Downfall Collector's Edition Blu-ray

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Downfall Collector's Edition Blu-ray

Posted December 8, 2017 05:49 PM by Webmaster

U.S. Shout Factory has announced that it is preparing a Collector's Edition of director Oliver Hirschbiegel's period drama Downfall (2004), starring Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, and Juliane Köhler. The release will be available for purchase on March 13.

Supplemental features to be included on this upcoming release have not yet been finalized.

Synopsis Called "dramatic, accurate and harrowing" by the San Francisco Chronicle and nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Downfall takes you into Hitler's bunker during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich.

In the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara, The Reader), optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Führer and his closest advisors.

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Experiment) and featuring an indelible performance by Bruno Ganz (Nosferatu The Vampyre) as history's most notorious despot, Downfall gives a gripping insight into the madness and desperation of a tyrant's final hours.

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The label has also reveled the official cover art for its upcoming Collector's Edition of director Joe Dante's The 'Burbs, which will be available for purchase on March 20.