All language subtitles for Downfall - Der Untergang (2004) 1080p H.264 (moviesbyrizzo)

I have the feeling that
I should be angry with this child,

with this childish young thing,
or I shouldn't forgive her

for not realizing the horrors,
the monster, before it was too late,

for not realizing
what she was getting into.

How could I have agreed to it
so impulsively?

I was not an enthusiastic Nazi.

When I came to Berlin,
I could have said "No,

I won't take part. I don't want to be sent
to the Führer's headquarters."

But I didn't say no.
Curiosity got the better of me.

And I simply never thought

that fate would take me somewhere
I'd never really wanted to be.

And yet, it's very hard
to forgive myself for doing it.

The ladies are here.

Military District ll has confirmed.

You may pass.

Please take a seat, ladies.

I must ask you to wait a few minutes.

The Führer is feeding his dog.
He will be with you shortly.

Tell me... How do we...
How does one greet the Führer?

The Führer will speak to you first,
and you just say, "Heil, my Führer."

What about the Nazi salute?

That won't be necessary. The Führer
isn't recruiting you as soldiers,

he's looking for a secretary.

Behave normally.
Just be natural.

I'll ask him if he has time
for you now.

My Führer,
the ladies from Berlin are here.

I'd like to thank you for coming
in the middle of the night, ladies.

But in war, we aren't always
masters of our own time.

May I ask your name?
- Margarethe Lorenz. Heil, my Führer.

- Where are you from?
- Fulda. Heil, my Führer.

- And you?
- Ursula Puttkammer.

Heil, my Führer.
- Leave that out, child.

Tell me where you're from.

Frankfurt on the Main, my Fuhr...

I'm Hannah Potrovsky,
born and raised in Berlin.

To be precise, I come from Pankow.

Hedwig Brandt
from Crailsheim, Swabia.

And you?

Traudl Humps. I come from Munich.

A Munich girl.

So, Fräulein Humps...

Shall we start?

Blondi won't hurt you.

She has a very sharp mind.

In fact, she's more clever
than most people are.

Just make yourself comfortable.

Don't be nervous.
I make so many mistakes when I dictate...

You'll never make as many as I do.

You're quite young.

How old are you?

22, my Führer.

My national comrades...

German men and women...

Members of the Party...

It is, I believe, a rare thing

that a man can stand before
his old supporters after 20 years in office,

and that during those 20 years

he did not have to modify
his policies whatsoever.

I suggest...
that we try it again.

I made it! He gave me a job!

Duck!

Keep moving! Get off the street!

Duck!

That's artillery.

Are you crazy?
How could they be firing artillery?

Frau Junge, you're right!
Those aren't bombs, it's artillery!

It's the Russians.
What a fine birthday present!

What's going on, Burgdorf?
Where's that gunfire coming from?

Happy birthday, my Führer.

Central Berlin is being shelled,

from the Brandenburg Gate
to the Reichstag,

up to Friedrichstrasse Station.
- Where from?

- No reports yet. Koller's on the line.
- Give him to me.

Keller, do you realize Berlin
is under artillery fire?

- No.
- Don't tell me

you can't hear the gunfire!

- No, I'm at Werder Game Park.
- Berlin's in uproar!

The Russians have taken
a rail bridge on the Oder.

They've got no railway batteries
near the Oder.

That's not long-range gunfire.

The flak command post
in the Zoo-bunker

claims the guns have a caliber

of just 10 to 12 cm.

The Russian battery
is now in Marzahn.

That's only 12 kilometres
from the city centre!

Are the Russians that close?

The entire Air Force Command
should be hanged!

Outrageous!

Outrageous!

The Russians are just 12 kilometres
from the city centre,

and nobody told me!
I had to ask!

My Führer, perhaps
it's long-range gunfire.

You mentioned a railway battery...

Nonsense!

- Himmler is such a pompous clown!
- Big shots!

Big shots everywhere! It makes me sick
just looking at them!

The Führer is putting "Clausewitz"
into operation today.

Berlin as a front-line city...
He won't be able to hold the city.

If the Führer stays,
he'll take the whole Reich down with him.

We have to talk him out of it.

Speak to Hewel.

The Führer likes him.

He's the only diplomat
who can still influence him.

Hewel tried everything.

Believe me, it's no use.

Then talk to your sister-in-law.

Why not? You're married
to Eva Braun's sister,

so you're "related" to the Führer.

We have to try everything.

Berlin is practically
surrounded by the Russians.

You're young.
You'll be a father soon.

Do you want to die in Berlin?

Certainly not.

Gentlemen, the Führer!

Everything out, and quick!
We're leaving in two hours.

- What's going on?
- We're packing!

Leaving... Haven't you heard?
"Clausewitz" is in effect.

All government departments
and Wehrmacht offices are leaving Berlin.

Who's going to feed
the civilians and soldiers?

Don't ask me, Professor.

This is insane!

Ah, Professor!

- I won't allow my staff to be evacuated!
- Is that so?

The food supply to Berlin
will collapse!

A good soldier always finds
something to eat!

Sure! And when fighting begins,
who will he take food from? Civilians!

I cannot permit it!
- The Führer's orders!

As the department head,
I answer to the SS and to Himmler!

But as a doctor I belong
to the Wehrmacht, and we are still here!

Please bear that in mind!

The professor can stay in Berlin!
Give him an authorized permit!

Move out!

Everything for Germany.
Heil, my Führer!

My Führer, I... Heil, my Führer!

They can hardly wait to get away.

I hate those two-faced sods who say

"Sieg Heil", but behind their backs say,
"Kiss my a... aunt."

My Führer...

I beg you to leave Berlin.
It's not too late.

Too late?

Come here, Hewel.

