Dr. Dazzle Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I know there's some fellow World War II/Hitler/history nerds on here who may enjoy this. This movie is opening all over North America this weekend and looks amazing. Hopefully I can get around to seeing it this Friday. Definitely looks like it's worth checking out. When writer-producer Bernd Eichinger read the galleys of historian Joachim Fest's book "Der Untergang" ("The Downfall: Inside Hitler's Bunker, The Last Days of the Third Reich"), he knew he had found the dramatic key to a film he had wanted to make for decades, but never thought possible due to its scope. Fess' book focuses on the final days of the Reich, and Eichinger saw that the horrifying epic of Hitler and his people during his twelve years in power was reflected in those last twelve days in the bunker. "The final days tell us a lot about how the mass fanaticism functioned in the regime's earlier years and how it continued to reign until the bitter end," says Eichinger. Eichinger read another very important book around the same time he read Fest's; the memoirs of Traudl Junge, Hitler's private secretary ("Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary".); which was later made into the documentary "Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary." "Fest gave me the time frame, Traudl Junge gave me the character who could hold it all together." "Downfall" is the first German film to broach the subject of Hitler straight-on since G.W. Pabst's 1956 "Der Letste Akt" ("The Last Act") which was told from the point of view of an ordinary German soldier, played by Oskar Werner. Says director Oliver Hirschbiegel, "In terms of German film history, we are breaking new ground here, since there is no cinematic frame of reference. After reading the book, it was clear to me that if I committed myself, then it would have to be a total and complete commitment, meaning that I was going to spend two years of my life in the Third Reich, with all of those characters and that primitive ideology… My hair stood on end. My wife advised me against it. Yet I noticed that it just wouldn't leave me in peace, and in my heart, before accepting the project, I knew that I had already opened myself up to it." Official Site Trailers Discuss..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neskoner Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 id like to see it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 make the music with your mouth biz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 If you look at the Playdates on the official site, you can see when/where it's playing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalist Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 FUCK YEA, can't wait to peep this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I saw the commercial the other day. I am for sure going to see this. Did you know that Hitler would get lots of fan mail from groupies asking if they could have his baby? And did you know what he did to a lot of these women? He had them locked up or sent to concentration camps. What a fag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Europe Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Looks great, it opened here a few weeks ago and stirred alot of public debate because it also portrays Hitler as a human. Havent seen it yet, girl told me it had one of the worst scenes in movie history... with a mothers deliberate killing of her own children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 That's probably the first coloured picture of Adolf Hitler I have ever seen unless it's a lookalike. Either way, he's pale as heck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Europe Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Thats a photo from the film, the actor looks alot like the real deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Originally posted by swif1@Mar 30 2005, 08:26 AM That's probably the first coloured picture of Adolf Hitler I have ever seen unless it's a lookalike. Either way, he's pale as heck. Quoted post Ive seen plenty of real color photos of hitler since im kind of a WW2 history nerd. And the actor does look like the real deal, its pretty good makeup work. It says its about the last days of his life and thats always interesting. Oh and about the mothers killing their children i think that was referring to Magda Goebbels wife of Joseph Goebbels who was hitlers propaganda minister, it was a real hectic time, she didnt know what would have happened to her children had they fallen into soviet hands, chances are it wouldnt have been good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Leader Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I'm definately going to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathoræ Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Incredible. By far, the best World War II movie I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Wow this looks good, I just hope there's subtitles because I had no idea what was being said in the trailer I just watched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Europe Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Its a german film, so for once the germans actually speak german which adds alot to the movie, its always corny when the speak english. And the movie is about the last 10-12 days of Hitlers life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AORAone Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 heeeey, i gotta see this. its about time too, the actors look pretty on point. lets hope it doesnt disapoint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WhiteOx Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Originally posted by Weapon X@Mar 30 2005, 01:44 AM I saw the commercial the other day. I am for sure going to see this. Did you know that Hitler would get lots of fan mail from groupies asking if they could have his baby? And did you know what he did to a lot of these women? He had them locked up or sent to concentration camps. What a fag. Quoted post Thats alot of evidenece to suggest that he had almost no sex drive. He also had an affair with his cousin who killed herself. It has been suggested that this changed him profoundly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadawhat Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 This is a great film. Very well done. The actor who plays Hitler does a great job. You are almost drawn in to feeling for Hitler... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted September 8, 2005 Author Share Posted September 8, 2005 Originally posted by nomadawhat@Sep 8 2005, 10:53 AM You are almost drawn in to feeling for Hitler... Quoted post I know hey? It really humanizes him, and kind of makes you feel sorry for him. But then you realize that he was an evil dictator, and you stop feeling like that. Copped the DVD a couple weeks ago. The Making Of features are awesome.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJackDaniels Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Originally posted by Europe@Mar 30 2005, 07:25 PM Thats a photo from the film, the actor looks alot like the real deal. Quoted post how unlucky could you be to look like hitler?? if it opens in the uk, ill check it. sounds like an interesting story... i was always fascinated by war documentaries and videos shown in history class. fucking loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I watched this with my mom tonight (great movie, btw), and at the end, when that woman is talking about the 6 million Jews, my mom said "but didn't they deserve it?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 ^^^^lol... this reminds me of my grandma, RIP, she once told me that the Bible explains that the Jews deserved what they got during WWII...I guess America used to be very anti-semetic until about, oh, 5 years ago.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadWithNames Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 this movie is well worth the watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I really want to see this sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Definitely check it out. It's more exciting than King Kong with far less the action. It's just one of those movies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I wonder what the russian view on this was considering some was filmed in St petersburg. I haven't seen it how does it vast the russian does it cast them as savage dogs like much of the recent ww2 writing does? world war two stuff is huge I was on a train in Romania last year and i woke to a small moutain stationdecked out with swastikas and stromtroopers on a movie set wonder what it was for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 i was gonna bump this yesterday seeeing as how i watched it first thing in the morning i liked the moive, im a ww2 nerd, especiall when it comes to the european theatre. i like how the director portrayed the desperation of the last couple of days of the reich, he could have dona bit better but its the best portrayal of the panic of those days ive seen yet *thubs up* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunm Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 So, do they have any intense street battles in Berlin during the last soviet attack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 just small parts, like it isnt all out battles but theyll show bits of a battle in which theyre following a character or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I'd probably be actin' the savage if millions of my comrades were starved, worked, and experimented on to death for simply being soldiers. Plus the German army killed off enough civilians, too, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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