Berlin '36
Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.
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- Drama
- History
Overview
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.
Keywords
- based on true story
- nazi
- 1930s
- sports
- berlin
- track and field
- olympic games
- olympic athlete
- female athlete
- berlin, germany
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 9, 2009
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German, English
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- ARD
- Cast
- Karoline Herfurth,Sebastian Urzendowsky,Axel Prahl,Robert Gallinowski,Thomas Thieme,Johann von Bülow,August Zirner,Maria Happel,Franz Dinda,Leon Seideland 14 more
- Director
- Kaspar Heidelbach
- Writer
- Lothar Kurzawa,Eric Friedler
- Cinematography
- Achim Poulheim
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt1298540