Hewel, you also feel we should
get in touch with the Allies...

...and use politics.

Yes, indeed.

We should use politics.

Politics? No more politics!

I'm sick of politics!

When I'm dead, you'll have
enough politics to deal with!

My Führer...

It's okay, my dear Himmler.

My loyal Heinrich.

It's okay...

Go now.

- Between us, I'd say he's had it.
- Yeah?

What do you expect from a teetotal,
non-smoking vegetarian?

Be serious.

I'll have to take it
into my own hands.

Berlin will fall
in the next few days.

Once the Führer is dead,
who will the Allies negotiate with?

What makes you so sure
they'll negotiate?

They need the Nazi state and my SS
to keep order after the war.

Give me an hour with Eisenhower,
and he'll agree.

We're already in touch.
- Be careful, that's treason.

Fegelein, I have other worries.

Should I give Eisenhower
the Nazi salute or shake his hand?

Well, well...

The later it gets,
the nicer the guests.

Gentlemen, are you leaving already?

I wanted to talk to you.

The Führer's orders to destroy all public...
- I really must go.

Drop in to visit me
at Hohenlychen sometime.

My staff and I are heading north
to support the battle for Berlin.

So, Speer...

The bombing raids on our cities
have a positive side too.

It's much easier to remove the debris
than to tear everything down.

Once we win the war, reconstruction
will be completed very quickly.

How many thousands of hours have we spent
on these magnificent models?

You're a true genius, Speer.

Yes, you are.

Only you and I realize
that a Third Reich isn't possible

if it only consists of department stores
and factories,

skyscrapers and hotels.

This Third Reich will be a treasure house
of art and culture

that will survive the millennia...

We see before us the ancient cities,
the Acropolis,

we see medieval cities
with their cathedrals,

and we know that people need
something like this, a centre.

Yes, Speer...

That was my vision...

And it still is.

My Führer...

If you want to realize these plans,
you should leave Berlin.

Say something, Eva.

He's the Führer.

He knows what's right.

Please leave Berlin.

The Russians have nearly cut us off.

I can't do that, child.

I'd feel like a lama

spinning an empty prayer-wheel.

I must force an outcome in Berlin,
or face my downfall.

Speen"

What do you say?

You must be on stage
when the curtain falls.

Reload!

Leave me alone!

How old are you? 12?
And you? 14?

And you?
Do you want to play war?

Go home, play another game!
- Who are you?

What do you want?
- My son... alive.

You should be proud of him.

He destroyed two tanks.
The Führer is giving him a medal.

You're young.
On which front did you fight?

I haven't had the honour yet.

You're lucky you haven't seen a battle yet.
Send the children home.

We will fight to the very last man.

What are you defending?

This is nothing but a trap.

The Russians will attack from both sides,
so there's no escape.

We'll shoot back at them!

- With what?
- We're using flak as artillery.

The Russians are coming,
several armies with tanks

and heavy artillery.
Do you really believe

you can hold off their assault
for even five minutes?

We made our pledge to the Führer.

Don't you understand?
We've lost the war! It's over!

Coward!

Get outta here! Now!

When the Russians come
and you're still here, you'll all die!

I may be repeating myself,
but the 9th Army must retreat.

Otherwise, it will be wiped out.

The 9th Army will not retreat!

Tell Busse to fight where he stands.

In that case, the 9th Army is lost.

We will drive back the Soviet units
in the north and east

with a relentless
and almighty assault.

With which units?

Steiner's division will attack from the north
and unite with the 9th.

The 9th Army is unable to move north.

The enemy outnumbers us 10 to 1.

Have Wenck support them
with the 12th Army.

But the 12th Army is marching west,
to the Elbe.

Then tell them to turn around!

- That would expose the Western front.
- Are you questioning my orders?

I believe I've made myself
perfectly clear!

The western Allies will realize
that only we can hold off the Bolsheviks.

We're the last bulwark
against the Asian hordes.

If we hold Berlin for a few more days
we'll make a deal with the Americans.

Ah, Mohnke...

...you're here.
- My Führer.

I put "Clausewitz" into effect today.
Berlin is now a front-line city.

You're in charge of defending
the government district.

If there's a battle in Berlin,
we'll fight to the last man.

But there are over
3 million civilians.

They have to be evacuated.

I appreciate your concern, Mohnke.

But we have to be cold-blooded.

We can't worry about
these so-called civilians now!

With all due respect, what will become
of the women and children,

the thousands of wounded,
and the elderly?

In a war like this
there are no civilians.

The Führer has lost
all sense of reality.

He moves divisions
that only exist on his map.

Steiner's scattered unit
can hardly defend itself,

and now he wants Steiner to attack.
It's insane!

Tell him yourself.
- He wouldn't listen. You know that.

- Something has to be done.
- Are you crazy?

He'd kick us out like Rundstedt and Guderian.
- So what?

We're soldiers!
We pledged our allegiance to the Führer!

Should that prevent us from thinking?

Look who's talking! An opportunist!
A ruthless careerist!

Pardon?

- Where were you?
- None of your damned business!

My Führer, Berlin Hitler Youth's
most successful tank hunters.

I'm proud of you all.

My Führer, this boy alone
destroyed two tanks with a bazooka.

His name is Peter Kranz.

So your name is Peter.

I wish my generals had your courage.

Fine, fine.

History will take note of you.

And when Germania rises up
from these ruins,

you'll be the heroes.

Heil to you!

I don't know about you,

but this gives me the creeps.
I prefer bombing raids.

What will happen to us?

Yesterday, he told me it was alright
if I left.

Everyone's deserting him.

We can't just get up and leave.

I can't either.

I've no idea where I should go.

My parents and friends back home
warned me.

They told me
not to get involved with the Nazis.

