Movies In History: Downfall

This movie is excellent.

Perhaps ironically best known to zillions of Youtube viewers for the highly lifted scene of a Hitler tirade, which has been adapted in caption form to every scenario known to man for comedic relief, this European production deals with the last days of Adolph Hitler and those in his Berlin bunker in the final days of 1945. 

With the central figure somewhat being the true story of a secretary that was brought into Hitler's service during this period (I'm amazed that anyone would have agreed to be taken on at the time) the film is almost documentary like in dealing with those in Hitler's orbit as things came crashing down. Excellently acted, the film is gripping.

Material and historical details of the film are of the highest order.  Uniforms, which in the case of the Germans amounted to a blistering array of the same, are correct.  Weapons are also correct, including the unusual number of Stg44s that were in German hands by this time of the war.  Characters appear to be portrayed precisely correctly based on what descriptions of those characters reveal. 

The film is simply excellent.

The German language film is on Netflix and is well worth watching.  Indeed, for a student of World War Two, it's a must.