Berlin '36

Berlin '36

100 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 9, 2009

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man. The film is based on a true story and was released in Germany on September 10, 2009. Reporters at Der Spiegel challenged the historical basis for many of the events in the film, pointing to arrest records and medical examinations indicating German authorities did not learn Dora Ratjen was male until 1938.

Berlin '36

100 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 9, 2009

Berlin '36
Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man. The film is based on a true story and was released in Germany on September 10, 2009. Reporters at Der Spiegel challenged the historical basis for many of the events in the film, pointing to arrest records and medical examinations indicating German authorities did not learn Dora Ratjen was male until 1938.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers ARD
Original title Berlin '36
Directors Kaspar Heidelbach
Writers Eric Friedler, Lothar Kurzawa

Cast

Karoline Herfurth

as Gretel Bergmann

Sebastian Urzendowsky

as Marie Ketteler

Axel Prahl

as Hans Waldmann

Robert Gallinowski

as Sigfrid Kulmbach

Thomas Thieme

as Hans von Tschammer und Osten

Johann von Bülow

as Karl Ritter von Halt

August Zirner

as Edwin Bergmann

Maria Happel

as Paula Bergmann

Franz Dinda

as Rudolph Bergmann

Leon Seidel

as Walter Bergmann

Marita Breuer

as Eleonore Ketteler

Otto Tausig

as Leo Löwenstein

Elena Uhlig

as Frau Vogel

Julie Engelbrecht

as Elisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt

John Keogh

as Avery Brundage