Should I go back and say,
"I'm home. I made a mistake.

When things got bad
I realized my mistake."

Life will go on, somehow.

What do you think, Colonel?

We should go.

Where to?

I don't know.
Some place where we're needed.

Come upstairs, everyone!
We're going to have a party!

Come on!

Come on, kids!

I want us to have some fun today.

No matter where the enemy goes

he has to find nothing but wasteland.

That's the death sentence
for the German people.

No electricity, no gas,
no clean water,

no coal, no transportation.

By destroying all our railways,
canals, docks, ships and locomotives,

we would hurl Germany
back to the Middle Ages.

You'd be robbing our people
of every chance to survive.

If the war is lost, it's immaterial
if the people perish too.

It is not necessary

to consider the German people's
primitive survival needs.

On the contrary, it is better
to destroy those things ourselves.

They have proved themselves too weak
and it is a law of nature

that they will be exterminated.

They are your people.
You are the Führer.

The only ones
who will survive the battle

are the inferior ones.
Our best people have fallen already.

Here you go.

Oh, come on,
you're supposed to dance.

With pleasure.

- Excuse me.
- Yes, of course.

What's the matter?

Convince him
that we have to leave Berlin, Eva!

Or come with me.

You're going to die.

Put on the music!

I want to dance!

Dance!

- Anything is particular?
- Swing.

Traudl...

It's all so unreal...

...like a dream

where you want to wake up,
but you can't.

It keeps going on and on...

Gerda, I feel sick...

Come on! Come on!

I haven't moved my command...

I haven't moved my command post!

...to the west...?

I'm 1,000 metres from the enemy!
- General!

Hello? Hello!

The report, General?

- I'm to be shot.
- What? What for?

They claim that I moved
my command post

to the west, away from the enemy.
- Not a bad idea.

Come with me.

- Schenck.
- Mohnke.

I'm at the chancellery bunker
defending the government district.

I need your help.

That's difficult,
everyone's been evacuated.

Everyone's gone
except me and my adjutant.

You're a doctor?

Yes. Internist.

Find a vehicle and bring us

all the morphine, penicillin

and first-aid supplies you can find!

I'll see what I can do.

Thank you, and hurry.

I have to see the Führer.

What for?

I'm to be shot.

Wait here.

Your guns, please.

Not here.

Guard post 2.

Roger.

General...

Not you.

- Heil Hitler.
- Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler.

What's going on?
Why am I to be shot?

You know the Führer has forbidden
any westward retreat.

Officers who disobey are to be arrested
and shot on the spot.

What do you mean?
My units have been in fierce battle for days!

My command post is just one kilometre
from the front line.

Go on.

You see this, don't you?
Don't use that tone with me!

Now do what you have to do!

I think you should explain it
to the Führer yourself. Come along.

- I can't let you through.
- I'm here on orders from Commander Mohnke.

We need first-aid material
from the military hospital.

It's empty. They all left.

- And the wounded?
- How should I know?

- I'll have a look.
- Colonel!

Stay here!

Careful you don't get killed.

There are Russians everywhere.

See that?

It's the end of the Reich.

That's Russki territory!

May I?

He's so damn stubborn.

Why didn't he let me do it?

I should be with my troops.
Are you sure the Führer needs me?

Drink up! The Führer's orders!

You really impressed the Führer.

You don't think Steiner'll attack?

I doubt that Steiner's units
are able to attack,

but why am I telling you this?
You know better than I do.

If Steiner doesn't attack,
Berlin will be lost.

Congratulations, your report
really impressed the Führer.

He has appointed you
commander of Berlin's defence.

I'd rather have been shot
than have this honour...

Tank alarm!

Stay calm.
They're too far away to do anything.

Out of the way please, ladies.

- Is that German artillery out there?
- I'm afraid not.

But Steiner's attack
should be underway by now!

You have to leave.
There isn't much time.

But the Führer believes
Steiner's attack

will make good of the situation.

I heard him say that Steiner's assault
will turn things around.

All the Führer's advisors
know that's absurd!

I'd not be surprised if he thinks so too.

Why would he deceive us?

What does he have to lose?

I don't believe a word of it!

The enemy has broken through
along a wide front.

They've taken Zossen to the south
and are advancing to Stahnsdorf.

They're on the northern outskirts
between Frohnau and Pankow.

They've reached Lichtenberg,
Mahlsdorf and Karlshorst to the east.

Steiner's assault
will bring it under control.

My Führer...

Steiner...

Steiner couldn't mobilize
enough men.

He wasn't able
to carry out his assault.

These men will stay here:
Keitel, Jodl, Krebs and Burgdorf.

That was an order!

Steiner's assault was an order!

Who do you think you are
to dare disobey an order that I give?

So this is what it has come to!

The military has been lying to me.

Everybody has been lying to me.
Even the SS!

Our generals are just a bunch
of contemptible, disloyal cowards.

I can't permit you
to insult the soldiers--

They are cowards,
traitors and failures!

My Führer, this is outrageous!

Our generals are the scum
of the German people!

Not a shred of honour!

They call themselves generals!
Years at military academy

just to learn how to hold
a knife and fork!

For years, the military
has hindered my plans!

They've put every kind of obstacle
in my way!

What I should have done

is liquidate all the high-ranking officers,
as Stalin did!

I never attended an academy,

and yet I have conquered Europe
all by myself!

Traitors!

I've been betrayed and deceived
from the very beginning!

What a monstrous betrayal
of the German people.

But all those traitors will pay.

They'll pay with their own blood.

They shall drown in their own blood!

Gerda, please calm yourself.

My orders have fallen on deaf ears.

Under these circumstances,
I am no longer able to lead...

It's over.

The war is lost.

