Die Verdammten

Originaltitel: La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung)

1969
16
2 Std. 37 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

10.235

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Helmut Berger, Dirk Bogarde, Helmut Griem, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Ingrid Thulin in Die Verdammten (1969)

trailer wiedergeben2:44

1 Video

99+ Fotos

Drama War

Der dramatische Niedergang einer reichen Industriellenfamilie während des Dritten Reiches.Der dramatische Niedergang einer reichen Industriellenfamilie während des Dritten Reiches.Der dramatische Niedergang einer reichen Industriellenfamilie während des Dritten Reiches.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

10.235

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 5 Gewinne & 12 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Footage shot during the "Night of the Long Knives" sequence but never shown previously in the United States is restored in the 2004 DVD release. It is in subtitled German and expands the running time to two hours and thirty-six minutes.

Patzer
The film is set between 1933-1934, yet most of the insignia and badges, shown worn on the German military and Nazi Party uniforms, were not invented until after 1938.

Zitate
Herbert Thallman: It's all over, Gunther. It was everyone's fault, even mine. It does no good to raise one's voice when it's too late, not even to save your soul. The fear of a proletariat revolution, which would've thrown the entire country to the left... was too great, and now we can't defend it any longer! Nazism, Gunther, is our creation. It was born in our factories, nourished with our money!

Alternative Versionen
The full 157-minute version contains sex and violence that garnered the film an X-rating in the U.S. Many video versions were trimmed to 150 minutes and rated R. The R2 DVD published by Istituto Luce in DVD has the shorter, cut version.

Verbindungen
Featured in Homo Promo (1991)

Soundtracks
Kinder, heut' abend, da such ich mir was aus
(uncredited)
Performed by Helmut Berger
Music by Friedrich Hollaender
Lyrics by Robert Liebmann

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Visconti masterpiece

This really is Luchino Visconti's magnum opus - The Damned is an utterly engrossing work of art that grabs you from the start and doesn't relinquish its grip until the final frames. The accents from the international cast takes a little getting used to - the soundtrack is in English (some sync sound, some dubbed) and Dirk Bogarde's refined English accent doesn't really suit the part of a German industrialist at first but once you get used to these incongruities the cast seems perfect! The cinematography is beautiful, capturing the decaying elegance perfectly. The score by Maurice Jarre adds to the atmosphere nicely even if it is a little reminiscent of Dr Zhivago. The film's themes are quite challenging and sometimes uncomfortable to watch but it's always compelling and absorbing even at 2 hours 35 minutes.