Downfall (2004)
| Release Date | 08 September 2004 |
| US Box Office | $6,000,000 |
| Other Names | The DownfallÁóíêåð |
| Tagline | April 1945, a nation awaits its... |
| Genre | Biography, Drama, History, War |
| Country | GermanyItalyAustria |
| Filming Locations | Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany |
| Language | German, Russian |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Docudrama, Biopic [feature] |
| Mood | Food for Thought |
| Themes | Fall From Power |
| Tones | Downbeat, Disturbing, Wintry, Austere, Bleak |
| Tags | Birthday, Bunker, Leader, Mistress, Nazi, Nazism, Regime, Secretary |
Downfall (German: ) is a 2004 German/Italian/Austrian epic war film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's life in his Berlin bunker and Nazi Germany in 1945.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Michael Mendl
General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
André Hennicke
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
Ulrich Noethen
Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
Rolf Kanies
General der Infanterie Hans Krebs
Justus von Dohnányi
General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
Dieter Mann
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Christian Redl
Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
Thomas Limpinsel
Heinz Linge, Kammerdiener
Thomas Thieme
Martin Bormann
Gerald Alexander Held
Walter Hewel
Donevan Gunia
Peter Kranz
Bettina Redlich
Constanze Manziarly
Heinrich Schmieder
Rochus Misch
Anna Thalbach
Hanna Reitsch
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Dorothee Kranz
Karl Kranzkowski
Wilhelm Kranz
Thorsten Krohn
Leibarzt Dr. Ludwig Stumpfegger
Jürgen Tonkel
SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Kempka
Devid Striesow
Feldwebel Tornow
Fabian Busch
Obersturmbannführer Stehr
Christian Hoening
SS-Reichsarzt Dr. Ernst-Robert Grawitz
Aleksandr Slastin
General Wassili I. Tschuikow
Aline Sokar
Helga Goebbels
Amelie Menges
Heide Goebbels
Charlotte Stoiber
Hilde Goebbels
Gregory Borlein
Helmut Goebbels
Julia Bauer
Hedda Goebbels
Laura Borlein
Holde Goebbels
Andrey Blagoslovenski
Soldat im Ruinenkeller
Dirk Borchardt
Panzerkommandant
Michael Brandner
Hans Fritzsche
I. Bubenchikov
Schädle
Leopold von Buttlar
Sohn Grawitz
Martin Butzke
SS-Soldat 1
Dmitri Bykovsky
Soldat 2
S. Yevseyev
Adjutant 2 von General Mohnke
Mathias Gnädinger
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Bohdan Graczyk
Oberst Clausen
Sergei Halturin
SS-Adjutant
Norbert Heckner
Standesbeamter Wagner
Enno Hesse
Oberleutnant
Yevgeni Ilovaiskij
Älterer Zivilist 1
Oleg Khoroshilov
Henker
Michael Kind
SA-Mann, Ruinenkeller
Elisabeth von Koch
Margarete Lorenz
Marie Sarah Linke
Hedwig Brandt
Michael Lippold
Junger Offizier 1
Konstantin Lukashov
Älterer Soldat
Stefan Mehren
Verwundeter Soldat
Ilya Mozgovoi
Soldat #1
Silke Nikowski
Frau Grawitz
Alexei Oleinikov
SS-Offizier Brauerei
Alexander Orlov
HJ Führer
Oleg Piminov
Adjutant von General Mohnke
Katerina Poladjan
Russische Arzthelferin
Oleg Popov
Adjutant von General Weidling
Silke Popp
Ursula Puttkamer
Vasili Reutov
Adjutant von General Krebs
Igor Romanov
SS-Offizier Högel
Tanja Schleiff
Russische Ärztin
Christian Schmidt
SS-Mann Greifkommando
August Schmölzer
Hans Baur
Jurij Schrader
Dolmetscher
Boris Schwarzmann
Matwej Blanter
Maria Semenova
Rothaarige Frau
Igor Sergeev
Russischer Soldat
Valeri Slavinski
Mann
Valeri Solomakhin
Älterer Zivilist #2
Hans H. Steinberg
General der Flieger Karl Koller
Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