But, gentlemen, if you believe
I am going to leave Berlin,

you are seriously mistaken.
I'd rather blow my brains out.

Do whatever you like.

The Führer didn't really mean
he'd shoot himself...

Frau Junge
and Frau Christian...

Get changed. A plane is leaving in an hour.
It will take you south.

Everything is lost...

Hopelessly lost.

You know I'll stay with you.
I won't let you send me away.

I'm staying too!

What now?

It's time to end this spectacle.

What? You want to give up?
That's unthinkable.

The Führer said we won't surrender.

We won't repeat November 1918.
Never!

You heard him.
He'll no longer lead us.

He said, "Do whatever you want."

No one here can replace him. No one.
The Führer is the Führer!

The Führer lost his composure.
He'll pull himself together.

Great.
And what happens then?

We can never surrender.
The Führer would never approve.

We swore to obey his will.
- Nothing but empty phrases!

We have to do something
before it's too late.

- You want to save your own skin.
- Stop it!

Damn it!

We'll never get out alive.
It's all over.

Just wait.

But the Filhrer is uncertain.
What if he kills himself?

Gijnsche said there's a tunnel
under the Russian lines to the Yanks.

Why did you say you'd stay with him?

I don't know... honestly.

They've stopped. Come on.
Let's go for a walk.

Traudl...

Look“.

Hey girls, I need a cigarette.

Let's go back down again.

- Where did they come from?
- New Volkssturm recruits!

Assigned this afternoon!

Tell them to get out
of the line of fire!

These recruits
are under Dr. Goebbels' command!

I want them outta there, right away!
This is crazy!

I'll answer for it.

I'm not sure it's the right way.

Oh, splendid.

Stop! Lights out!

Stop. Don't move.

Don't move.

Lucky! Germans.

Help! They want to kill us!

- What's going on here?
- They're MPs.

I don't believe it!

Stop it! Let those men go!

What's going on here?
- It's none of your business!

We found these deserters
in their homes.

They'll be shot, like every traitor.

They're old men, civilians.

You can't do that!

No?

Who's going to stop me? You?

Stop! That's enough!

Move out!

Here's a doctor.

Can you operate?

Not really.

Tell Ilse that the children
can't take too many toys.

One toy per child.

And no unnecessary nightclothes.
- Minister Goebbels...

My wife and children are coming.

Please take care of them.

Thank you.
BrigadeFührer, what can I do for you?

The Russians are mowing down
your Volkssturm recruits.

They lack experience
and suitable weapons.

That is compensated for
by their fervent belief in the final victory.

If you can't arm these men,

they can't fight.
They are dying in vain.

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 the mandate.
And now their little throats are being cut.

Yes?

Eva, you have to leave the Führer.

- Hermann!
- Don't be stupid.

It's a matter of life and death.

How can you say such a thing?
Where are you?

I've decided not to die in Berlin.

Hermann, does my sister know
where you are?

I have to call you back.

Hi there, kids.
Your room's on the right.

Wait for me.

- Hello, Frau Goebbels.
- Nice to see you, Frau Junge.

Come on now, get in line!

Come here, Helga. Get in line.

We'll put on our best clothes,

and then you can say hello
to Uncle Hitler.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Remember your song?

Yes.

No land is more beautiful

Far and wide
than the land we call our own...

If you want to be certain
shoot the gun into your mouth.

Your skull will explode.

You don't notice a thing.
You die immediately.

I want to look nice when I'm dead.
I'll take poison.

If I'm going to die heroically
I don't want to feel any pain.

That's a sure-fire way.

It paralyzes the nerves
and the respiratory system.

You die within seconds.

Could I have one, too?

Me, too.

Thank goodness
Himmler left me well supplied.

Thank you.

I'm so sorry I can't give you
a better present.

Berlin, April 23rd,

1945.

My dearest sister, I'm so sorry
I have to write you this.

But there's nothing we can do.
At any minute, it could all be over.

You should know
that Hermann isn't here.

But I truly believe
you'll see him again.

I'm sure he'll continue
the fight in Bavaria

for a certain time.

The Führer has lost all belief
in a favourable outcome.

My beloved son, I don't know
if this letter will reach you.

Perhaps there is some human soul

who will pass on
my final words to you.

I've stayed with Papa
against his will.

Last Sunday, the Führer
wanted to help me leave.

You know your mother well.
We have the same blood.

I had no second thoughts.
Our magnificent idea has died...

...along with every beautiful,
admirable, noble, good thing

I've ever known.
The world after the Führer's death

and after National Socialism
is no longer worth living in.

That's why the children are here.

They are too good
for what will come.

A merciful God will understand me
for giving them redemption.

I'll wear the golden bracelet
with the green stone until the very end.

Then it may be taken from me,
and you shall wear it

just as I have always worn it.

I'm afraid I sent my diamond watch
to the jeweler's.

I wrote the address at the bottom.

If you're lucky,
you can get it back.

I want you to have it.

You'll also get the diamond bracelet

and the topaz pendant
which the Führer gave me for my birthday.

The bill I'm including for Heise & Co.
hasn't been paid yet.

You might receive some other bills, too,

but not for more
than 1,500 Reichsmarks.

Please burn all private and business letters
to the Führer at once.

I'm also sending you
food and cigarettes.

Please give Lindners and Kargels
some of the coffee.

The cigarettes are for Mandi.
The tobacco is for Papa.

The chocolate is for Mom.

That's all I can tell you.
It's enough for now.

I wish you the best of luck,
my dearest sister.

And remember,

I'm sure you'll see Hermann again.
Best regards,

and kisses. I remain...

your sister.

h1g9!

Listen Keitel,
I want you to leave tonight.

Make your way to Dénitz.
Help him organize everything.

We have to get things moving again.

