Before the Fall/ Napola - Elite für den Führer
- Men make history. We make the men.
- 2004-07-04
- Drama
- Karel Dobrý, Martin Goeres, Claudia Michelsen, Justus von Dohnányi, Florian Stetter, Julie Engelbrecht, Max Riemelt, Joachim Bißmeier, Alexander Held, Götz Schubert, Zdeněk Maryška, Devid Striesow, Tom Schilling, Jonas Jägermeyr, Thomas Drechsel, Michael Schenk, Michael Rast, Michael Lerchenberg, Otmar Brancuzský, Michael Gerber, Ljuba Krbová, Johannes Zirner, Sissy Höfferer, Zdeněk Julina, Leon A. Kersten, Thomas Sittler
- Dennis Gansel
- $4,500,000
- $3,764,219
- 1 h. 57 min.
- 7.0/10
- 339
- Germany
- Seven Pictures, Constantin Film, OLGA FILM
Overview:
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.