Downfall vs Gods and Generals
Downfall has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.3/10 for Gods and Generals). Downfall is the shorter watch at 2h 35m compared with 3h 39m. Gods and Generals is the older of the two (2003 against 2004). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downfall
Gods and Generals| Downfall | Gods and Generals | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 35m | 3h 39m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Ronald F. Maxwell |
| Main cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel | Robert Duvall, Kevin Conway, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Matt Letscher |
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…
Gods and Generals
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
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