Offizier 1
Oliver Stritzel
Maschinist Hentschel
Veit Stübner
SS-Obergruppenführer Tellermann
Mikhail Tryasorukov
Adjutant Müller
Vsevolod Tsurilo
Russischer Adjutant
Klaus B. Wolf
Junger Marinesoldat
Yelena Zelenskaya
Inge Dombrowski
Tatjana Zhuravleva
Alte Frau
Thomas Franke
Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze
Traudl Junge
Herself
Henning Peker
Wachsoldat vor der Wolfsschanze
Director
Writer
Joachim Fest
Traudl Junge
Melissa Müller
Producer
Wolf-Dietrich Brücker
co-producer: WDR
Doris J. Heinze
co-producer: NDR
Jörn Klamroth
co-producer: Degeto Film
Christine Rothe
executive producer
Original Music
Stephan Zacharias
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Cinematographer
Rainer Klausmann
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Editor
Hans Funck
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Casting Director
An Dorthe Braker
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Production Designer
Bernd Lepel
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Costume Designer
Claudia Bobsin
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Makeup Department
Peter Bour
makeup artist: Berlin unit
Tamara Frid
makeup artist: St. Petersburg unit
Gabriele Hahn-Laue
makeup artist: Berlin unit
Francis Jadoul
makeup artist: Munich unit
Anette Keiser
makeup artist: Munich unit
Lola Khourranova
makeup artist: Berlin unit, assistant makeup artist: St. Petersburg unit
Tomasz Matraszek
makeup artist: St. Petersburg unit
Gerhard Nemetz
makeup artist: Munich unit
Eberhard Neufink
makeup artist: Berlin unit
Margrit Neufink
key makeup artist
Waldemar Pokromski
key makeup artist
Helmut Rühl
makeup artist: Berlin unit
Julia Sémerenko
assistant makeup artist: St. Petersburg unit
Katya Zheleikina
assistant makeup artist: St. Petersburg unit
Production Manager
Philipp Alzmann
unit manager: Munich unit
Dirk Gornickel
set production manager
Christine Jahn
post-production supervisor
Natalya Smirnova
production manager: St. Petersburg unit
Silvia Tollmann
unit production manager
Peter Ulbrich
unit manager: St. Petersburg unit
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bohdan Graczyk
second assistant director: St. Petersburg
Tobin Ober
third assistant director: St. Petersburg
Tatjana Pagels
second assistant director: Berlin
Hanus Polak Jr.
first assistant director
Art Department
Martin Baar
set dresser: Munich
Marcus Berndt
prop buyer
Valery Bokovenko
stand-by carpenter: St. Petersburg, set construction: St. Petersburg
Stefan Burischek
set dresser: Munich
Michael Däumler
set construction: Munich
Alexei Filatov
assistant art director: St. Petersburg
Sergey Fukalov
assistant art director: St. Petersburg
Gregor Hees
assistant set decorator: St. Petersburg
Oliver Hoese
assistant production designer: Munich
Joachim Keppler
property master: indoor, stand-by propman
Stefanie Knobel
assistant property master: Munich
Gregor Mager
assistant set decorator: St. Petersburg
Irina Melnikova
property master: St. Petersburg
Yekaterina Omakhanova
property master: St. Petersburg
Aleksei Savvateyev
set dresser: St. Petersburg
Maythe Stavermann
art department trainee: Munich
Georgi Vasilevsky
assistant property master: St. Petersburg
Johannes Wild
prop buyer
Vladimir Yegorov
set dresser: St. Petersburg
Galina Zaigraeva
property master: St. Petersburg
Yelena Zhukova
art director: St. Petersburg
Jan Hülpüsch
graphic artist: Schein Berlin
Daniel Porsdorf
graphic artist: Schein Berlin
Sound Department
Stefan Busch
supervising sound designer
