Directed by:
Oliver HirschbiegelScreenplay:
Bernd EichingerCinematography:
Rainer KlausmannComposer:
Stephan ZachariasCast:
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Matthias Habich, Thomas Kretschmann (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Charting the final days of World War II in Nazi Germany, DOWNFALL shows what went on in the bunker where Hitler (Bruno Ganz), his secretary (Alexandra Maria Lara), and a few close colleagues waited for their inevitable demise. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Alexander Held](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/319/159319684_6b07f1.jpg)
Alexander Held
West Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Wave (2008)
Donevan Gunia
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
![Bettina Redlich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/200/161200021_f6329c.jpg)
Bettina Redlich
Austria
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
![Heinrich Schmieder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448361_0ecdd0.jpg)
Heinrich Schmieder
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The Tunnel (2001)
Margarete Steiff (2005) (TV movie)
![Anna Thalbach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/955/157955291_08c613.jpg)
Anna Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Downfall (2004)
![Dietrich Hollinderbäumer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/249/159249085_59c8ae.jpg)
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
German Empire
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
St. Rita (2004) (TV movie)
Four Minutes (2006)
![Ulrike Krumbiegel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/975/158975629_0e2f63.jpg)
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
Mein Vater (2003) (TV movie)
![Karl Kranzkowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/247/160247494_7856f5.jpg)
Karl Kranzkowski
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) (TV movie)
![Thorsten Krohn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/572/168572618_owu7a8.jpg)
Thorsten Krohn
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Jürgen Tonkel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247548_a2780c.jpg)
Jürgen Tonkel
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Do Fish Do It? (2002)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
![Devid Striesow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/760/166760547_767d76.jpg)
Devid Striesow
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Before the Fall (2004)
My Brother Simple (2017)
![Fabian Busch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/333/167333486_2ca34f.jpg)
Fabian Busch
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The Reader (2008)
23 (1998)
![Christian Hoening](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/136/160136224_31640a.jpg)
Christian Hoening
Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Downfall (2004)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Aleksandr Slastin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Young Catherine (1991) (TV movie)
Elena (2011)
![Alina Sokar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/234/160234067_92dc76.jpg)
Alina Sokar
Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Die Bergretter (2009) (series)
Charlotte Stoiber
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Gregory Borlein
Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Rumpelstilzchen (2007)
Julia Bauer
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
![Laura Borlein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/965/159965249_e9eee7.jpg)
Laura Borlein
Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)