Downfall vs SHTTL
Downfall has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.6/10 for SHTTL). SHTTL is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 35m. Downfall is the older of the two (2004 against 2023). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downfall
SHTTL| Downfall | SHTTL | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2023 |
| Length | 2h 35m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Ady Walter |
| Main cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel | Saul Rubinek, Moshe Lobel, Oleksandr Ivanov, Petro Ninovskyi, Miron Shuvalov |
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…
SHTTL
In one continuous shot, SHTTL shows the lives, loves, and inner conflicts within a Yiddish speaking shtetl on the border between Ukraine and Poland - one day before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.