Downfall (Der Untergang) Germany, 2005

This movie was nominated for best foreign picture at the last Oscar Awards. People had told me it was somewhat boring, but I disagree. It lasts almost two and a half hours, but for me it went by very fast. This is the real story of what happens during the last days and last hours before Germany surrenders to the Allies during World War II. We learn many shocking details about Hitler and his group of collaborators and defence ministers, who spent their last days isolated in a bunker in Berlin. During these last days, the Russians arrive to Berlin and the German soldiers are not even able to defend their city properly. To make a long story short, many of them commit suicide, while a few escape and run for their lives. Seeing how Ms. Goebbels, the wife of the Propaganda Minister of the Third Reich, kills her own children one by one is really a truly disturbing image. I like the objectivity and realism of this film, showing us that war has catastrophic consequences for all of those who are involved.