Berlin '36

Berlin '36

Release Date: 2009-09-09

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.

Rating: 5.5 / 10

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

Crew

  • Kaspar Heidelbach - Director

  • Lothar Kurzawa - Screenplay

  • Anja Dihrberg - Casting

  • Achim Poulheim - Director of Photography

  • Sylvain Remy - Sound

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