Downfall vs Ikkis
Downfall has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.1/10 for Ikkis). Ikkis is the shorter watch at 2h 28m compared with 2h 35m. Downfall is the older of the two (2004 against 2026). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downfall
Ikkis| Downfall | Ikkis | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 35m | 2h 28m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Sriram Raghavan |
| Main cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel | Zakir Hussain, Sikandar Kher, Jaideep Ahlawat, Vivaan Shah, Suhasini Mulay |
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…
Ikkis
Second Lieutenant and India's youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient, Arun Khetarpal, gave his life fighting for his battalion and the country during the 1971 Battle of Basantar. Ikkis also takes a reflective look at the futility of war through the eyes of Khetarpal's father, who visits his ancestral home in Sargodha and Alma Mater for reunion, which now happens to be in post-partition Pakistan, 30 years later.