Downfall - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Downfall"
Der Untergang (2004)
Timing:
2:35 (155 min)
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Actors and characters
Corinna Harfouch
Character Magda Goebbels
Heino Ferch
Character Albert Speer
Ulrich Noethen
Character Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
Rolf Kanies
Character General der Infanterie Hans Krebs
Justus von Dohnányi
Character General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
Christian Redl
Character Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
Thomas Limpinsel
Character Kammerdiener Heinz Linge
Donevan Gunia
Character Peter Kranz
Matthias Habich
Character Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
Bettina Redlich
Character Frl. Constanze Manziarly
Heinrich Schmieder
Character Rochus Misch
Anna Thalbach
Character Hanna Reitsch
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Character Dorothee Kranz
Karl Kranzkowski
Character Wilhelm Kranz
Thorsten Krohn
Character Dr. Stumpfegger
Jürgen Tonkel
Character Erich Kempka
Fabian Busch
Character Obersturmbannführer Stehr
Christian Hoening
Character Reichsarzt SS Grawitz
Dirk Borchardt
Character Panzerkommandant
Michael Brandner
Character H. Fritzche
Igor Bubenchikov
Character Schadle
Martin Butzke
Character SS-Soldat 1
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Character Soldat 2
Bohdan Graczyk
Character Oberst Clausen
Norbert Heckner
Character Standesbeamter Wagner
Enno Hesse
Character Oberleutnant
Michael Kind
Character SA-Mann / Ruinenkeller
Elisabeth von Koch
Character Margarete Lorenz
Konstantin Lukashov
Character Älterer Soldat
Stefan Mehren
Character Verwundeter Soldat
Katerina Poladjan
Character Russische Arzthelferin
Tanja Schleiff
Character Russische Ärztin
Christian Schmidt
Character SS-Mann Greifkommando
August Schmölzer
Character Baur
Jurij Schrader
Character Dolmetscher
Mariya Semyonova
Character Rothaarige Frau
Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
Character Offizier 1
Veit Stübner
Character Obergruppenführer Tellermann
Vsevolod Tsurilo
Character Russischer Adjutant
Henning Peker
Character Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze (uncredited)
Dieter Rupp
Character Mohnke's Adjutant im Bunker (uncredited)
Andrey Blagoslovenskiy
Character Soldat im Ruinenkeller
Valeriy Salomakhin
Character Staryy Tsivilist
Igor Sergeev
Character Russischer Soldat
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Joachim Fest's book "The Fall: Hitler and the Collapse of the Third Reich" (Der Untergang. Hitler und das Ende des Dritten Reiches, 2002).
- Filming took place in St. Petersburg with the participation of Lenfilm studio. This is explained by the fact that filming is cheaper in Russia than in Europe, and there are many houses from the early 20th century remaining.
- Bruno Ganz initially refused the role of Adolf Hitler for quite a long time, but changed his mind after watching the 1955 film "The Last Act", deciding that sufficient depth could be brought to this image as well.
- The real Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler's secretary whose memoirs were documented by writer Melissa Müller, participated in the film. Traudl passed away at the age of 81, just hours before the film's premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- Bruno Ganz practiced pronouncing Adolf Hitler's unusual accent with the help of a young actor specifically invited from the same region Hitler was born in.
- To better prepare for his role, Bruno Ganz spent some time in a Swiss hospital observing patients with Parkinson's disease.
- Of the 37 historical figures who became characters in the film, only one was still alive at the time of the premiere: Rochus Misch, who served as a courier, bodyguard, and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler from 1940 to 1945. As of September 2008, at the age of 91 (born July 29, 1917), he and courier Armin Lehmann (born May 23, 1928) were among the last two surviving residents of Hitler's bunker.
- Many of Adolf Hitler's phrases in the film are accurate, however, they were spoken during an earlier period.
- In one of the film's scenes, it can be noticed that Magda Goebbels is writing a letter to her son from her first marriage, Harald Quandt, and a photograph of him is in front of her. He was a Luftwaffe pilot and the only one of Magda Goebbels' children to survive the war. In 1944, he was wounded in Italy and captured by Allied forces; in 1947, he was released, and in 1967, he died in a plane crash at the age of 46.
- The button that Hitler removes from his jacket and gives to Magda Goebbels is a gold badge of the Nazi Party, awarded to its high-ranking members who had been continuously registered in it since 1925. Hitler awarded badge number 1 to himself.
- The portrait that Hitler gazes at for a long time in one of the scenes belongs to the German Emperor Frederick the Great.
- One of the scenes in the film, in which Hitler launches into a furious tirade about the war being lost, has become the basis for many viral videos. Many of these videos retain the original lines but add new subtitles to make it appear as though the Führer in the film is reacting to different events in the modern world: in politics, sports, or science. The popularity of these parodies led Constantin Film to attempt a mass removal of the parodies from various video hosting sites in April 2010. Moreover, in 2012, one of the scenes from the science fiction comedy 'Iron Sky' (2012) almost exactly reproduces the scene with the Führer as yet another parody.
- Bruno Ganz initially refused the role of Adolf Hitler for quite some time, but changed his mind after watching the 1955 film 'The Last Act', deciding that sufficient depth could be brought to this image as well.
- One of the scenes in the film, in which Hitler launches into a furious tirade about the war being lost, became the basis for many viral videos. In many of these videos, the original lines are preserved, but new subtitles are added to make it appear as if the Führer in the film is reacting to different events in the modern world: in politics, sports, or science. The popularity of these parodies led Constantin Film to attempt to mass-remove the parodies from various video hosting sites in April 2010. Moreover, in 2012, one scene from the science fiction comedy 'Iron Sky' (2012) almost exactly replicates the scene with the Führer, as another parody.
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