Berlin '36

Berlin '36 (2009)

Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 2009-09-09
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 34 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ARD
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Kaspar Heidelbach
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Summary

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man. The film is based on a true story and was released in Germany on September 10, 2009. Reporters at Der Spiegel challenged the historical basis for many of the events in the film, pointing to arrest records and medical examinations indicating German authorities did not learn Dora Ratjen was male until 1938.

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  • Karoline Herfurth

    as Gretel Bergmann
  • Sebastian Urzendowsky

    as Marie Ketteler
  • Axel Prahl

    as Hans Waldmann
  • Robert Gallinowski

    as Sigfrid Kulmbach
  • Thomas Thieme

    as Hans von Tschammer und Osten
  • Johann von Bülow

    as Karl Ritter von Halt
  • August Zirner

    as Edwin Bergmann
  • Maria Happel

    as Paula Bergmann
  • Franz Dinda

    as Rudolph Bergmann
  • Leon Seidel

    as Walter Bergmann
  • Marita Breuer

    as Eleonore Ketteler
  • Otto Tausig

    as Leo Löwenstein
  • Elena Uhlig

    as Frau Vogel
  • Julie Engelbrecht

    as Elisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt
  • John Keogh

    as Avery Brundage
  • Klara Manzel

    as
  • Martin Wißner

    as
  • Matthias Redlhammer

    as
  • Tomas Spencer

    as
  • Adrian Zwicker

    as
  • Angelika Bartsch

    as
  • Harvey Friedman

    as
  • Katrin Hansmeier

    as
Directing Kaspar Heidelbach Director
Writing Lothar Kurzawa Screenplay
Camera Achim Poulheim Director of Photography
Production Anja Dihrberg Casting
Art Götz Weidner Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Lucia Faust Costume Design
Sound Sylvain Remy Sound
Writing Eric Friedler Writer
Production Doris J. Heinze Producer
Production Jörn Klamroth Producer
Production Gerhard Schmidt Producer
Editing Hedy Altschiller Editor
Sound Arno Steffen Music

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