Berlin '36 (2009)
Berlin '36 (2009)
Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.
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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Cast

Karoline Herfurth Karoline Herfurth As: Gretel Bergmann
Sebastian Urzendowsky Sebastian Urzendowsky As: Marie Ketteler
Axel Prahl Axel Prahl As: Hans Waldmann
Robert Gallinowski Robert Gallinowski As: Sigfrid Kulmbach
Thomas Thieme Thomas Thieme As: Hans von Tschammer und Osten
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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.


Tagline: Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.
Certification: 6

Details

Genres: Drama, History

Language: English, Deutsch

Release Date: 09 September 2009

Country: DE

Runtime: 100m

Company Credits

Company: ARD

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Cast

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

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Costume and Makeup

Lucia Faust

Lucia Faust

Costume Design

Sound

Visual Effects

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Camera

Achim Poulheim

Achim Poulheim

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

Götz Weidner

Götz Weidner

Production Design

Other Crew

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