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Berlin '36

5.4/10
TMDB40 votes
Original: 100 min

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man. The film is based on a true story and was released in Germany on September 10, 2009. Reporters at Der Spiegel challenged the historical basis for many of the events in the film, pointing to arrest records and medical examinations indicating German authorities did not learn Dora Ratjen was male until 1938.

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About Berlin '36

Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.

Berlin '36 (2009) is a film in the drama, history genres. Directed by . The cast includes Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, Robert Gallinowski.

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Runtime
100 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Germany
Production companies
ARD
Writers
Lothar Kurzawa, Eric Friedler

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What is Berlin '36 about?

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man. The film is based on a true story and was released in Germany on September 10, 2009. Reporters at Der Spiegel challenged the historical basis for many of the events in the film, pointing to arrest records and medical examinations indicating German authorities did not learn Dora Ratjen was male until 1938.

Who stars in Berlin '36?

Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, Robert Gallinowski, Thomas Thieme, Johann von Bülow. See the cast cards above for character names.

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