Downfall

2005 | Biography, Drama, History, War, Foreign Language, Historical War, Past, World War II

Synopsis

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Scores

Overall Score
77.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
61.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
88.7%
Review Aggregate
91.9

Critic Consensus

90.5% Fresh • 127 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 91% of 127 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize historical, suspenseful, thought-provoking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

historicalsuspensefulthought-provokingvisually strikingdarkgrittyemotionaltragicscarypsychological

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Bruno Ganz2005$806,000$1,294,000(est)
Alexandra Maria Lara2005$496,000$797,000(est)
Corinna Harfouch2005$373,000$600,000(est)
Ulrich Matthes2005$305,000$490,000(est)
Juliane Köhler2005$261,000$420,000(est)
Heino Ferch2005$230,000$369,000(est)
Christian Berkel2005$206,000$332,000(est)
Alexander Held2005$188,000$302,000(est)
Matthias Habich2005$173,000$278,000(est)
Thomas Kretschmann2005$161,000$258,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score90.0
RT critic review count137
Rotten Tomatoes audience score94.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb ratingN/A
IMDb votesN/A

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2005$5,509,040$8,848,877
International2005$86,672,536$139,217,473
Worldwide2005$92,181,576$148,066,350

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2005$37,423,534$60,111,428
Digital Rentals ?2005$218,000$350,162
Digital Purchases ?2005$34,000$54,612
Physical Rentals ?2005$12,171,000$19,549,628
Physical Purchases ?2005$29,219,000$46,932,922
TV & Streaming Revenue2005$2,203,616$3,539,551
Total Revenues2005$81,269,150$130,538,303
Expenses
Budget ?2005$16,000,000$25,699,947
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2005$11,153,000 (est)$17,914,469 (est)
Participations2005$6,502,000$10,443,816
Residuals ?2005$3,171,000$5,093,408
Interest & Overhead2005$3,200,000$5,139,989
Total Expenses2005$40,026,000$64,291,629
Movie Net Profit or Loss2005$41,243,150$66,246,673

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