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Downfall
2004
· Movie
· 156 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #177
- IMDb #143
- Google retired #151
- Rotten Tomatoes #339
- Metacritic #251
- Letterboxd #344
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1022
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #159
- Metacritic Critics #563
- Metacritic Audience #99
- Criticker #179
- Douban #101
- Kinopoisk #591
- AlloCiné #627
- Trakt #241
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As World War II nears its end, the Soviet Army closes in on Berlin. The film depicts the final ten days of the Third Reich from within the Führerbunker, where Adolf Hitler and his closest advisors desperately try to command a war that is already lost. The narrative captures the escalating chaos, delusion, and collapse of the Nazi regime from the perspective of those trapped in the bunker's claustrophobic confines.
Details
- Director
- Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Writer
- Bernd Eichinger
- Based on
- Q1354668 by Albert Speer
- Studio
- NDR, ORF, ARD Degeto, EOS Entertainment
- Released
- 16 September 2004
- Country
- Austria, Germany, Italy
- Language
- German, Russian, French, Hungarian, English
- Runtime
- 156 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $92.2M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 4 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →4 wins from 8 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Goya Award 2006 | Best European Film | Nominee | |
| 77th Academy Awards 2005 | Best International Feature Film | Nominee | |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2005 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Germany | Nominee |
| Amanda Award 2005 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Winner | |
| BIFA 2005 | Best Foreign Independent Film | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Winner |
| London Film Critics Circle Award 2005 | Actor of the Year | Bruno Ganz | Winner |
| Silver nugget 2005 | the best foreign film | Winner | |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Actor | Bruno Ganz | Nominee |
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77th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Feature Film | Nominee |
Goya Award
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Nominee |
International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Germany | Nominee |
Amanda Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Feature Film | Winner |
BIFA
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Independent Film | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Actor of the Year | Bruno Ganz | Winner |
Silver nugget
1 nomination, 1 won
| the best foreign film | Winner |
17th European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Bruno Ganz | Nominee |