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Berlin '36

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

2009-09-09
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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.

Director

Kaspar Heidelbach

Screenplay

Lothar Kurzawa

Director of Photography

Achim Poulheim

Casting

Anja Dihrberg

Production Design

Götz Weidner

Costume Design

Lucia Faust

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Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany

Companies

  • ARD

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