Berlin '36

Berlin '36 (2009)

5.4 100 min Movie
DramaHistory

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

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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Cast

Karoline Herfurth Karoline Herfurth Gretel Bergmann
Sebastian Urzendowsky Sebastian Urzendowsky Marie Ketteler
Axel Prahl Axel Prahl Hans Waldmann
Robert Gallinowski Robert Gallinowski Sigfrid Kulmbach
Thomas Thieme Thomas Thieme Hans von Tschammer und Osten
Johann von Bülow Johann von Bülow Karl Ritter von Halt
August Zirner August Zirner Edwin Bergmann
Maria Happel Maria Happel Paula Bergmann
Franz Dinda Franz Dinda Rudolph Bergmann
Leon Seidel Leon Seidel Walter Bergmann
Marita Breuer Marita Breuer Eleonore Ketteler
Otto Tausig Otto Tausig Leo Löwenstein

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