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard
sound effects editor
Frank Gorgas
boom operator
Johannes Gwisdek
sound intern: Munich, sound trainee: Munich
Michael Kranz
sound re-recording mixer
Nico Krebs
sound designer
Kai Medinger
adr mixer
Jörn Poetzl
foley artist
Carsten Richter
foley artist
Nina Roll
dialog supervisor
Benjamin Rosenkind
assistant sound re-recording mixer
Fabian Schmidt
dialogue editor, adr editor
Abi Schneider
sound re-recording mixer
Philipp Sellier
foley mixer
Roland Winke
production sound mixer
Norbert Zich
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Special Effects
Michael Alekseev
special effects assistant: St. Petersburg unit
Daniel Alexandru
modeler: Germania, St. Petersburg unit
Karl-Heinz Bochnig
special effects technician: St. Petersburg unit
Natasha Grachova
special effects coordinator: St. Petersburg unit
Maurice Koester
special effects technician: St. Petersburg unit
Dirk Lange
special effects: Munich unit
Sergey Lisitsin
modeler: toy vehicles, St. Petersburg unit
Liviu Marcu
modeler: Germania, St. Petersburg unit
Dan Munteanu
modeler: Germania, St. Petersburg unit
Bernd Rautenberg
special effects technician: St. Petersburg unit
Marcus Schmidt
special effects technician: St. Petersburg unit
Thomas Thiele
special effects technician: St. Petersburg unit
Aleksandr Yakovlev
special effects assistant: St. Petersburg unit
Uli Nefzer
special effects supervisor
Visual Effects
Alessandro Cioffi
compositing artist
Gabriel Dedic
digital color timer
Damian Doennig
digital effects artist
Moritz Eiche
digital compositor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Michael Hirsch
digital effects artist
Jan Krupp
digital effects supervisor
Melissa Lippisch
digital cleanup
Tobias Ludwig
digital effects artist
Helene Marinoff
visual effects production manager: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Michael Ralla
compositing artist
Benjamin Roß
digital effects artist
Norbert Ruf
compositing artist
Alexander Seefelder
compositing artist
Stefanie Stalf
visual effects producer
Sebastian Stanek
digital effects artist
Dietrich Stoll
digital effects artist
Heiko Sülberg
digital effects artist
Stephan Trojansky
visual effects consultant
Zoltán Von Gáti
digital effects artist
Ismat Zaidi
visual effects production manager: scan&record35
Thomas Zauner
visual effects supervisor
Martin Zwanzger
compositing artist
Michael Scheffler
systems admistrator: scan&record 35 GmbH
Stunts
Sergej Golovkin
stunts
Oleg Korytin
stunt coordinator: St. Petersburg unit
Camera and Electrical Department
Timo Andert
video operator: Munich
Kirill Azriel
lighting technician: St. Petersburg
Maxim Belousov
grip: St. Petersburg
Yannick Bonica
lighting technician: Berlin
Carol Burandt Von Kameke
second assistant camera
Tilman Büttner
Steadicam operator
Sven Ebenhardt
grip
Dirk Eichler
lighting technician: Berlin
Klaus Harnisch
best boy: St. Petersburg
Yuri Kachan
lighting technician: St. Petersburg, electrician: St. Petersburg
Konstantin Kostin
gaffer: St. Petersburg
Peter Krammer
gaffer
Maike Maier
grip
Sebastian Meuschel
Steadicam operator
Vladimir Michailov
lighting technician: St. Petersburg
Astrid Miegel
first assistant camera
Vladimir Mikhailov
electrician: St. Petersburg
Jürgen Olczyk
still photographer
Dimitri Opekine
second assistant camera: St. Petersburg
Marcus Pohlus
Steadicam operator
Christian Richter
best boy: Berlin
Ludwig Schmid
lighting: Munich
Dima Sniatovsky
grip: St. Petersburg
Alexey Solodov
third assistant camera: St. Petersburg
Jürgen Thiele
lighting: Munich
Sebastian Utz
