Downfall vs Hotel Rwanda
Downfall has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.7/10 for Hotel Rwanda). Hotel Rwanda is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 35m. Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downfall
Hotel Rwanda| Downfall | Hotel Rwanda | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 35m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Terry George |
| Main cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel | Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix, Cara Seymour, Nick Nolte, David O'Hara |
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…
Hotel Rwanda
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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