Die letzte Schlacht (TV 2005)

Director:

Hans-Christoph Blumenberg

Writer:

Hans-Christoph Blumenberg

Stars:

Tom Schilling, Anna Maria Mühe, Tim Bergmann

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Schilling	...	Fähnrich Horst Bandmann
Anna Maria Mühe	...	Doris Bober
Tim Bergmann	...	Major Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven
Christian Redl	...	General Hans Krebs
Jörg Schüttauf	...	Hausmeister Otto
Katharina Wackernagel	...	Ilse Anger
Tobias Schenke	...	Leutnant Doernberg
Fabian Busch	...	Eugen Herman-Friede
Marek Harloff	...	Richard Baier
Florian Lukas	...	Rochus Misch
Jan-Gregor Kremp	...	Generaloberst Nikolai Bersarin
Stefanie Stappenbeck
Ludwig Blochberger	...	Hannes Schachelhuber
Irm Hermann
Peter Benedict

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

combat casualty | berlin germany | destroyed city | world war two | docudrama | 

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Genres:

War | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

ZDF [de]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

15 March 2005 (Germany)

Also Known As:

The Bunker

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Black and White (archive footage) Color

User Reviews

The last days of Berlin, 1945

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS (DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU CALL SPOILERS...) This Docutainmentfilm was aired on German TV in the wake of "Der Untergang (Downfall)", but it does not stand in the bigger production's shadow. Instead, it delivers a more, how can one put it, overall view of the last days of the battle for Berlin. The Führer is only shown once or twice, but that doesn't matter. "Die letzte Schlacht" is more about the fate of ordinary people anyway. You have acted scenes juxtaposed to interviews with the "real" people portrayed. We have Berlin women, telling of the arrival of the Russian troops, including some of the atrocities they committed as well as pointing at the decent Russians, who treated the defeated Germans well. We have one German Jew, who joined the Red Army and came back to Berlin as a Lieutenant, and another one, who luckily was released from the SS Prison shortly before the Battle ended. The film ends with some of the actors telling us about what became of the people they portrayed.

All in all, quite interesting, and an excellent counterpart to "Downfall".