![]() It later received a wide theatrical release in Germany under its production company Constantin Film. It was controversial with audiences for showing the human side of Hitler and its portrayal of members of the Third Reich. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on 14 September 2004. The screenplay was based on the books Inside Hitler's Bunker by historian Joachim Fest and Until the Final Hour by Traudl Junge, one of Hitler's secretaries, among other accounts of the period. As the film is set in and around the Führerbunker, Hirschbiegel used eyewitness accounts, survivors' memoirs, and other historical sources during production to reconstruct the look and atmosphere of 1940s Berlin. Principal photography took place from September to November 2003, on location in Berlin, Munich, and in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The film is a German-Austrian-Italian co-production. The cast includes Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Alexander Held, Matthias Habich, and Thomas Kretschmann. It is set during the Battle of Berlin in World War II, when Nazi Germany is on the verge of defeat, and depicts the final days of Adolf Hitler (portrayed by Bruno Ganz). ![]() Downfall ( German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 German-language historical war drama film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a screenplay by its producer, Bernd Eichinger.
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