Downfall

In the early 1940s, Traudl, a beautiful woman, gets a job as a personal stenographer for an elderly gentleman who suffers from a stomach ailment but is always polite, considerate, and never gets angry over typos or jammed tapes. Unfortunately, three years later, this "pleasant" man loses the Second World War. These days, everything feels completely different. The last refuge of the executioners is filled with agony and fear. Only those who survive this concrete hell will be able to tell the story of the dictator's final moments and the dark fall of his regime.

This film is a meticulous and detailed adaptation of the memoirs of Hitler's secretary, Traudl Junge. The film ends with her words: "I was glad that personally I had nothing to reproach myself for; after all, I didn't know anything about it... But then I realized that youth cannot serve as an excuse. Once you wanted to, you could have understood everything."

Ironically, part of the filming took place in St. Petersburg with the participation of the Lenfilm studio to reduce costs. The most attentive viewers will surely recognize, for example, the Pochtamtsky Bridge.