Before the Fall
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Dennis Gansel
Leon Alexander Kersten
Tom Schilling
Gerald Alexander Held
Devid Striesow
Claudia Michelsen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Berlin 1942. Friedrich, is a sixteen-year old amateur boxer from a working class family who dreams of doing something with his life. His big chance comes when he's discovered at a boxing match by a young man who teaches at an elite Nazi National Political School (a.k.a. Napola). The young man helps Friedrich to enter the institution, and there becomes Friedrich's mentor, guiding him through the rigors of the strictly run school. Among Friedrich's new friends is Albrecht, the son of a high-ranking official. A fragile young man who prefers to train his mind rather than his body, Albrecht is critical of the Nazi ideology being crammed into the students' minds. Friedrich starts to see that there is no room here for anyone unwilling to follow the party line. After the students are forced to take part in a nighttime massacre of unarmed Russian youths in the nearby woods, Albrecht writes an essay condemning the Germans' barbarity. Friedrich knows that his best friend is on a collision course with the authorities, but is powerless to change his mind. When Albrecht's father forces his son to take back his words, Albrecht, instead, refuses--and accepts the consequences. Devastated, Friedrich vows to avenge his friend's fate, even if it means losing everything he's fought for and abandoning his dream of a better life.
Director
Dennis Gansel
Cast
Leon Alexander Kersten
Tom Schilling
Gerald Alexander Held
Devid Striesow
Claudia Michelsen
Michael Schenk
Julie Engelbrecht
Florian Stetter
Max Riemelt
Justus Von Dohnanyi
Joachim Bißmeier
Martin Goeres
Thomas Dreschel
Sissy Hoefferer
Jonas Jaegermeyr
Crew
Torsten Breuer
Torsten Breuer
Normand Corbeil
Natascha Curtius-noss
Dennis Gansel
Viola Hunter
Eckhard Kuchenbecker
Harald Kuegler
Matthias Musse
Maggie Peren
Jochen Retter
Molly Von Fuerstenberg
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 7, 2005
Released in United States November 18, 2005
Released in United States on Video June 13, 2006
Released in United States January 2005
Shown at Palm Spring International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-17, 2005.
Released in United States Fall October 7, 2005 (NY)
Released in United States November 18, 2005 (Laemmle; Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video June 13, 2006
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Palm Spring International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-17, 2005.)
