Downfall (2004 film) (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Downfall (2004 film)" in English language version.

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aboutfilm.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Cavagna, Carlo. "Interviews: DOWNFALL". AboutFilm.Com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Eberle & Uhl 2005, p. xviii. Eberle, Henrik; Uhl, Matthias, eds. (2005). The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin. Translated by MacDonogh, Giles. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 1-58648-366-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"Downfall wins BBC world film gong". BBC. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
Furlong, Ray (16 September 2004). "'Human' Hitler disturbs Germans". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
Finlo Rohrer (13 April 2010). "The rise, rise and rise of the Downfall Hitler parody". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

bbfc.co.uk (Global: 359^th place; English: 282^nd place)

"DOWNFALL (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 24 December 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2026.

bfi.org.uk (Global: 239^th place; English: 131^st place)

"Downfall (2004)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2 March 2026.

blu-ray.com (Global: 1,328^th place; English: 655^th place)

"Downfall Collector's Edition Blu-ray Detailed". Blu-ray.com. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Vande Winkel 2007, p. 187. Vande Winkel, Roel (2007). "Hitler's Downfall, a film from Germany (Der Untergang, 2004)". In Engelen, Leen; Vande Winkel, Roel (eds.). Perspectives on European Film and History. Gent: Academia Press. pp. 182–219. ISBN 978-90-382-1082-7. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
Vande Winkel 2007. Vande Winkel, Roel (2007). "Hitler's Downfall, a film from Germany (Der Untergang, 2004)". In Engelen, Leen; Vande Winkel, Roel (eds.). Perspectives on European Film and History. Gent: Academia Press. pp. 182–219. ISBN 978-90-382-1082-7. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
Vande Winkel 2007, p. 212. Vande Winkel, Roel (2007). "Hitler's Downfall, a film from Germany (Der Untergang, 2004)". In Engelen, Leen; Vande Winkel, Roel (eds.). Perspectives on European Film and History. Gent: Academia Press. pp. 182–219. ISBN 978-90-382-1082-7. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
Vande Winkel 2007, p. 208. Vande Winkel, Roel (2007). "Hitler's Downfall, a film from Germany (Der Untergang, 2004)". In Engelen, Leen; Vande Winkel, Roel (eds.). Perspectives on European Film and History. Gent: Academia Press. pp. 182–219. ISBN 978-90-382-1082-7. Retrieved 18 April 2009.

boxofficemojo.com (Global: 41^st place; English: 52^nd place)

"DOWNFALL". Box Office Mojo.

cineuropa.org (Global: 1,056^th place; English: 832^nd place)

Trapani, Salvatore (5 February 2005). "The Downfall – Interview: Oliver Hirschbiegel • Director". Cineuropa. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

colesmithey.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Smithey, Cole (9 May 2005). "German Filmmakers do Justice to the Fall of Hitler's Empire". Smart New Media.

columbia.edu (Global: 554^th place; English: 368^th place)

"A film depicting Adolf Hitler's human side is attracting crowds and stirring debate in Germany". Columbia University. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

criterion.com (Global: 2,384^th place; English: 1,362^nd place)

"Opening Pandora's Box". The Criterion Collection. 2006.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Bathrik, David (1 November 2007). "Whose Hi/story Is It? The U.S. Reception of Downfall". New German Critique. 34 (3). Duke University Press: 1–16. doi:10.1215/0094033X-2007-008. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Bendix 2007. Bendix, John (Spring 2007). "Facing Hitler: German Responses to 'Downfall'". German Politics and Society. 25 (1 (82)): 70–89. doi:10.3167/gps.2007.250104. JSTOR 23742889.

dukeupress.edu (Global: 5,557^th place; English: 3,265^th place)

read.dukeupress.edu

Bathrik, David (1 November 2007). "Whose Hi/story Is It? The U.S. Reception of Downfall". New German Critique. 34 (3). Duke University Press: 1–16. doi:10.1215/0094033X-2007-008. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

dvdtalk.com (Global: 1,370^th place; English: 699^th place)

