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Before the Fall
Men make history. We make the men.
Men make history. We make the men.
Drama - 2004
Before the Fall
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In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Director:
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Dennis Gansel
Cast:
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Tom Schilling
,
Justus von Dohnányi
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Devid Striesow
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Alexander Held
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Florian Stetter
,
Joachim Bißmeier
,
Max Riemelt
,
Michael Schenk

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Details

Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
4 Jul 2004
Country:
DE
Languages:
German, Portuguese
Budget:
$4,500,000
Revenue:
$3,764,219
Awards:
8 wins & 6 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Nearly every point made in Before the Fall, be it about militarism or the secret sexual codes of fascism, is made too obviously, or has been made before, in films from Cabaret to Europa, Europa.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
7 Apr 2006
fresh:
It asks us to sympathize with teenage boys being groomed for National Socialist glory, and for that reason alone, it absorbs.
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
24 Mar 2006
fresh:
... hooks you by focusing on Friedrich's very human story.
– Ruthe Stein,
San Francisco Chronicle,
10 Mar 2006
rotten:
One senses that Gansel took the most egregious stories from his research and stuffed them all into the shapeless script.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
24 Feb 2006
rotten:
The film is a competent but callow work dealing with a monstrous subject that automatically rejects callowness.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb 2006
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