Despair of the Führer, Twilight of the Empire

Katelin 2022-04-21 09:01:21

The despair of the head of state, the twilight of the empire, the wives and concubines, marshals, and politicians who follow the head of state, everyone has a different fate, the same despair, when the head of state committed suicide, everyone's belief collapsed, some followed and died, and some fled to survive. The whole movie is full of deep depression and despair, but this is what Hitler deserves. How many countries have been invaded and how many innocent Jews have been killed... The acting skills of the leading actors are too good, Hitler's suspicious, dogmatic, angry and desperate and unwilling to fail , as if this is Hitler himself... The movie is great, as real as a documentary, it truly records the psychological state of Hitler and everyone around him when Germany defeated the Soviet Union and counterattacked to Berlin. War is terrible, whether it is for the just or the unjust, it is terrible. 2005 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Extended Reading
  • Ewell 2021-10-20 19:01:43

    Hitler is not a demon but an ordinary person. His evil is the result of everyone's efforts, and no one is born a dictator. The living people simply pulled out a Nazi leader who had been arrested mentally and physically, extradited from the ruins of history to the real square, and made him take full responsibility for the mistakes of an era.

  • Pierce 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    Extremely calm, as if the scenes in the book are presented, there is no egg under the nest, no one should not be responsible for their own choices, the ruined Qianqiu Empire, the immortal Germany, did not explain that the female secretary's parents were actually Nazis Supporters, she practiced typing and shorthand specially to become the secretary of the Fuhrer. Maybe this is part of the reason for so many typing mistakes at the beginning.

Downfall quotes

  • Adolf Hitler: The war is lost... But if you think that I'll leave Berlin for that, you are sadly mistaken. I'd prefer to put a bullet in my head.

  • [first lines]

    Traudl Junge: I've got the feeling that I should be angry with this child, this young and oblivious girl. Or that I'm not allowed to forgive her for not seeing the nature of that monster. That she didn't realise what she was doing. And mostly because I've gone so obliviously. Because I wasn't a fanatic Nazi. I could have said in Berlin, "No, I'm not doing that. I don't want to go the Führer's headquarters." But I didn't do that. I was too curious. I didn't realise that fate would lead me somewhere I didn't want to be. But still, I find it hard to forgive myself.