Atanasov, Svet (8 August 2005). "Downfall". DVD Talk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

dw.com (Global: 205^th place; English: 320^th place)

"Controversial Hitler Film Opens Across Germany". Deutsche Welle. 17 September 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
"Hitler Film Wins Oscar Nomination". DW. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

dwdl.de (Global: 1,009^th place; English: 7,629^th place)

Uwe Mantel (20 October 2005). ""Der Untergang": Erster Teil des Hitler-Films erfolgreich". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 8 September 2024.

empireonline.com (Global: 496^th place; English: 371^st place)

"The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema – 48. Downfall". Empire.
Newman, Kim (10 May 2017). "Downfall Review". Empire. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

filmreporter.de (Global: low place; English: low place)

Bonke, Johannes (17 September 2004). "Alexandra Maria Lara über ihr Gefühls-Chaos" (in German). Filmreporter.de. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

ghostarchive.org (Global: 64^th place; English: 28^th place)

Johnston, Sheila (30 April 2015). "The dangers of portraying Hitler". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

"Film Studies: In the bunker: Cinema's long struggle with the image of". The Independent. 27 March 2005.

irishtimes.com (Global: 252^nd place; English: 133^rd place)

"Hitler: The Lost Files". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
"German film on Hitler's demise a box office hit". The Irish Times. 20 September 2004. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
"My Hitler part in 'Downfall'". The Irish Times. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
Brady, Tara (31 July 2015). "Oliver Hirschbiegel: from Hitler to Princess Diana and back again". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Bendix 2007. Bendix, John (Spring 2007). "Facing Hitler: German Responses to 'Downfall'". German Politics and Society. 25 (1 (82)): 70–89. doi:10.3167/gps.2007.250104. JSTOR 23742889.

metacritic.com (Global: 51^st place; English: 44^th place)

"Downfall Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

movie-censorship.com (Global: low place; English: 8,380^th place)

Comparison between the theatrical version and the extended version of "Downfall" on Movie-Censorship

nbcnews.com (Global: 156^th place; English: 101^st place)

Eckardt, Andy (16 September 2004). "Film showing Hitler's soft side stirs controversy". NBC News. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

newrepublic.com (Global: 2,046^th place; English: 1,108^th place)

Oren, Michael B. (4 July 2005). "Pass the Fault". The New Republic. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

newyorker.com (Global: 191^st place; English: 122^nd place)

Denby, David (14 February 2005). "Back in the Bunker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Denby, David (14 February 2005). "David Denby's comments on Der Untergang". The New Yorker. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

nymag.com (Global: 525^th place; English: 339^th place)

Rosenblum, Emma (15 January 2010). "The Director of Downfall Speaks Out on All Those Angry YouTube Hitlers". New York. Retrieved 16 January 2010.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Landler, Mark (15 September 2004). "The All-Too-Human Hitler, on Your Big Screen". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
Varoli, John (7 October 2003). "A War-Torn Berlin Reborn in Russia". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
Scott, A. O. (18 February 2005). "The Last Days of Hitler: Raving and Ravioli". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
Boutin, Paul (25 February 2010). "Video Mad Libs With the Right Software". The New York Times. pp. B10. Retrieved 26 February 2010. In various home-subtitled remakes over the last few years, Hitler explodes when told that the McMansion he was trying to flip is in foreclosure, that the band Oasis has split up, that the Colts lost the Super Bowl or that people keep making more 'Downfall' parodies.

ofdb.de (Global: 3,074^th place; English: low place)

Entry for the Extended Version of "Downfall" in the Online-Filmdatenbank.

planet-interview.de (Global: low place; English: low place)

Sarkar, David (25 August 2004). "Das Böse kann niemals eindimensional sein" (in German). Planet Interview. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

popmatters.com (Global: 567^th place; English: 299^th place)

