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As Hitler, Bruno Ganz ignites the screen with every appearance.
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One of the best war movies ever made, Downfall is a powerful and artistically masterful re-creation of the last days of the Third Reich.
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In every aspect, his film is superbly made.
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A meticulous, spellbinding, provocative depiction of the final days of the Third Reich.
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A riveting re-creation of three world-changing collapses: those of the Nazi party, of militarized Germany as a whole, and of the Führer who guided them into self-destructive ruin.
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Hirschbiegel and Eichinger, along with their large, brave and talented cast, have done something extraordinary for their generation of Germans, and for the world. They have willfully entered their grandparents' dirtiest, clammiest chamber of secrets.
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Downfall, whatever its shortcomings, bears strong witness to great evil. That is its triumph as a film.
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Against the overarching facts of his personal magnetism and the blind loyalty of his lieutenants, the movie observes the workings of the world within the bunker. All power flowed from Hitler. He was evil, mad, ill, but long after Hitler's war was lost he continued to wage it in fantasy.
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The first great Hitler movie.
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It's a bracing reminder that before Hitler took power, it was handed to him. The lesson resonates long after the credits roll.
