Rent The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma (2008)
3.6 of 5 from 100 ratings
2h 6min
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- Synopsis:
- April 26th, 1945. The Russian Army has encircled Berlin and now draws the noose tight, marching towards the Reichstag and destroying the German's last lines of defence, tank by tank, man by man as the city falls into Soviet hands. It is also on this day that a woman begins a most extraordinary fight for survival against the city's new occupiers that reveals the shocking realities faced by civilians during the explosive last days of war.
- Actors:
- Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann, Rüdiger Vogler, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Rolf Kanies, Jördis Triebel, Roman Gribkov, Juliane Köhler, Samvel Muzhikyan, Aleksandra Kulikova, Viktor Zhalsanov, Oleg Chernov, Eva Löbau, Anne Kanis, Sebastian Urzendowsky, August Diehl, Rosalie Thomass, Sandra Hüller, Maria Hartmann
- Directors:
- Max Färberböck
- Producers:
- Günter Rohrbach
- Writers:
- Max Färberböck, Marta Hillers, Catharina Schuchmann
- Aka:
- Anonyma: Eine Frau in Berlin / A Woman in Berlin
- Studio:
- Metrodome
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Collections:
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- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/02/2010
- Run Time:
- 131 minutes
- Languages:
- German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Russian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Making of the Downfall of Berlin - Anonyma: Revealing how war torn Berlin was recreated
- Behind the scenes featurette
- Interview with director Max Farberbock
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Reviews (2) of The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma
Hard to watch in places but should be seen - The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma review by CC
Having read the book it was difficult to imagine how this could be filmed whilst preserving both the horror and the black humour of this true story. Although having to leave out quite a bit of the history it managed to keep the essentials: to tell the shocking experiences of these women during the fall of Berlin to the Red Army but to end on an uplifting note.
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Overlong and Meandering WWII Film based on a book - The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma review by PV
This started so well but soon became rather plodding and meandering, almost plotless.
However, titles at the end reveal it was based on a book written soon after the war by women who were there.
I must admit what surprised me here was how the women in Berlin seemed to get on with the Soviet soldiers. Previously I had thought there was just brutality and rape. The way the book showed the women getting on with the soldiers caused outrage and the book was banned, I think.
I liked the Mongolian Soviet soldier character - I have never see such a character before in a film. We even get some Mongolian throat singing!
There are some great war movies, DOWNFALL is one I can think of and the classic, though others which deal with the end of the war and the invading Soviets. Worth watching them too if interested in the subject. GENERATION WAR is a great German TV series too.
So this is interesting rather than effective, and really overlong. But worth watching. 3 stars
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