---
title: 'Before the Fall (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dennis Gansel'
released: '2004-07-04'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/before-the-fall-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384369/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Before the Fall (2004)

2004 · 115 min · Drama, War · Germany

Original title: Napola – Elite für den Führer

## Synopsis

Before the Fall is a 2004 German drama film written and directed by Dennis Gansel. It is set in a National Political Institutes of Education or "NaPolA" school developed by the Nazi Germany government. The military academies were designed as preparatory schools for the future Nazi elite.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dennis Gansel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-gansel)
- **Screenplay:** [Dennis Gansel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-gansel), [Maggie Peren](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-peren)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Angelo Badalamenti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-badalamenti)
- **Producer:** [Molly von Fürstenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/molly-von-furstenberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Torsten Breuer](https://cinepixo.com/people/torsten-breuer)
- **Editor:** [Jochen Retter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-retter)

## Cast

- [Sissy Höfferer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sissy-hofferer)
- [Otmar Brancuzský](https://cinepixo.com/people/otmar-brancuzsky)
- [Jan Bidlas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-bidlas)
- [Jakub Uličník](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakub-ulicnik)
- [Martin Goeres](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-goeres)
- [Devid Striesow](https://cinepixo.com/people/devid-striesow)
- [Zdeněk Maryška](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-maryska)
- [Justus von Dohnányi](https://cinepixo.com/people/justus-von-dohnanyi)
- [Julie Engelbrecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-engelbrecht)
- [Max Riemelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-riemelt)
- [Florian Stetter](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-stetter)
- [Michael Beran](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-beran)
- [Jana Altmannová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-altmannova)
- [Bohumil Švarc](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohumil-svarc)
- [Dennis Gansel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-gansel)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/before-the-fall-2004
Film facts: Wikidata (Q819084); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.