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Before the Fall

Original title: Napola - Elite für den Führer

Men make history. We make the men.

2004 · NR · 1h 57m

Directed by Dennis Gansel

7.1

TMDB audience score
385 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Max Riemelt
    Friedrich Weimer

  • Tom Schilling
    Albrecht Stein

  • Devid Striesow
    Heinrich Vogler

  • Joachim Bißmeier
    Karl Klein

  • Justus von Dohnányi
    Heinrich Stein

  • Michael Schenk
    Josef Peiner

  • Florian Stetter
    Justus von Jaucher

  • Alexander Held
    Friedrich's Father

  • Sissy Höfferer
    Friedrich's Mother

  • Jonas Jägermeyr
    Christoph Schneider

  • Leon A. Kersten
    Tjaden

  • Claudia Michelsen
    Mrs. Stein

  • Thomas Drechsel
    Hefe

  • Martin Goeres
    Siegfried Gladen

  • Michael Lerchenberg
    Latin Teacher

  • Thomas Sittler
    Nils Otto

  • Julie Engelbrecht

  • Johannes Zirner