assistant grip: Munich
Isabelle Zampiero
video operator: St. Petersburg
Casting Department
Uwe Bünker
casting: children
Tatyana Chistova
casting assistant: St. Petersburg
Hellmut Fulss
extras casting: Munich
Yuri Kazakov
casting assistant: St. Petersburg
Victoria Ogneva
assistant extras casting: St. Petersburg
Mechthild Olliges
extras casting: Berlin
Alla Petelina
assistant extras casting: St. Petersburg
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annette Bätz
assistant costume designer
Natasha Ivanova
assistant costume designer: St. Petersburg
Maxim Kardashov
assistant costume designer: St. Petersburg
Reinhard Klebeck
assistant costume designer: Munich
Wolfgang Klebeck
wardrober: Munich
Larisa Komchenko
wardrober: St. Petersburg
Heinrich Krebs
wardrober: Munich
Sergey Lisitsin
car dresser: St. Petersburg
Grigori Minaev
assistant costume designer: St. Petersburg
Andrew Mollo
consultant: military wardrobe
Tatyana Pliatskovskaya
wardrober: St. Petersburg
Astrid Pohland
wardrober: Berlin
Svetlana Stachenko
assistant costume designer: St. Petersburg
Claudia Stadler
wardrober: Munich
Natalya Zamakhina
costume supervisor: St. Petersburg
Editorial Department
Andschana Eschenbach
assistant editor
Biserka Kirr
negative cutter
Traudl Nicholson
color timer
Renate Siegl
negative cutter
Sandra Stier
negative cutter
Andrea Voggenauer
negative cutter
Music Department
Karsten Baumgarten
music scoring mixer
Georg Naschke
music coordinator
Stefan Pintev
orchestra leader, concert master
Stephan Zacharias
music arranger, music producer
Transportation Department
Tobias Art
production driver: Munich
Stefan Backes
production driver: Munich
Johannes Gwisdek
production driver: Berlin
Philipp Krause
production driver: Munich
Bernd Oberueber
production driver driver: Munich
Dirk Schumann
production driver: Berlin
Stefan Schumann
production driver: Berlin
Nina Ruhkala
driver: trailer, St. Petersburg
Other Crew
Olga Alymova
production coordinator: St. Petersburg unit
Dietmar Arnold
consultant: bunker site
Bettina Bartl
release publicist
Yana Bezhanskaya
producer: St. Petersburg
Kerstin Biermann
assistant: Christine Rothe
Kerstin Böck
release publicist
Anke Diez
production accountant
Thomas Friedl
marketing
Sasha Golubtsova
additional caterer: St. Petersburg
Anna Gordeichik
interpreter: St. Petersburg, translator: St. Petersburg
Yakov Gordin
location manager: St. Petersburg unit
Christian Hartmann
military consultant
Michaela Hiefler
continuity
Ilona Hüttersen
production press
Madelaine Jakwert
production trainee: Munich
Sasha Kiriluk
interpreter: St. Petersburg
Sasha Kirluk
translator: St. Petersburg
Torsten Koch
assistant: distribution/marketing conception
Mila Koudriashova
publicist: Globus Film, St. Petersburg
Elena Kozyrenko
production assistant: St. Petersburg
Veronika Leidescher
assistant: distribution/marketing conception
Lutz Lemke
title designer
Anna Litvinenko
translator: St. Petersburg
Svetlana Lukash
location manager: St. Petersburg unit
Vladislav Maevskiy
location manager: St. Petersburg unit
Peter Mayerhofer
weapons master: Munich
Svetlana Miasoedova
assistant caterer: St. Petersburg
Jürgen Müller
consultant: concrete shelter
Margot Neschitsch
assistant: distribution/marketing conception
Elena Ogneva
accountant: St. Petersburg
Elena Ognieva
payroll: St. Petersburg
Olga Pankratova
assistant caterer: St. Petersburg
Vladimir Pliatskovsky
location manager: St. Petersburg unit
Cornelia Popp
production secretary: Munich
Gottfried Reisecker
consultant: film laboratory
Anna Ruchii
translator: St. Petersburg
Oksana Rusalinova
