Before the Fall

Before the Fall
Before the Fall
Directed by Dennis Gansel
Produced by Viola Jäger
Harald Kügler
Molly von Fürstenberg
Written by Dennis Gansel
Maggie Peren
Starring Max Riemelt
Tom Schilling
Music by Angelo Badalamenti
Normand Corbeil
Cinematography Torsten Breuer
Editing by Jochen Retter
Studio Seven Pictures
Distributed by Constantin Film
Release date(s) January 13, 2005 (2005-01-13)
Running time 117 minutes
110 minutes (US)
Country Germany
Language German
Box office $3,764,219[1]

Before the Fall (also known as NaPolA: Hitler's Elite; German: Napola - Elite für den Führer) is a 2004 German drama film written and directed by Dennis Gansel.

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Plot

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's (Max Riemelt) boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) - high schools that produce Nazi elite. Against his father's will, he enrolls, seeing this as his ticket out of his factory life to the university. During his year in seventh column (fifth form), this innocence is altered as Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code.

Cast

  • Max Riemelt as Friedrich Weimer
  • Tom Schilling as Albrecht Stein
  • Jonas Jägermeyr as Christoph Schneider
  • Leon Alexander Kersten as Tjaden
  • Thomas Drechsel as Hefe
  • Martin Goeres as Siegfried 'Siggi' Gladen
  • Florian Stetter as Justus von Jaucher
  • Devid Striesow as Heinrich Vogler
  • Joachim Bissmeier as Dr. Karl Klein 'Karl der Große' / Anstaltsleiter
  • Michael Schenk as Josef Peiner 'Peiniger' / Sportlehrer
  • Justus von Dohnanyi as Gauleiter Heinrich Stein
  • Claudia Michelsen as Frau Stein
  • Julie Engelbrecht as Katharina
  • Johannes Zirner as Torben Send

Production

The castle that houses the fictitious Napola Allenstein in the film is Bouzov Castle [1] in the Czech Republic.

Reception

Before the Fall received mixed to positive reviews; it currently holds a 68% 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus states "Despite a degree of predictability and cliches, the high production values and sincere performances by the leads elevate this coming-of-age story set in Nazi Germany."[2]

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