously beloved Fuhrer, in a vein attempt to save their own lives, Hitler is left with only a few true loyal men such as Joseph Goebbels, who swore to serve and die alongside Hitler. During the final days of this bloody campaign Hitler is seen to degenerate into a dangerous state of depressive paranoia, appearing optimistic and focused one moment and then switching to almost suicidal depression the next. When the moment finally comes and Hitler is no more his armies are left with the task of finding a way to end the massacre that has become known as The Battle of Berlin.
This is a film with all intensity and emotion of a big budget Hollywood blockbuster along with the raw reality of true life events.
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