The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
Acting
Ulrich Tukur's exhausted eyes do all the talking
Production
Claustrophobic HQ sets, no battlefield glory
Director
Niki Stein
Ulrich Tukur
Erwin Rommel
Benjamin Sadler
Hans Speidel
Aglaia Szyszkowitz
Lucie-Maria Rommel
Thomas Thieme
Günther von Kluge
Hanns Zischler
Gerd von Rundstedt
Tim Bergmann
Oberleutnant Hofacker
Vicky Krieps
Comtesse La Rochefoucauld
Johannes Silberschneider
Adolf Hitler
Robert Schupp
Aldinger
Maximilian von Pufendorf
Gen. Major von Tempelhoff
Oliver Nägele
Gen. Major von Blumentritt
Hubertus Hartmann
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
Klaus J. Behrendt
Heinz Guderian
Hary Prinz
von Schweppenburg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tukur prepared by reading Rommel's actual letters to his wife, finding the man behind the myth.
The film deliberately mirrors Downfall's bunker structure—here, the 'hero' is complicit in the system he barely resists.
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