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Berlin '36 (2009)

★ 5.5/10 100 min Drama, History Germany German
Screenplay by: Lothar Kurzawa
Writer: Eric Friedler
Streaming: Not available
Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.

Description

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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Top Cast

Karoline Herfurth
Karoline Herfurth Gretel Bergmann
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Sebastian Urzendowsky Marie Ketteler
Axel Prahl
Axel Prahl Hans Waldmann
Robert Gallinowski
Robert Gallinowski Sigfrid Kulmbach
Thomas Thieme
Thomas Thieme Hans von Tschammer und Osten
Johann von Bülow
Johann von Bülow Karl Ritter von Halt
August Zirner
August Zirner Edwin Bergmann
Maria Happel
Maria Happel Paula Bergmann

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