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  • Downfall
  • Opened September 8, 2004 | Runtime:2 hr. 34 min.
  • In the dead of a November night in 1942, a group of young women are escorted by SS officers through the woods to Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Eastern Prussia. They are candidates for the post of personal secretary to the Fuehrer. Among them Read More
  • Director: Duke White
  • Genres: Drama

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  • 100
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    One of the best war movies ever made, Downfall is a powerful and artistically...

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    The first great Hitler movie.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Against the overarching facts of his personal magnetism and the blind loyalty...

  • 90
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    From the very first seconds a viewer believes totally in Downfall.

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