Now I had heard, read a lot of good things about this film, and as usally stored it away in the DVD collection without watching it. So when I was pestered into watching it by one of the lads at work, I dug it out!
Wow, don't think I was ready for just how good this film is. Charting the final few days of Hitler's leadership as the Russian tanks rolled into Berlin. I watched the collapse of the Reich, as generals like Himmler and Goring began defecting from Hitler in an effort to save their own lives.
This was a story I never knew about, never understood just how Hitler fell apart, how stubborn he was and how people still blindly followed him even in the last few hours! That is if this account of events is to be believed, watching it, I believed it!
What impressed me as well, was the overall production of the film, from the cinematography to the acting and the script. Oliver Hirschbiegel has done a superb job in directing possible one of the best war films I've ever seen. Bruno Ganz does a remarkable job as Hitler followed by a strong team of actors who all performed brilliantly.
The actual battle sequences were gritty and real, while the chaos and panic of a city under siege was brilliantly captured through out the film.
I really was impressed with this, and might watch it again sooner rather than later.
(10/10)
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