Die letzte Schlacht

Die letzte Schlacht

92 mins | Drama | March 15, 2005

The 13 days from April 20th to May 2nd, 1945, are unique in the history of Germany: They are the final act in the history of the third Reich which was supposed to last for a thousand years and succumbed after twelve in an orgy of violence and fire. In the catacombs of his bunker under the Reich Chancellery in the capital city of Berlin, which Adolf Hitler wanted to make to the centre of the world, the dictator operates with ghost divisions during the final days of the war. Only in the final moment, he takes his own life. Meanwhile, On the streets, in the ruins, and the basements of the destroyed city, the final battle wages on: Adolescents are sacrificed without purpose, women get raped, loyal party comrades commit suicide in the thousands, Jews who were in hiding for years hope for the liberation.

Die letzte Schlacht

92 mins | Drama | March 15, 2005

Die letzte Schlacht
The 13 days from April 20th to May 2nd, 1945, are unique in the history of Germany: They are the final act in the history of the third Reich which was supposed to last for a thousand years and succumbed after twelve in an orgy of violence and fire. In the catacombs of his bunker under the Reich Chancellery in the capital city of Berlin, which Adolf Hitler wanted to make to the centre of the world, the dictator operates with ghost divisions during the final days of the war. Only in the final moment, he takes his own life. Meanwhile, On the streets, in the ruins, and the basements of the destroyed city, the final battle wages on: Adolescents are sacrificed without purpose, women get raped, loyal party comrades commit suicide in the thousands, Jews who were in hiding for years hope for the liberation.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers ARTE, ZDF, CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion mbH
Original title Die letzte Schlacht
Directors Angelika Krantz, Birgit Köhncke, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
Writers Hans-Christoph Blumenberg

Cast

Tom Schilling

as Fähnrich Horst Bandmann

Anna Maria Mühe

as Doris Bober

Tim Bergmann

as Major Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven

Christian Redl

as General Hans Krebs

Katharina Wackernagel

as Ilse Anger

Jörg Schüttauf

as Hausmeister Otto

Jan-Gregor Kremp

as Generaloberst Nikolai Bersarin

Ludwig Blochberger

as Hannes Schachelhuber

Fabian Busch

as Eugen Herman-Friede

Tobias Schenke

as Leutnant Doernberg

Marek Harloff

as Richard Baier

Florian Lukas

as Rochus Misch

Robert Glatzeder

as Arzt /

Johannes Zirner

as Rittmeister Boldt /

Clemens von Ramin

as SS-Arzt /