I don't understand.

It's a disaster.
We have no more oilfields.

It's impossible to carry out
far-ranging operations.

Once I've managed this situation,
we must recover the oilfields.

Any more questions?

No, my Führer.

Fine. Have a nice trip.

"My Führer, Following your decision
to stay in Berlin,

"do I have your approval
as Vice Chancellor

"to immediately take charge
of the entire Reich...

"...with the necessary power
and authority?

"If I receive no answer
by 10 p.m., I will assume

"that you have been incapacitated.

I will serve the well-being
of our people and fatherland."

He's betraying Germany...

And you!

G6ring's concern isn't unjustified.

If our communication system
breaks down,

which could happen any time,

we'd be cut off
from the world.

We could no longer
pass on orders.

I see it differently.
Géring wants to seize power.

I never trusted that mob he gathered
at Obersalzberg. It stinks of a coup.

That failure!
That bloodsucker!

A parvenu! A lazybones!

How dare he declare me
unable to act!

Tomorrow he might declare me dead!
- Hello, Frau Junge.

How did you reach Berlin?

It wasn't easy.
I have to see the Führer.

I'd wait if I were you.

The Air Force...

What did he do with it?

That's reason enough
to execute him!

That morphine addict
helped to corrupt this country.

And now this!

He has betrayed me.

Me!

I want Goring to be deprived of power
and removed from office.

If I don't survive this war...

...that man is to be executed at once.

What about us?

Is there any hope?

Leave before it's too late.

The Führer wants to stay here.

We can't leave him alone.

For that which awaits the Führer,
he won't need anyone.

Least of all you.

But Herr Goebbels and his wife are staying.
The children too.

But the children...

I'd always thought that...

I thought there was some way out...

Come in.

Albert... hello.

Fever?

Albert, my heart can't take it.

Why don't you take the children
and get out of here?

But where to?

I once told you, I can send a barge
to Schwanenwerder.

It can be fixed up as a hideout
until it's all over...

Which won't be long.

I've thought it through carefully.

I won't let the children grow up in a world
with no National Socialism.

Think it over again, Magda.

The children deserve a future.

If the idea of National Socialism dies,
there is no future.

I can't believe
you really want this.

Go...

Come in.

I knew you'd come.

You're not one of those
who'd abandon the Führer.

I... I've just come
to say goodbye to the Führer.

I have to return to Hamburg tonight.
- Of course.

Take a seat.

Look, I brought some of the furniture
you designed for me.

I just couldn't part with it.

Come on, help yourself.
I bet you haven't eaten all day.

You happen to be right.

Thanks.

It's so important that you came.

It shows him you're on his side.

Did he have his doubts?

He's been wondering
if you were possibly against him.

But I kept telling him you'd come.
And now you're here.

It pleased him that you advised him
to stay in Berlin.

I think it's the right choice, too.

You know what?

It may be crazy, but...

I'm really happy
to be able to stay.

And I'm not afraid.

Yes?

So... you've come.

My Führer...

- It's okay.

Let's sit down.

I had such big plans
for the Germans and for the world.

No one understood me,
not even my oldest comrades.

What huge opportunities we had.
The world was within reach...

Too late.

What I am proud of
is that I openly confronted the Jews...

...and I cleansed the German lands
of Jewish poison.

It isn't hard for me to go.
Just that one moment...

...and then eternal peace.

Spare the German people,
my Führer.

If my own people fail this test,

I will shed not one tear for them.

They deserve nothing else.

It's their own destiny.
They themselves are to blame.

For months...

I must tell you this,
my Führer...

For months I have not carried out
your orders of destruction.

Documents exist which prove
that I not only ignored,

but even acted contrary
to your orders.

I had to tell you.

My personal loyalty to you
never wavered throughout.

So, you're leaving...

Fine. Goodbye.

I wish you all the best.

So gentlemen, eat your fill.

Peter!

Everything's okay, my boy.

Fever.

Yes, but he's alive.

Courage and loyalty still exist.

Lord von Greim and Frau Reitsch,
I am pleased that...

...you both arrived uninjured,

more or less.

Be seated.

We were under heavy fire
but were able to land in Gatow.

The roads were impassable,

so we got a plane, a Fieseler Starch,
and flew over the Russian lines,

landing on the East-West axis,
a few hundred metres from here.

Just before landing,
we got hit by Russian artillery.

General von Greim, I appoint you
Commander-in-chief of the Air Force

and General Field Marshal.

A great responsibility
rests on your shoulders.

You must shake up
the entire Air Force.

Many mistakes have been made.
Be ruthless.

Life never forgives weakness.

This so-called humanity...

...is just priests' drivel.

Compassion is a primal sin.
Compassion for the weak...

...is a betrayal of nature.

The strongest can only be victorious
by eradicating the weak.

I have always obeyed
this law of nature

by never permitting myself
to feel compassion.

I have ruthlessly suppressed
domestic opposition

and brutally crushed the resistance
of alien races.

It's the only way to deal with it.

Apes, for example,

trample every outsider to death.

What goes for apes
goes even more for human beings.

In LUbeck,
Himmler has made an offer

to surrender to the western powers

through Count Bernadette...

...according to a report
by English radio.

Himmler...

Of all people, Himmler!

The truest of the true!

This is the worst betrayal of all!

Géring, of course...

He was always corrupt.

Speer, an idealistic,
unpredictable artist!

All the others! Yes! Yes! Yes!

But not Himmler.

Has he gone crazy?

He claimed authority
by saying that I was sick,

perhaps already dead.

Please leave me alone
with Lord von Greim and Frau Reitsch.

And bring me Fegelein.

My Führer,
we don't know where he is.

But he's Himmler's adjutant,
he must be here!

