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April 20 & 22, 2007 |
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Der Untergang (Downfall) (2004) April 20, 2007 at 6:30 and 10:00 pm in 26-100 April 22, 2007 at 6:30 pm in 26-100 In the dead of a November night in 1942, a group of young women are escorted by SS officers through the woods to Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Eastern Prussia. They are candidates for the post of personal secretary to the Fuehrer. Among them is 22-year-old Traudl Junge, a fresh-faced girl from Munich. Traudl is chosen for the job and she is overcome with joy at the thought of serving beside her Fuehrer. Berlin, April 20, 1945: Hitler has retreated to a bunker system under the German Chancellery. Traudl Junge is asleep in her room, deep beneath the ground. She is awakened by tremors from artillery fire. The enemy is getting closer. Charting the last 10 days of Hitler's life, from his 56th birthday on April 20th, 1945 to his suicide on April 30th, the film uses multiple characters to show the chaos of a country coming apart at the seams, from Hitler's henchman under the streets of Berlin, to the soldiers and civilians fighting and dying as the Soviet Army ravaged the city above. [movies.yahoo.com] Sponsored by MISTI (MIT Germany). English subtitles. A spine-chilling experience, a masterpiece of filmmaking and a document which conclusively damns the repetition of its history. |
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