FRIDAY 26 JULY, 2019
Downfall 9:40PM, SBS World Movies (Digital Channel 32)
MA15+
Germany, 2004
Genre: History, Drama
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Köhler
What's it about?
Charting the last 10 days of Hitler's (played by Ganz) life, from his 56th birthday on April 20th, 1945 to his suicide on April 30th, Downfall 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. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005.
Did you know:
Charting the last 10 days of Hitler's (played by Ganz) life, from his 56th birthday on April 20th, 1945 to his suicide on April 30th, Downfall 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. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005.
Der Führer hat Geburtstag: Eine Schlüsselszene aus Downfall Source: Archivbild SBS
- SBS World Movies (Digital Channel 32, in HD and 24/7) is the latest free-to-air offering of SBS. It complements our existing TV channels SBS, Viceland, Food and NITV.
- More than 50% of the movies are in a language other than English, and SBS World Movies, which went to air on July 1 2019, broadcasts over 700 films each year.
- This month's line-up includes movies in Japanese, Swahili, French, Mandarin, Bangla, Spanish, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, German, Turkish, Hebrew, Italian and Cantonese.
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