We haven't seen him for days.

I want his report at once!

Please stay, Doctor.

You and Greim are to leave at once.

Fly to Dénitz.
Tell him to do everything necessary

to ensure Himmler
receives just punishment.

My Führer, Lord von Greim and I
have decided to die with you here.

Thank you for this sign of loyalty.

But Himmler must die.

He committed treason!

It was the right decision
not to inform him of my plans.

My Führer?

Do you think I'd stand by and watch
those Jewish pigs do me in?

This is all part
of a gigantic ploy.

I allowed the enemy
to invade the Reich.

They believe they've won,
but you'll see, Greim.

It'll be a rude awakening for them.

Dénitz is mobilizing troops in the north,
Kesselring in the south.

We will crush the enemy
in a massive pincer movement.

And I have 3 armies near Prague
which will attack from behind.

I had no idea that we still have
so many troops available.

I have made arrangements
that within a short time

you will have thousands
of jet fighter aircraft,

so you can make the Air Force
as powerful as it once was!

I kneel down to your genius and
before the altar of our fatherland.

He“, my Führer.

You have requested
to leave Berlin?

As you know,
all the medical units and staff

under Himmler's authority
have left Berlin.

Himmler is a traitor.
He will receive the punishment he deserves.

As an SS physician,
I have no more duties here.

Your application to leave Berlin
is completely unacceptable.

My... family...

If the Russians find me here...
I have to leave!

You did nothing wrong.
Future generations

will be thankful
for the medical research you did.

I'll take responsibility for it all.

Let's discuss this another time.

We can't find
GruppenFührer Fegelein.

He is not in the bunker.
- What do you mean, "can't find him"?

Then look for him!

I want to see Fegelein at once!

If he's gone AWOL,
it's desertion! Treason!

Bring me Fegelein!
Fegelein!

Fegelein! Fegelein!

Dad, why are you wearing
your Sunday uniform?

Ernst... is something wrong?

No.

Thank you.

Gitte is hungry, too.

Well, Ilse,
now you have to eat something, too.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

Thank you.

What's going on?

You're under arrest.

- What?
- For desertion.

Get dressed.
You must come with us.

Kiss my ass!

Let go, you bastard!
You got no right!

Please don't let them
kill Hermann.

He wanted to flee,
it's beyond doubt.

So what?
It's all over anyway.

Think of my poor sister.
She's pregnant!

He collaborated with Himmler.
He's a traitor.

There is no compassion
for traitors.

There is no mercy for traitors.

He'll be court-martialled and shot.

What good is that now?

It is my will!

You're the Führer.

Go ahead.

The Russians are breaking through
everywhere.

There are no reserves left,
and air support has stopped.

There's no way
to bring in more ammunition.

The Russians have reached
Weidendammer Bridge,

Lustgarten to the east,
Potsdamer Platz to the south

and Tiergarten to the west,

300-400 metres
from the Chancellery.

How long can you hold out?

One or two days at most.

The government district too?

Yes, my Führer.

My Führer,
as a soldier I suggest

we try to break through
the encirclement.

During the fight for Berlin

we've already lost
15-20,000 of the younger officers.

But that's what young men are for.

Your suggestion is absurd!
Insane!

Think of the thousands of wounded.
We can't help them now.

My Führer...

...the orders are ready.
I give you my word--

The Führer can't just disappear
from history

like some inglorious fugitive!

Even if we got out
successfully,

I'd only be escaping
one trap to fall into another.

I'd have to sleep in the open air
or in a farmhouse

or something similar
and wait for the end to come.

Wenck is approaching
with the 12th army.

He can unite
with Busse's 9th Army

and inflict a crushing blow
on the Russians to save us all.

Wenck is a man of excellence.

Telegraph Keitel.

Report to me
immediately:

First, where are
Wenck's front lines?

Second, when are they attacking?

Third, where is the 9th Army?

Fourth, where will the 9th Army
break through?

You'll see, gentlemen.
I'll be proved right.

Wenck will come.

Wenck will come.

I want to know if it's possible
for Wenck to attack or not.

It's unlikely that Wenck's
small force can attack the Red Army--

How dare you say it's unlikely?

Wenck has nothing
to confront the Red Army!

Why don't you tell the Führer?

Have you all gone crazy?
- The Führer knows it himself!

But he will never surrender!
And we won't either!

I went through that before!
And once is enough!

Come on.
I have to get out of here.

Stop.

Heil Hitler!

Sorry, I fell asleep.

So you rested up a bit, dear?

Take it in shorthand.

My political testament.

Since 1914,
when I invested my modest strength

in the First World War,
which was forced upon the Reich,

over 30 years have passed.

In those 3 decades, all my thoughts,
actions and my life

were dictated by my love for
and loyalty to the German people.

Sorry, but the heavy gunfire...

You sit there.

Centuries will pass,

but from the ruins of our cities
and cultural monuments

our hatred will be renewed
for those who are responsible,

the people to whom we owe all this:

The international Jewry
and its supporters.

What's wrong, Herr Minister?

Imagine!
The Führer wants me to leave Berlin.

He ordered me to leave.

I've never disobeyed
one of the Führer's orders. Never!

But I will not obey this order.

I will stand by the Führer.

I'm sorry, Frau Junge, but...

I have to dictate
my personal testament to you.

I'm typing the Führer's testament.

Fine.

I understand.
I'll get back to you.

My Führer, I...
The Race Laws require me

to ask you this: My Führer,
are you of pure Aryan descent?

- Yes.
- May I see your ID?

- You're talking to the Führer.
- Yes, sir.

And are you,Fräulein Braun,
of pure Aryan descent?

Yes.

Then the matter is...
There are no obstacles...

