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Before the Fall

Play trailer Poster for Before the Fall 2004,  1h 51m,  Drama/ History Play Trailer Watchlist
Stream Now Watchlist 67% 39 Reviews Tomatometer 84% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
67% Tomatometer 39 Reviews 84% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
An idealistic boxer (Max Riemelt) bonds with an aspiring writer (Tom Schilling) while training at a Nazi academy.
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Critics Consensus

Despite a degree of predictability and cliches, the high production values and sincere performances by the leads elevate this coming-of-age story set in Nazi Germany.

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Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Apr 7, 2006
2/4
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. Go to Full Review
Amy Biancolli Houston Chronicle Mar 24, 2006
2.5/4
It asks us to sympathize with teenage boys being groomed for National Socialist glory, and for that reason alone, it absorbs. Go to Full Review
Ruthe Stein San Francisco Chronicle Mar 10, 2006
3/4
... hooks you by focusing on Friedrich's very human story. Go to Full Review
Paul Chambers CNNRadio Jan 22, 2010
c+
Quite a nice study of the Germany military schools where young men were most sheltered from the atrocities of World War II. The central character knows what's happening but instead focuses on a better future than his father had. But, still decisions mus Go to Full Review
Chelsea Bain Boston Herald Oct 21, 2006
3.5/4
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com May 30, 2006
B+
Gansel is to be commended for finding a way to tell a beautiful story simultaneous with indicting his countrymen for their ugliness. Go to Full Review
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Abraham G Oct 12, 2018 Too obvious, but still fascinating.
Finn G May 27, 2018 The best movie in the world ;)
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Dennis Gansel

Director

Max Riemelt

Friedrich Weimer

Tom Schilling

Albrecht Stein

Devid Striesow

Vogler

Joachim Bissmeier

Anstaltsleiter

Michael Schenk

Sportlehrer

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Movie Info

Synopsis An idealistic boxer (Max Riemelt) bonds with an aspiring writer (Tom Schilling) while training at a Nazi academy.
Director
Dennis Gansel
Screenwriter
Dennis Gansel, Maggie Peren
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 29, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$144.1K
Runtime
1h 51m
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