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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

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

Crew

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