I ask you:
Do you, my Führer Adolf Hitler,

take Eva Braun
to be your lawful wedded wife?

I do.

Do you, Eva Braun,
take the Führer Adolf Hitler

to be your lawful wedded husband?

I do.

I hereby declare you
man and wife.

I need two men!

You'll be okay.

- The Führer wants to see you at once.
- At this hour?

How long can you hold out?

Perhaps 20 hours.
No longer.

The Russians are just
a few hundred metres away.

For the moment
we've stopped them.

Know what, Mohnke?
The Western democracies are decadent.

They will be defeated
by those disciplined people of the East.

All the best. Thank you.

It wasn't only for Germany.

Keitel's report.

First, Wenck is stuck
south of Lake Schwielow.

Second, the 12th Army
cannot continue its assault on Berlin.

Third, the bulk of the 9th Army
is encircled.

My Führer, we need instructions
in case we run out of ammunition.

I will never surrender. Never.

I forbid you to surrender.
That goes for every other commander as well.

Listen, Gijnsche.

Frau Braun...
my wife and I will commit suicide.

But I don't want the Russians
to exhibit my body in some museum.

Don't let me fall into their hands,
dead or alive!

I want my body to be burned,
so it can never be found.

Gijnsche...

Promise you will make
all necessary arrangements

for the disposal
of my mortal remains.

My Führer...

This is a terrible order,
but I will carry it out.

Kempka.

Erich, I need 200 liters of gasoline.

Are you crazy?

Where do I get that much gasoline?

From the parked vehicles.
No one needs them now.

Why do you need so much gas?

I can't tell you on the phone.

Come with me, please.

The Führer wants to see us.

Should I tell him
you can't come?

It's my pneumothorax.

I won't last much longer anyway.

Excuse me, Madam.

This way, Professor.

Please wait here.

Excuse me...

I'm sorry to interrupt
your important work.

My Führer, preserve our belief
in the final victory!

Lead us, and we will follow you!

Come on.

Come in and join us!

- Sit down.
- Here, have a drink.

- Drinking's all we have left.
- Have a seat.

That's better.

Yes sir, our situation is hopeless.

It's what you call shitty!

Be seated.

We are honoured,Fräulein...
Frau...

You may call me Frau Hitler.

Don't worry, it's all right.

Pity we can't go outside anymore.

Only if you want a hero's death.

Fritz, pull yourself together!

Yes, sir!
Pull myself together!

Duck!

That was a close call.

Heil Hitler!

- ObersturmbannFührer, what's up?
- I must report to the Führer.

Not now. Have a seat.

Sit down, drink up.

May I introduce you to Frau Hitler?

So young and so many medals!
You must be proud of yourself.

I must go.
I'm not used to drinking anymore.

You can use our toilet.
Go ahead.

If your hand shakes, the bullet
might only destroy the optic nerve.

That's why it's advisable
to take poison too.

Pull the trigger
the moment you bite the capsule.

Will I have enough time to do it?

The poison takes effect
after 1 or 2 seconds.

Kérner, you too.

Frau Junge,
I've known him,

my husband,
for over 15 years.

But when I think about it,
I don't know anything about him.

Although he likes to talk.

I was looking forward to Berlin.

But he's changed so much.

He only talks about dogs
and vegetarian meals.

I really hate Blondi.

Sometimes I kick her secretly,
then Adolf wonders about her behavior.

It seems he doesn't want anyone
to see inside him.

I mean deep inside.

In private, he can be
such a caring person.

But then he says...
such brutal things.

When he's the Führer?

Come on, let's have a smoke.

I'm sorry.

You've so many worries,
and I sit here whining.

Frau Junge, let me give you this coat
as a going-away present.

I love well-dressed women.
I want you to have it and to enjoy it.

What a surprise. Thank you.

I have no idea
where and when I could wear it.

Please... try to get out of here.
Promise me.

Thank you, that was very good,
Fréulein Manziarly.

The time has come.

It's over now.

The Führer wants to say farewell.

You're the bravest mother
in the whole Reich.

My Führer, you've made me
the happiest woman in Germany.

Give my regards to Bavaria.

Why are you here?

We want to see Aunt Eva
and Uncle Hitler.

- Have you had anything to eat?
- Just breakfast.

I'll get you something to eat
and be right back, okay?

Okay.

Comrades, have you heard
the latest news from outside?

Berlin's a city of warehouses.
Where's my house? Where's my house?

Herr Gijnsche,
I have to see the Führer.

Please!

The Führer does not want
to be disturbed by anyone.

Please, Gijnsche.
Just one moment.

Please!

My Führer,
Frau Goebbels is here.

What now?

My Führer,
I beg you to leave Berlin!

My Führer, please...

Don't leave us!
What will become of us?

Tomorrow millions of people
will curse me,

but fate has taken its course.

Get up... Come on.

Come on...

Aunt Traudl,
I really like those loud booms!

Why?

Nothing can happen to us here,
can it?

You're right.

Bull's eye!

Herr Reichsleiter,
it has happened.

The Führer is dead.

There's Papa.

Are you crazy?

That gasoline has caused...
- Be quiet, Erich.

Step back!

Come on!

Come on!

No! Don't!

Let go of Grandma!

Order... Order...

Order must be restored!

Go after those two!

Here, this way!
We know our way through the ruins!

Trust us! Hurry!

I WAS ON THE SIDE
OF THE RED BEASTS

I SUPPORTED THE BOLSHEVIKS!

I hope the Russians got our message.

- We'll know in a minute.
- Or maybe not.

What news do you bring us, General?

Hitler and his wife committed suicide
in the Führer's bunker.

The new government has empowered me
to begin peace negotiations.

Between our two countries which have
suffered the highest casualties.

General, would you want peace

in my position?

