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The Fall of Berlin

Берлин

Release: 1945-06-17 ·Runtime: 70m ·★ 4.5
Documentary War

A Soviet documentary chronicling the final assault on Nazi Germany’s capital. More than forty frontline cameramen from the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts captured the battle and its aftermath, supplemented with seized German footage. The film records the destruction of Berlin and the symbolic collapse of Hitler’s regime, standing as both a historical chronicle and a work of Soviet wartime cinema.

Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Central Studio of Documentary Films

Cast

Georgi Zhukov Georgi Zhukov as Self Hermann Göring Hermann Göring as Self Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler as Self (archive) Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini as Self (archive) Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin as Self Leonid Khmara Leonid Khmara as Narrator (voice)

Crew

Grigoriy Aleksandrov Grigoriy Aleksandrov Additional Photography Sergei Semyonov Sergei Semyonov Camera Operator Konstantin Brovin Konstantin Brovin Additional Photography Irina Setkina Irina Setkina Editor Yuli Raizman Yuli Raizman Director Arkadiy Levitan Arkadiy Levitan Camera Operator Vasily Solovyov Vasily Solovyov Camera Operator Mykola Shpykovskyi Mykola Shpykovskyi Writer, Assistant Director Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich Original Music Composer Elizaveta Svilova Elizaveta Svilova Editor, Director Roman Karmen Roman Karmen Camera Operator Yevgeni Mukhin Yevgeni Mukhin Camera Operator Tatyana Likhachyova Tatyana Likhachyova Editor Mikhail Poselskiy Mikhail Poselskiy Camera Operator Nikolay Vikhirev Nikolay Vikhirev Camera Operator Awenir Sofin Awenir Sofin Camera Operator