Wednesday, August 20, 2008

(2005). Downfall



Exquisitely brilliant and a great ensemble cast. 2005, Downfall was directed by German acclaimed director Oliver Hirschbiegel. The film is based on the accounts of the last days of Adolf Hitler through the eyes of his private secretary Traudl Junge, which is loosely based on her memoir Until the Final Hour, portrayed superbly by German actress Alexandra Maria Lara. The film, like I said is great, but the film received harsh criticisms around the world because the film shows the accounts of Adolf Hitler sensitivity under the events of World War II, and assumingly, film critics and audiences were demanding the film to explain one major subject that was simply left out: the Holocaust.

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