My government will not accept

an unconditional surrender.

Under the circumstances,

there's no other alternative.

We'll never surrender! Outrageous!

I conquered Berlin against the Reds
years ago!

And I will defend it against the Reds
to my dying breath!

I won't use my final hours
as Reich Chancellor

to sign a statement of surrender!

- We must protect civilians!
- The Fiihrefls order is final!

Have you gone mad?

We have to negotiate.

I repeat, gentlemen,

I will never agree to surrender!
- Telegraph Marshal Schukov.

- Marshal Schukov?
- What's going on?

This is crazy!
We must surrender to the Russians!

I'll shoot you!

The Führer forbade
any kind of surrender!

- How long does it last?
- About 4 hours.

Alright, children.

Dr. Stumpfegger has brought
the medicine I told you about.

It's bitter,
but it's good for you.

Everyone gets a sip.

Who's first?

Heide, you're always so brave.

One more sip.

It wasn't that bad.

Good... Helmut?

Good.

It will keep you from getting sick
in this damp bunker.

But it isn't damp here.

Good, good.

Helga...

I don't want any.

Do you want to get sick?

Please, Mama. I don't want to.

Don't cry.
It won't help if you cry.

You have to drink it.

Helga!

Come on! Open your mouth!

Papa!

Now.

Drink, drink.

Sleep tight, children.

The lies will one day vanish,

and light will brighten
the darkness.

Would you read it to me, please?

"The lies will one day vanish,
and light will brighten the darkness."

Let's do it again.

The lies will one day vanish,
and above them...

...truth will once again triumph.

It will be the moment
when we stand above everything,

pure and...

...unblemished.

- We don't stand a chance.
- I don't care. I want out.

How do we cross the Russian lines?

I won't stay a minute longer.

- We're gonna die!
- Stop it! It won't be so bad.

The Russians will get us if we stay.

Okay, let's go.

On April 30th 1945,
the Führer committed suicide.

Thus he abandoned all those
who had pledged allegiance to him.

German soldiers, you obeyed
the Führer's orders and were prepared

to continue the battle for Berlin,

although you were running out
of ammunition

and further resistance was futile.

I order an immediate ceasefire.

Every further hour of battle
will only prolong

the civilians' terrible suffering

and the suffering of our wounded.

In agreement with the Soviet Army
Supreme Command,

I order you
to cease fighting at once!

Weidling,
former Commanding Officer

of the Berlin Defense Force.

A glass of water, please.

I no longer need you.

The die is cast.

- It's time, Doctor.
- You see how busy we are.

I insist that you accompany us.

So that's it.

Go on. You've done a great deal.
Thank you.

Schédle, come with me.

Sorry, I'm not going anywhere.

Let's gm!

Sturmmann Krijger gets the Iron Cross,
2nd class, for defending Wolf Bridge.

Sturmmann Wagner
took out 2 machine-gun posts

and defended Puttkammer Strasse.

He gets the Iron Cross,
2nd class.

Sturmmann Rauch
gets the Iron Cross

for helping messengers
get through enemy lines.

The others!

Oh, God!

Get outta here! Hurry!

Help!

Who goes there?

A German.

Herr Hewel?

Hewel, thank God you're alive.

Where are the others?

I don't know, Frau Junge.
Somewhere... perhaps.

I'm sure most of the people
in my group are dead.

I never should have left the bunker.

I should have shot myself.

But I couldn't.

Eat something.
There's time enough to die.

Attention!

Stay with the women.

Come here.

The Russians have us surrounded.

What will we do?

You can try to get through.

I'm not taking another step.

Think it over.
The Russians are only after us.

As women, you have a chance.

Give it a try.

Good luck.

When you go past the Russians,
don't look anybody in the eye.

Don't forget.

Good luck.

The Russians!

Let's go.

Go ahead.

I can't go on.
- Please.

I have to try.

Don't be angry with me.

I'll manage.

Doctor!

My comrades want to surrender
to the Russians. May I join you?

The Führer is dead.
You want to fight the war alone?

I feel committed to my oath.

Then talk to the BrigadeFührer.

The Russians are clearing the area.

- Yes?
- No resistance.

No shots have been fired.
- They'll be here in an hour.

What should we do?

Our honour won't allow us
to surrender!

What does that mean?

When the Russians come,
we fire until we're out of bullets.

Then we blow our brains out.

Rubbish!

Is this murderous, suicidal killing
for the sake of prestige the only way out?

We're SS officers.
We can't outlive the Führer's death!

Who else feels that way?

- Want to sit with me a moment?
- I'd love to.

Why do you want to go on living?

And why do you want to die?

See this?

The Führer himself
gave it to me.

A final decoration?

Perhaps. Hitler gave it to me
at his farewell.

He made me swear a vow.

That I would kill myself
the moment the Russians captured me.

Hitler made you promise
to kill yourself.

BUT Why?

He probably didn't want me
to be forced to speak negatively of him.

But as a diplomat, you are protected
by international law.

Who will benefit
if you keep your promise?

They're here!

Don't shoot, comrades!

We have surrendered.

The war is over.

It's over.

Of course, the terrible things
I heard from the Nuremberg Trials

about the 6 million Jews
and the people of other races

who were killed were facts
that shocked me deeply.

But I wasn't able to see
the connection with my own past.

I was satisfied
that I wasn't personally to blame

and that I hadn't known
about those things.

I wasn't aware of the extent.

But one day I went past
the memorial plaque

which had been put up for
Sophie Scholl in Franz Josef Strasse,

and I saw that she was born
the same year as me,

and she was executed the same year
I started working for Hitler.

And at that moment
I actually sensed

that it was no excuse to be young,

and that it would have been possible
to find things out.

Subtitles: John R. Middleton

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