Before the Fall

Before the Fall

  • Director: Dennis Gansel
  • Writer: Dennis Gansel,Maggie Peren
  • Countries of origin: Germany
  • Language: German
  • Release date: January 13, 2005
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Napola
  • "Napola" is a feature film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Max Riemelt and Tom Schilling . It was released in the Czech Republic on July 4, 2004.
    The film tells the story of Friedrich, who was born in a worker’s family, accepted the militarist ideas of "survival of the fittest" and "elimination of the Jews" at the elite training school opened by Nazi Germany. After that, he started under the influence of the death of his good friend Albert The story of a thorough awakening   .

    Details

    • Release date January 13, 2005
    • Filming locations Hamburg, Germany
    • Production companies Olga Film, Constantin Film, SevenPictures Film

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $144,254

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $8,036

    Gross worldwide

    $3,764,219

    Movie reviews

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    • By Madisyn 2022-08-01 14:52:29

      Before the Fall--Play Sad Times with Two Innocent Hearts

      Playing a sad song of the times with two innocent hearts, the movie "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" starts from the child's point of view and measures the distance between good and evil with the heart of deficit. There is no flesh-and-blood picture, and the entire story line is proceeding smoothly, but this kind of smoothness brings depression from beginning to end. All the concealment...

    • By Adonis 2022-04-23 07:03:56

      powerless madness

      After working for a while, I was tired and tired. When I was bored, I watched Long Yingtai's "The Great River, 1949", which aroused my interest in the history of World War II in vain. this department.
          After watching this film, my always clear memory became very vague, and I didn't remember much of the characters' names, only a few scenes. At the beginning of the film, there is a sunny boy, the calm on the surface can hardly hide the youthful restlessness in the heart, although there is...

    • By Giovani 2022-04-23 07:03:56

      Three surreal experiences


      Maybe it's because I don't like the sport of boxing, plus the director's camera movement is always swaying when fighting, so I only noticed the last surreal experience of the protagonist----that is, when people are extremely excited, everything is clear and fluttering, napola After three decisive battles, three times they entered the typical consciousness of this schizophrenia. At this time, people are very susceptible to hints, and it is like a mirror that reflects the growth process of...

    • By Anya 2022-04-23 07:03:56

      Forget about business.

      There is nothing that describes the core content of Nazi education.
       
      Corporal punishment, use, absolute obedience, many of the things described in the film exist in many military academies and even schools today.
      This is not a Nazi trait.
       
      Crucially, the part about the torture and killing of prisoners is not a characteristic of the Nazis. This is to put it bluntly. The U.S. military still abuses prisoners.
      Although there is a little bit of contact, it is only a...

    • By Chanelle 2022-04-23 07:03:56

      Hitlery's beating heart

      No matter how big the war is, it is also the deformation of the people. "Hitler's Boy" is an anti-war scene, starting from the people in the war, not only a simple description of the people's existence, but also a young child, a young man who is full of beautiful fantasies about the future forever on the way Speaking of. One is a big, ugly war, and the other is a small, beautiful child. The strong contrast "falls" coldly on the screen, and you can't change it.
      The audience did not see any...

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    • By Onie 2023-08-14 19:46:13

      The routines of the three boxing matches are exactly the same, and it is difficult to integrate into the whole...

    • By Doris 2023-08-12 22:13:03

      Young people, with their blind worship of leaders and institutions, enjoy the vanity of being recognized and affirmed by society and mainstream adults, and are indoctrinated and trained to become leaders of boys or cannon fodder. However, there are also young people who don't think so. Although he was born in a "revolutionary" family and attracted attention everywhere, the family gave him a prosperous life and at the same time did not give him love. He was rebellious because of independent...

    • By Janice 2023-07-26 13:12:31

      Restrained and heavy, the one who rushed to the bomb and the one who chose to fall into the ice water couldn't bear the human-destroying outbreak, but was regarded as a hero and a coward. In the last boxing, he chose to lose, and also chose to leave that terrible...

    • By Newell 2023-07-10 15:29:33

      The Nazi academy was a form of concentration camp, and I'm glad he finally got out. The full strings from beginning to end and the cool blue tones make the film beautiful. Of course, the most beautiful thing is the hazy emotion that ends at the end~ ps. The moment Albrecht let go, I heard the sound of heartbreak...

    • By Alan 2023-06-28 23:54:57

      Even Hitler's boy has the pure white heart of a young man. It is cruel to mix youth and...

    Movie plot

    At the end of the summer of 1942, 17-year-old Frederick, who was born in a German worker's family, participated in a boxing match. He was favored by the instructors of the Führer Elite School for his outstanding performance. In spite of his father's firm opposition, he forged his father's signature and went to the military school alone. When Friedrich came to the elite school, he was challenged by his seniors. On the first day of...
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    Evaluation action

    "Napola" was listed by the Germans as one of the "final trilogy" to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the victory of World War II. The film shows the awakening of teenagers after being included in the Nazi system during the Second World War in a historical perspective. It also delicately portrays the friendship between Frederic and Albert in the cruelty. "Napola" is a film reflecting on education, specifically an analysis of Hitler's...
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    Movie quotes

    • Christoph Schneider: Pull yourself together!

      Albrecht Stein: Pull myself together? Do you know what we just did? You shouldn't have shot! You shouldn't have shot!

      Tjaden: I didn't give the order. Your father said they had guns!

      Albrecht Stein: Why are you looking at me like that?

      Friedrich Weimer: I'm not looking at you.

      Albrecht Stein: I know what you're thinking. Don't look at me like that!

    • Albrecht Stein: [reading from his essay] "As childish as it sounds, the winter time and the sight of freshly fallen snow always fill us with inexplicable joy. Perhaps because as children, we associated it with Christmas. I always imagine myself the hero who killed dragons, rescued virgins, and freed the world from evil. As we went out yesterday to find the prisoners, I felt like that little boy who wanted to save the world."

      Vogler: Albrecht, stop.

      Albrecht Stein: But as we returned, I understood that I am part of the evil that I wanted to save us from.

      Vogler: Albrecht, stop.

      Albrecht Stein: Shooting prisoners is wrong. They were not armed, as Governor Stein told us, to incite us. We didn't shoot men, only children.

      Vogler: Out!