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15 September 1950 (Finland) moreAwards:
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A Birthday Present that Answers the Age Old Question.... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mikheil Gelovani | ... | Marshal Iosef Stalin | |
| Boris Andreyev | ... | Alexei Ivanov | |
| Marina Kovalyova | ... | Natasha Vasilnyeva (as M. Kovalyova) | |
| V. Savelyev | ... | Adolf Hitler | |
| G. Timoshenko | ... | Kostya Zavchenko | |
| A. Urasalyev | ... | Yusupov | |
| Nikolai Bogolyubov | ... | Factory Superintendent Kumchinsky | |
| Jan Werich | ... | Hermann Goering (as Y. Verikh) | |
| Sofiya Giatsintova | ... | Mother Ivanov (as S. Giatsyntova) | |
| K. Roden | ... | Charles Bedston | |
| Viktor Stanitsyn | ... | Prime Minister Winston Churchill | |
| Oleg Frelikh | ... | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| M. Novakova | ... | Eva Braun | |
| Vladimir Lyubimov | ... | Gen. Vasilyevsky | |
| M. Petrunkin | ... | Josef Goebbels |
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The Fall of Berlin (USA) (theatrical title)The Fall of Berlin, Part One (literal English title)
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A Birthday Present that finally answers the age old question of what to get the man who has everything. This film was presented to Stalin on his 70th birthday and is the archtypical Stalin Film. It is intriguing insight into the mindset of the man who ruled and terrorized 1/5 of all humanity and 1//2 of Europe by the film's 1949 release date. The acting, especially the Aliosha and Natasha love plot tied in with Stalin is poorly acted but makes all sense when you look at how Aliosha looks to Stalin for advice, because truth be told this film is a romance for Stalin. The special effects and lighting are excellent for a 1940s film and it is shot in a grand scale that matched the efforts of Kolberg, Gone with the Wind, and the 1926 Ben Hur.
The best parts of this film are the impressions of Churchill and Hitler. Minus Churchill speaking Russian, they have his lisp and mannerisms done exceedingly well. Hitler and Goering provide great charictatures and are humorously well done. At best its an intriguing insight into the delusions of madness that Stalin subjected his people to and at worst its a 2 hour festival of unintentional humor. I'd recommend it for any historian.