location manager: St. Petersburg unit
Svetlana Sapunova
payroll: St. Petersburg, accountant: St. Petersburg
Alisa Schavinskaya
translator: St. Petersburg
Jurij Schrader
assistant: Bernd Lepel, St. Petersburg
Tanja Schwoch
assistant: Bernd Eichinger
Valentina Selezinova
additional catering: St. Petersburg
Valentina Selezniova
additional caterer: St. Petersburg
Dimitri Simanovskiy
translator: St. Petersburg
Kira Sinelshikova
production assistant: St. Petersburg
Galina Smirnova
douane coordinator: St. Petersburg
Dorothee Specht
production coordinator
Nonna Velikaya
translator: St. Petersburg
Maxim Volodin
location manager: St. Petersburg unit
Mirjam Weber
production assistant: St. Petersburg
Fabian Wolfart
on-line promotion
Zidana Zhdanova
production assistant: St. Petersburg
Zinaida Zhdanova
production assistant: St. Petersburg
Aleksei Zveryov
location manager: St. Petersburg unit
Daniel Rosness
production coordinator, production secretary: Munich
Thanks
Ben Brumfield
thanks
Ulrich Deppendorf
thanks
Joseph Dietl
thanks
Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven
thanks
Gebhard Henke
thanks
Jürgen Kellermeier
thanks
Jan Mojto
thanks
David Müller-Meerkatz
thanks
Eckhart Schmidt
thanks
Günter Struwe
thanks
Hubert Von Spreti
thanks
Production Company
Constantin Film Produktion
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Degeto Film
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
EOS Entertainment
Rai Cinemafiction
Distributor
Constantin Film
Rialto Film AG
01 Distribuzione
A-Film Distribution
A-Film Home Entertainment
Alfa Films
Alliance Atlantis Home Video
Bonton, a. s.
,
Central Partnership
E Stars Films
GAGA Communications
Highlight Film
Lighthouse Pictures
Momentum Pictures
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Monolith
Movie Bank
Newmarket Films
Pro Films
RTL Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
TFM Distribution
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE)
,
Special Effects
CA Scanline Production
Die Nefzers
Miscellaneous
ARRI Rental
camera equipment provided by, lighting equipment
Academic Animals
animal training
All Deco International
sculptures
Axxis Music
music coordination
Bavaria Bild & Tonbearbeitung GmbH
sound mixed at
Bavaria Studios
construction: concrete shelter, Munich unit
Bayerischer Banken-Fonds
funding
Bayrisches Landwirtschaftsministerium
thanks
Berliner Unterwelten e.V.
thanks
Bikini Studio, Berlin
dialog recorded at
Blow up Filmtechnik Karl Kresling GmbH
opticals , subtitling
Cine Promotion GmbH
production press
CinePostproduction
sound mixed at
Deutsches Apotheken Museum
thanks
Deutsches Konsulat St. Petersburg
thanks
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
funding
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)
funding
Franz Gossler GmbH
insurance
Globus Film Studio
executive production: St. Petersburg
Hamburg Session Orchestra
orchestra
Hero Collection
thanks
Institut für Zeitgeschichte, München
thanks
International Film Guarantors
completion bond
Just Publicity
release press
Kodak GmbH
film stock supplied by
Multi Logistics
thanks
Museum Arno BrekerMarco-VG
copyright: Arno Breker's work
PPA Film GmbH
dialog recorded at
Panalpina Welttransport
thanks
Real Life Casting
extras casting: Munich unit
Scan & Record 35 GmbH
film io
Solid Sound
foley recorded at
Sturm Handels GmbH Kostümverleih
thanks
Tout en Camion
catering
Vox Studio Bendestorf
music recorded at
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, München
thanks
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