City of Life and Death vs Downfall
Downfall has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.4/10 for City of Life and Death). City of Life and Death is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 35m. Downfall is the older of the two (2004 against 2009). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of Life and Death
Downfall| City of Life and Death | Downfall | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 2h 35m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | Austria |
| Director | Lu Chuan | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Main cast | Qin Lan, Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Ryu Kohata, Jiang Yiyan | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel |
Synopsis
City of Life and Death
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
Downfall
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to…
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