Downfall

I have almost too many good things to say about this movie, but the short version is: This is a classic film that people will talk about and reference for years to come. Bruno Ganz plays Hitler in his final days. While the streets of Berlin succumb to chaos, Hitler stalks the halls of his bunker, patting the heads of children, playing with his dog and ordering the execution of innocent men. Based on Traudl Junge’s Until the Final Hour: Hitler’s Last Secretary, this may be the most accurate look at the Third Reich ever put on film. It’s certainly among the most artistically accomplished.