Before the Fall (2004)
Rating: 7.0/10
Duration: 117 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): Dennis Gansel,
Description:
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Cast
- Tom Schilling as Albrecht Stein
- Max Riemelt as Friedrich Weimer
- Claudia Michelsen as Mrs. Stein
- Devid Striesow as Heinrich Vogler
- Justus von Dohnányi as Heinrich Stein
- Joachim Bißmeier as Karl Klein
- Michael Schenk as Josef Peiner
- Florian Stetter as Justus von Jaucher
- Alexander Held as Friedrich's Father
- Sissy Höfferer as Friedrich's Mother
- Jonas Jägermeyr as Christoph Schneider
- Leon A. Kersten as Tjaden
- Thomas Drechsel as Hefe
- Martin Goeres as Siegfried Gladen
- Michael Lerchenberg as Latin Teacher