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Downfall (German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 German/Italian/Austrian drama film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's reign of Nazi Germany in 1945.
The film's screenplay was written by Bernd Eichinger, and based upon the books Inside Hitler's Bunker, by historian Joachim Fest; Until the Final Hour, the memoirs of Traudl Junge, one of Hitler's secretaries (co-written with Melissa Müller); Albert Speer's memoirs, Inside the Third Reich; Hitler's Last Days: An Eye–Witness Account, by Gerhardt Boldt; Das Notlazarett Unter Der Reichskanzlei: Ein Arzt Erlebt Hitlers Ende in Berlin by Doctor Ernst-Günther Schenck; and Siegfried Knappe's memoirs, Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936–1949.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1942, a group of German secretaries are escorted to Adolf Hitler's (Bruno Ganz) compound at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia. After dictating to her for a moment and despite multiple mistakes, Hitler selects Traudl Humps (Alexandra Maria Lara) to be one of his personal secretaries.
Geh' los und sammel Helme!
Geh' los, grab' Steine aus!
Geh' los und spalte Schilder!
Nicht nach Haus'! Nicht nach Haus'!
Keine Zukunft oder was?
Komm wir gehen los und haben SpaÃ!
Mit 'nem groÃen Haufen Dosen
Geht kaum was in die Hosen!
Ref.
1, 2, 3, 4 - für den Untergang sorgen wir!
Fütter deinen Kopf
Oder streà deine Leber
Kleid dich rot