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Downfall
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his… From TMDB
164 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 38 | 3 | 115 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TMDB reviews * | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Downfall is a 2004 drama history war film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, starring Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara and Corinna Harfouch.
- 143 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Apr 23, 2023 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 164 · most liked firstThis reminds me of two scenes in the German movie “Downfall,” which depicts, historically accurately, Hitler’s last days. Both scenes involve Hitler and Albert Speer discussing Hitler’s “Nero Order,” by which the Führer had ordered the destruction of the Reich’s remaining economic infrastructure...
neutral · AI labelView post →Acosta: I think he is in full freak-out mode, sort of like that German movie Downfall, where the Allied forces are advancing on Berlin… I’m almost picturing Trump in sort of the same mindset right now. You know, “This poll says this, sir. This poll says that, sir,” and he’s losing his shit.
neutral · AI labelView post →From the movie Downfall: Joseph Goebbels: "I feel no sympathy. I repeat, I feel no sympathy! The German people chose their fate. That may surprise some people. Don't fool yourself. We didn't force the German people. They gave us a mandate, and now their little throats are being cut!" "Mandate."
neutral · AI labelView post →And for the last several years, because I thought it so evocative of Trump and his circle, I have been urging people to watch "Downfall," the 2004 German-language film that depicts Hitler's last ten days or so in the Führerbunker. ...
neutral · AI labelView post →Good morning and happy Wednesday to everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, the latest iteration of the "Hitler Rants" meme from the 2004 German film "Downfall." You're welcome. 🔊🔊🔊#FuckTrump
neutral · AI labelView post →Robert Ebert’s review of Downfall in 2004 was as absolutely masterful as the movie itself. #history #wwii #skystorians #extremism
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Downfall (about final days of Hitler & his regime). Amazing and difficult film. I was struck by how, even knowing he was finished and about to kill himself, Hitler was willing to let Germans civilians die. He said they'd let him down. He blamed everyone but himself for the Nazi defeat. 1/
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: “Downfall” (2004), directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
neutral · AI labelView post →we really need an Operation Downfall movie. Americans need to understand what utter hell and devastation would have resulted from a land invasion. The worst would not have been the losses we suffered. Those would have been terrible but expected. It would be civilians
neutral · AI labelView post →The Family Guy movie is now in production! The title is “Family Guy: Downfall of E3”. See you all in 2026! :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Fast forward through the horribleness. At some point, someone will make a Downfall-style movie about Stephen Miller in the White House bunker. And the memes that will be made, riffing on that movie, will be funny af.
neutral · AI labelView post →so I watched Downfall last night and it's an intense, gruelling 2.5 hour movie and I gotta tell you that meme is really never gonna land the same way again for me
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your group chat's equivalent of the Grink? One of my friends made the mistake of saying he liked the film The Island (2005), once, twenty years ago. He could be like "I just watched Downfall. Very upsetting film" and we'd go "Better or worse than The Island?"
neutral · AI labelView post →MOVIE REPRESENTS DOWNFALL OF CIVILIZATION, HERE'S WHY! Preface: I have not seen movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →18/ – the relief armies that weren't: as the movie 'Downfall' memorably illustrated, Hitler was convinced that armies which had been destroyed or were incapable of attacking would come to the rescue.
neutral · AI labelView post →Regarding Godzilla Minus One: holy fucking shit. Like if Shin Godzilla, Das Boot, Downfall, and Jaws were all the same film. I’m sitting there in the theater crying over a goddamn Godzilla movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think it's honestly telling that people I am blocking responding to this are convinced that any movie depicting Operation Downfall would inherently be dehumanizing. The movie "Downfall" itself about Berlin was....aside from the Hitler rant....deeply sad
neutral · AI labelView post →Of all the films I've watched, I think Downfall best captured the Nazi aesthetic for what it truly is. The film doesn't do wide shots to build prestige. And all the locations clearly look older than the Nazi party itself. Because the Nazis didn't build them, they just appropriated them.
positive · AI labelView post →What a good movie, that Downfall.
positive · AI labelView post →My library has Downfall on a long reserve list. Luckily my name came up and I watched it a few days ago...fantastic movie. Watching his decline into deeper and deeper madness and watching his inner circle either terrified of him or totally fawning over him is almost like watching the WH today.
positive · AI labelView post →Downfall (2004) is a film about the very final days of Hitler and the Nazi regime, based on eyewitness testimony. It features a fantastic performance from Bruno Ganz, and is one of the most poignant, hard-hitting depictions of narcissism in film. youtu.be/OwoCXOS_L1M
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie about this in 50 years will have a scene that supplants the meme of Hitler in Downfall.
neutral · AI labelView post →I reckon it would be a good move for cinemas in the US to be showing the original Downfall film now. Magnificent film with huge relevance for today
positive · AI labelView post →I'd unfavorably compare DOWNFALL to CONSPIRACY, another movie that's told from the perspective of high ranking Nazis during the war yet still manages to accurately portray all of them as despicable monsters.
negative · AI labelView post →Have you watched the movie 'Downfall'? Excellent movie!
positive · AI labelView post →Apparently there are very credible reports from journalists in the White House Press Office that the President can be heard screaming and ranting in the Oval Office. Yesterday Miller & Hegseth were balled out. It's all a bit like that film Downfall...
