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Before the Fall

7.0 117 mins Drama   2004
Seven Pictures   Constantin Film   OLGA FILM  
Director(s): Dennis Gansel

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.

Casts of Before the Fall

Max Riemelt

as Friedrich Weimer

Tom Schilling

as Albrecht Stein

Devid Striesow

as Heinrich Vogler

Joachim Bißmeier

as Karl Klein

Justus von Dohnányi

as Heinrich Stein

Michael Schenk

as Josef Peiner

Florian Stetter

as Justus von Jaucher

Alexander Held

as Friedrich's Father

Sissy Höfferer

as Friedrich's Mother

Jonas Jägermeyr

as Christoph Schneider

Leon A. Kersten

as Tjaden

Claudia Michelsen

as Mrs. Stein

Thomas Drechsel

as Hefe

Martin Goeres

as Siegfried Gladen

Michael Lerchenberg

as Latin Teacher

Thomas Sittler

as Nils Otto

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