Berlin '36
“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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Karoline Herfurth
Gretel Bergmann
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Sebastian Urzendowsky
Marie Ketteler
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Babylon Berlin
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Axel Prahl
Hans Waldmann
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Spy Cat
The Little Witch
Robert Gallinowski
Sigfrid Kulmbach
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Kleo
Dogs of Berlin
Thomas Thieme
Hans von Tschammer und Osten
Known for
Babylon Berlin
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Johann von Bülow
Karl Ritter von Halt
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Labyrinth of Lies
Frantz
August Zirner
Edwin Bergmann
Known for
Colonia
The Counterfeiters
Maria Happel
Paula Bergmann
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Chantal in Fairyland
Franz Dinda
Rudolph Bergmann
Known for
Das Boot
The Cloud
Leon Seidel
Walter Bergmann
Known for
Land of Mine
The Discounters
Marita Breuer
Eleonore Ketteler
Known for
Perfume
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
Otto Tausig
Leo Löwenstein
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Place Vendôme
Kaspar Heidelbach Director · Lothar Kurzawa Screenplay Eric Friedler Writer
First release September 9, 2009 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, German
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ARD
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ARD/Degeto Film
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Gemini Film
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk
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Germany
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Original language
German
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English · German
Release dates
Germany · September 9, 2009
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No release date listed for United States.
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