Before the Fall

Name: Before the Fall
Genre: Drama, Sport, War
Released: October 7, 2005
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Devid Striesow, Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling

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Picture This! Entertainment | Release Date: October 7, 2005 | Not Rated

Starring: Devid Striesow, Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling

Summary: As Hitler launches the first major military aggressions of World War II, the strongest and smartest German young men enter exclusive schools known as "Napolas" to train as future leaders of the Third Reich. In 1942, a recruiter from one such Napola sets his sights on Friedrich, a talented adolescent boxer, who sees the training and prestigeAs Hitler launches the first major military aggressions of World War II, the strongest and smartest German young men enter exclusive schools known as "Napolas" to train as future leaders of the Third Reich. In 1942, a recruiter from one such Napola sets his sights on Friedrich, a talented adolescent boxer, who sees the training and prestige offered by the Napola as his ticket out of an impoverished family unit run by his anti-Nazi father. (Picture This! Entertainment)… Expand

Director: Dennis Gansel

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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Marrit Ingman

Every movie about the Holocaust should be this good, but few are. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Commands attention from its very first frame and never lets up right through the fade-out. It is a splendid example of classic screen storytelling with no false steps, and Gansel's understated approach pays off with resounding emotional effect and meaning. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

All the paraphernalia so important to the image of the Reich, particularly the uniforms, are painstakingly rendered, bringing a heightened sense of realism to what might otherwise have been a romantic coming-of-age tale. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

If Before the Fall feels a tad overdetermined, it also feels emotionally honest. Calmly and carefully, Mr. Gansel makes large points with small scenes. Read full review

Janice Page

Unusually compelling, even if it's treacly enough to be "The Chorus" in goose step. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

Surely played better on the page than on the screen. What's left is the same old drill driven by brutal master race fervor. Read full review

R. Emmet Sweeney

The movie is too middlebrow to show us the superman-type sexual heroics they must've engaged in, or even allow the illicit subtext to float to the surface (as Sokurov does in Father and Son)--instead we get tepid moralizing on dehumanization in the military. Read full review

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David

Jan 23, 2006

An outstanding portrayal of two youths whose unspoken bond is steeped in grappling with new understanding of the word around them. Featuring lush cinematography and flawlessly acted, Before The Fall is a definite "must see"!