---
title: 'Downfall (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Oliver Hirschbiegel'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 155
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/downfall-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Downfall (2004)

2004 · R · 155 min · Drama, War, History · Germany, Austria, Italy

Original title: Der Untergang

## Synopsis

Downfall is a 2004 German historical war drama film written and produced by Bernd Eichinger and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. It depicts the final days of Adolf Hitler, during the Battle of Berlin in World War II, when Nazi Germany is on the verge of total defeat at the hands of the Allies. The cast includes Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Alexander Held, Matthias Habich, and Thomas Kretschmann. The film is a German-Austrian-Italian co-production.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Oliver Hirschbiegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-hirschbiegel)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger)
- **Producer:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stephan Zacharias](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephan-zacharias)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rainer Klausmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-klausmann)
- **Editor:** [Hans Funck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-funck)

## Cast

- [Ulrich Matthes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-matthes) as Joseph Goebbels
- [Devid Striesow](https://cinepixo.com/people/devid-striesow) as Fritz Tornow
- [Igor Romanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-romanov) as Peter Högl
- [Götz Otto](https://cinepixo.com/people/gotz-otto) as Otto Günsche
- [Julia Jentsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-jentsch)
- [Heinrich Schmieder](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-schmieder) as Rochus Misch
- [Dirk Borchardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-borchardt)
- [Igor Bubenchikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-bubenchikov) as Franz Schädle
- [Mathias Gnädinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathias-gnadinger) as Hermann Göring
- [Jürgen Tonkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-tonkel) as Erich Kempka
- [Vasily Reutov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasily-reutov) as Theodor von Dufving
- [Laura Borlein](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-borlein) as Holdine Kathrin Goebbels
- [Christian Berkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-berkel)
- [Amelie Menges](https://cinepixo.com/people/amelie-menges) as Heidrun Elisabeth Goebbels
- [Klaus B. Wolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-b-wolf) as Alwin-Broder Albrecht

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Official site: http://www.downfallthefilm.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/downfall-2004
Film facts: Wikidata (Q152857); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.