Director Oliver Hirschbiegel remembers seeing Bruno Ganz transform into Adolf Hitler for the first time. Hirschbiegel was casting for Der Untergang – aka Downfall – the controversial 2004 film about ...
"Downfall" asks three disturbing questions: How human do we want Hitler to be? How brave do we want the SS to be? And how much compassion have we for people trapped like rats on a sinking ship when ...
At this point, it’s impossible to say World War II films are rare. The world’s most recent global conflict was a dire warning against wanton violence, and its inherent lessons to humanity are ...