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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

Leonid Khmara Leonid Khmara as Narrator (voice) 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 Georgi Zhukov Georgi Zhukov as Self

Crew

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