Downfall
Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004
Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary
Traudl Junge, Melissa Müller, 2002
Downfall is a movie directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel in 2004 and based on the book Until the Final Hour: Hitler’s Last Secretary by Traudl Junge and Melissa Müller, first published in 2002. The movie features Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, and others.
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Storyline
In November 1942, at the Wolf’s Lair in East Prussia, Leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler selects Traudl Junge as his personal secretary. Dr. Ernst-Günther Schenck is ordered to leave Berlin per Operation Clausewitz, though he persuades an SS general to let him stay in Berlin to treat the injured.
Movie vs Book
Year
2004
Minutes
156
Movie Rate
8.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
Downfall
Original title: Der Untergang
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Country: Germany
Year: 2004
Length: 2h36m
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Year
2002
Pages
272
Book Rate
7.86
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Book
Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary
Original title: Bis zur letzen Stunde
Author: Traudl Junge, Melissa Müller
Country: Germany
First published in: 2002
Length: 272 pages
Genre: Biography
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