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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Der Untergang can be found here.

German film producer Bernd Eichinger wrote the screenplay for Der Untergang [English: Downfall], which was based on several books, most notably Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich (2002) by German historian Joachim Fest [1926-2006]. Other literary influences included (1) Until the Final Hour (2002), an autobiography written by Adolf Hitler's personal secretary Traudl Junge [1920-2002] with author Melissa Müller, (2) Hitler's Last Days: An Eye-Witness Account by Gerhardt Boldt [1918-1981], an officer in the German Army (3) Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer [1905-1981], Hitler's chief architect, and (4) Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949 by Siegfried Knappe, another officer in the German army who was stationed near the Führerbunker.

Adolf Hitler and Bruno Ganz are the same size...5 feet 6 inches.

Frederick II., King of Prussia (aka Frederick the Great). If you check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia, it may even be the same portrait.

Viewers who have seen Der Untergang have also recommended Stalin (1992) and The Inner Circle (1991), both about Stalin, and The Last King of Scotland (2006), about Idi Amin.