Fuchs, Cynthia (3 August 2005). "Downfall (2004)". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

rogerebert.com (Global: 287^th place; English: 186^th place)

Ebert, Roger (11 March 2005). "Downfall". Chicago Sun-Times.

rottentomatoes.com (Global: 52^nd place; English: 48^th place)

"Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

salon.com (Global: 683^rd place; English: 407^th place)

Hattemer-Higgins, Ida (21 February 2005). "Hitler's bodyguard". Salon.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

sfgate.com (Global: 248^th place; English: 142^nd place)

Evangelista, Benny (23 July 2010). "Parody, copyright law clash in online clips". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

spiegel.de (Global: 87^th place; English: 363^rd place)

"Eichinger-Film 'Der Untergang': Bruno Ganz spielt späten Hitler". Spiegel Online (in German). 16 April 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
Borcholte, Andreas (15 September 2004). "'Der Untergang': Die unerzählbare Geschichte". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2019.
""Der Untergang": Faktisch genau, dramaturgisch lau". Der Spiegel (in German). 16 August 2004. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

svtplay.se (Global: 6,709^th place; English: low place)

"Kobra – Del 2 av 12: Hitlerhumor" (in Swedish). SVT Play. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

Johnston, Sheila (30 April 2015). "The dangers of portraying Hitler". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
Fordy, Tom (13 September 2024). "'I never thought people would empathise with Hitler': The truth about the Führer's Downfall". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Summers, Sue (20 March 2005). "Now the Germans have their say". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
Diver, Krysia; Moss, Stephen (25 March 2003). "Desperately seeking Adolf". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
Kershaw, Ian (17 September 2004). "The human Hitler". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
Bradshaw, Peter (1 April 2005). "Downfall Review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
"Downfall: opening the book on the final days of Adolf Hitler". The Guardian. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
Higgins, Charlotte (5 April 2005). "Bunker film 'is too kind to Nazis'". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Harding, Luke; Flegel, Erna (2005). "Interview: Erna Flegel". The Guardian. England. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. It was good. They got a few small details wrong but generally it was right. I even recognised myself as a nurse.
"Internetting: a user's guide #18 – How downfall gained cult status". The Guardian. London. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
Finlo Rohrer (21 April 2010). "Downfall filmmakers want YouTube to take down Hitler spoofs". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
Zhou, Naaman (15 November 2019). "BP worker fired over Downfall video appeals, saying Fair Work did not understand meme". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

tvtropes.org (Global: 6,062^nd place; English: 8,586^th place)

"Iron Sky". TV Tropes. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2025.

variety.com (Global: 21^st place; English: 17^th place)

Elley, Derek (16 September 2004). "Downfall". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
Meza, Ed (12 August 2003). "Hitler pic lands in Russia". Variety. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Bonke, Johannes (17 September 2004). "Alexandra Maria Lara über ihr Gefühls-Chaos" (in German). Filmreporter.de. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
Fordy, Tom (13 September 2024). "'I never thought people would empathise with Hitler': The truth about the Führer's Downfall". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024.
Harding, Luke; Flegel, Erna (2005). "Interview: Erna Flegel". The Guardian. England. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. It was good. They got a few small details wrong but generally it was right. I even recognised myself as a nurse.
"Internetting: a user's guide #18 – How downfall gained cult status". The Guardian. London. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
"Kobra – Del 2 av 12: Hitlerhumor" (in Swedish). SVT Play. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

zeit.de (Global: 301^st place; English: 1,273^rd place)

Jessen, Jens [in German] (26 August 2004). "Stilles Ende eines Irren unter Tage". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2018.

zukunft-braucht-erinnerung.de (Global: low place; English: low place)

Radke, Julia (1 November 2004). "Hirschbiegel: Der Untergang. Filmrezension". Future Needs Remembrance (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2018.

Downfall (2004 film) (English Wikipedia)

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