Downfall vs Gettysburg
Downfall has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.9/10 for Gettysburg). Downfall is the shorter watch at 2h 35m compared with 4h 14m. Gettysburg is the older of the two (1993 against 2004). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downfall
Gettysburg| Downfall | Gettysburg | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 1993 |
| Length | 2h 35m | 4h 14m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Ronald F. Maxwell |
| Main cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel | Sam Elliott, Kevin Conway, Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang |
Synopsis
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…
Gettysburg
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
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