Downfall (2004 film)

"I will win in Berlin, or face my downfall."

"In a war as such this, there are no civilians."

"[Believing Goering's offer to take power is a coup] The loser, the sponge. A parvenu, a lazy bones! How dare he say I'm incapacitated? Tomorrow, he might declare me dead! [...] The Luftwaffe, what did he turn that into? For that alone, he should be executed! This morphine addict corrupted the country! And now this, he's betraying me — me of all people!"

"[upon discovering that Himmler has been negotiating with the Western Allies behind his back] Out of all people, Himmler? The truest of the true? This is the worst betrayal of all! Goering, of course, he was always corrupt. Speer, a genius, unpredictable artist. All the others, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! But Himmler, no. Has he gone insane? He claimed authority by saying I was sick, or maybe even dead!"

"Tomorrow millions of people will curse me, but fate has taken its course."

"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 a mandate, and now their little throats are being cut!"

"Surrender?! Never! This is outrageous! I've conquered Berlin against the Reds several years ago, and will defend the city to the last breath against them! I won't use my final hours as Reich Chancellor to sign a statement of surrender!"

"[reading] On April 30, 1945, the Führer committed suicide, abandoning everyone who had sworn allegiance to him. True to the order of the Führer, you, German soldiers, were ready to continue the fight for Berlin, although your ammunition was running low and the overall situation made further resistance pointless. I order the immediate cessation of all resistance. Every hour that you continue fighting prolongs the terrible suffering of the civilian population of Berlin and our wounded. In agreement with the high command of the Soviet troops, I urge you to stop fighting immediately. Weidling, former commander of the Berlin Defense Area. [tape recorder clicks off] A glass of water, please. [faints]"

"April 1945, a nation awaits its..."

"Bruno Ganz - Adolf Hitler"

"Alexandra Maria Lara - Traudl Junge"

"Ulrih Matthes - Joseph Goebbels"

"Corinna Harfouch - Magda Goebbels"

"Juliane Köhler - Eva Braun"

"Thomas Kretschmann - SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein"

"Heino Ferch - Albert Speer"

"Christian Berkel - Ernst-Günther Schenck"

"André Hennicke - SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke"

"Götz Otto - Sturmbannführer Otto Günsche"

"Ulrich Noethen - Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler"

"Christian Redl - Generaloberst Alfred Jodl"

"Rolf Kanies - Chief of the Army General Staff Hans Krebs"

"Michael Mendl - General Helmuth Weidling"

"Matthias Habich - Prof. Dr. Werner Hasse"

"Birgit Minichmayr - Gerda Christian"

"Dietrich Hollinderbäumer - Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim"

"Dieter Mann - Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel"

"Justus von Dohnányi - Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant Wilhelm Burgdorf"

"Gerald Alexander Held - Walther Hewel"

"Thomas Thieme - Martin Bormann"

"Hans Steinberg - Karl Koller"

"Heinrich Schmieder - Oberscharführer Rochus Misch"

"Igor Romanov - Obersturmbannführer Peter Högl"

"Igor Bubenchikov - Franz Schädle"

"Anna Thalbach - Hanna Reitsch"