neutral · AI labelView post →The entire oligarch class and their minions are exhibiting group amphetamine psychosis in their every action. It's like watching a massive LARP of the movie Downfall without the snazzy uniforms.
neutral · AI labelView post →For anyone who hasn't seen this film, it's incredible. Highly recommend it. "Downfall" or "Der Untergang."
positive · AI labelView post →In a similar vein, the way Downfall (2004 German film) portrayed the final days of the Nazi regime was likewise chilling. Not so much the banality, but the terrifying, abject detachment from reality that infected the entire regime. The echoes I see of it now among the Trump regime frightens me.
neutral · AI labelView post →But history offers frightening examples of how bad things can get. Krugman points to the German film Downfall, which portrays the final days of Adolf Hitler, saying, “the parallels are there.” For example, “Hitler was obsessed with building a gigantic gaudy ballroom.” (cont.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Mid-century was not kind to the Queen of Atlantis, with censor bars faking a lustier film and the whole thing turned into a generic Hot Guy is Power Woman's Downfall thing. Meh.
neutral · AI labelView post →I say this with all seriousness: someone needs to string together every single 'Downfall' meme ever produced and air them together at the MoMA on a loop, like that clock movie
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched a video on YouTube about the movie Downfall and now I'm getting recommended Hitler speeches. Cool.
neutral · AI labelView post →I know Downfall is basically just the meme now, but wow, what an excellent film.
positive · AI labelView post →I will say that even though conservatives love it (because it is a COMMUNISM BAD movie) I do not find the politics of THE LIVES OF OTHERS objectionable, unlike the *other* German Oscar-bait movie from that era, DOWNFALL bsky.app/profile/pato...
neutral · AI labelView post →I am already anxious for my travels tomorrow (to Aguascalientes 🇲🇽) and now I have to watch "Downfall" with my class. Fantastic movie, with a truly genius performance by Bruno Ganz, but a bit heavy watch.
positive · AI labelView post →Can someone not from Palm Beach recommend the the station plays The Last Days of Hitler movie ? Downfall (2004) - IMDb share.google/LwXQjc6YKu2K...
neutral · AI labelView post →<watching THE DOWNFALL> this is a movie about what it’s like to die of a substance problem
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching DOWNFALL (2004). Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel. Bruno Ganz, Ulrich Matthes. As I spend every day recently witnessing rise of authoritarian state in U.S., needed a little pick-me-up. Rewatching stellar depiction of final days of Third Reich. Essential viewing. #filmsky 📽
positive · AI labelView post →Downfall Movie Hitler was more sane than this shit. This regime may yet fail to last the year.
neutral · AI labelView post →Perhaps they haven’t seen the movie Downfall
neutral · AI labelView post →This student comment after watching "The Life of Others" is easily my favorite so far. "This movie was very intense, but it didn't leave me heartbroken and aimless in the way some of the other films in this course have (looking at you Downfall)."
neutral · AI labelView post →Oliver Hirschbiegel (with scenes from his film "Downfall") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →This week we're talking about the film of Adolf Hitler - My Part In His Downfall (1973) which features the marvellous Pat Coombs as Spike's mum. She would have been celebrating her 99th birthday today had she not died 23 years ago.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Downfall Hitler Tantrum Scene But About That Terrible Score for the 1925 Silent Film Variety, send Tweet
neutral · AI labelView post →Actor Michael Mendl, known for playing Helmuth Weidling in Downfall, Dies at Age 82.
neutral · AI labelView post →I loved the movie DOWNFALL where Hitler recognized the need to negotiate
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve been revisiting the film Downfall (2004) a lot lately for no timely and specific reason
neutral · AI labelView post →From behind the frozen Kinder Downfall waterfall. Watch a short film of this same moment here youtu.be/iRzdUtIgqmU?...
neutral · AI labelView post →On that note, I highly recommend the film "Downfall." Excellint film portraying the final days of the Nazi Reich. Portents of things to come, perhaps?
positive · AI labelView post →We all know this event thanks to the movie "Downfall".
neutral · AI labelView post →"Iran, if you're listening, I hope you're able to make a Trump Downfall bunker Lego Movie clip."
neutral · AI labelView post →what's missing from our discourse is the redubs of that scene from the German film "Downfall" where these screeds are quoted verbatim
neutral · AI labelView post →Downfall. Arguably the BEST film about Hitler. Its 100% in German so be prepared for subtitles. The movie is SO good, i own it on DVD!
positive · AI labelView post →Acosta: I think the polling has him freaked out. I think he is in full freak-out mode, sort of like that German movie Downfall, where the Allied forces are advancing on Berlin, and there’s that famous scene of Hitler freaking out, screaming at everybody. x.com/Acyn/status/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Dead Space: Downfall (2025 Movie Thread, #91), #Horror365Challenge (#79) #filmsky #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →finally watched Downfall (2004). that's a film. interesting to see how it starts off bleak and never ceases getting bleaker
neutral · AI labelView post →Now Watching 📽️ - Downfall (2004) Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
neutral · AI labelView post →Acosta: I think the polling has him freaked out. I think he is in full freak-out mode, sort of like that German movie Downfall, where the Allied forces are advancing on Berlin, and there’s that famous scene of Hitler freaking out, screaming at everybody. x.com/Acyn/status/...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you've watched Downfall, this is explains the party scene in a ballroom early on in the film.
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