Der Untergang

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Throughout, we get a real sense of the enclosed, insane world of the bunker - but the director never allows us to lose sight of the dreadful plight of the rest of the battered city...

Some demons are too extreme to comprehend, but Hirschbiegel’s film nonetheless provides a painfully unflinching glimpse into the outer workings of the mortally wounded Third Reich.