Downfall (2004)
Der Untergang
Drama, History, War • 2h 35m
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, Ulrich Noethen, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Kanies, Justus von Dohnányi, Michael Mendl, André Hennicke, Christian Redl, Götz Otto, Thomas Limpinsel, Thomas Thieme, Donevan Gunia, Matthias Habich, Alexander Held, Devid Striesow, Dieter Mann, Bettina Redlich, Heinrich Schmieder, Anna Thalbach, Dietrich Hollinderbäumer, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Karl Kranzkowski, Thorsten Krohn, Jürgen Tonkel, Fabian Busch, Christian Hoening, Dirk Borchardt, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Michael Brandner, Igor Bubenchikov, Martin Butzke, Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov, Mathias Gnädinger, Bohdan Graczyk, Norbert Heckner, Enno Hesse, Julia Jentsch, Michael Kind, Elisabeth von Koch, Konstantin Lukashov, Stefan Mehren, Katerina Poladjan, Tanja Schleiff, Christian Schmidt, August Schmölzer, Jurij Schrader, Mariya Semyonova, Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann, Veit Stübner, Oliver Stritzel, Vsevolod Tsurilo, Henning Peker, Dieter Rupp, Andrey Blagoslovenskiy, Valeriy Salomakhin, Igor Sergeev, Traudl Junge
Best English-friendly & video release
Better than Constantin Germany 4K Blu-ray and Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray
Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray's encode is awful.
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UHD tiers
German import, Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray's encode is awful.
About the film
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: John Woo
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Arrow has a different grade and a better encode than the Shout! Factory, though the difference in either is not major. Imprint release, which leaves Shout! Factory's master and subtitles as is, is encoded by FiM. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24473097&postcount=56
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (similar to Criterion LaserDisc, but less distorted)
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Arrow used the alternate mix, but with extra filtering and lowered dynamic range. The alternate mix has much better fidelity.
Imprint presumably used the Shout! Factory original mix and left it as is, though no official confirmation.
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Director: Compton Bennett
4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
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