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Before the Fall
MEANRANK
75/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 65, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 84. Critics average 66, everyone else 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Details
- Director
- Dennis Gansel
- Writers
- Dennis Gansel, Maggie Peren
- Studio
- Seven Pictures, Constantin Film, OLGA FILM
- Released
- 4 July 2004
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $3.8M
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