Before the Fall 2004

7.4/10


IMDB Rating : 7.4


FD Smart Rating : 7.4


Synopsis : When an aspiring boxer is recruited to train with the Nazis, he eagerly accepts -- despite the objections of his father, who adamantly opposes Hitler.


Regions Available ( 3 ) :
Austria , Germany , Switzerland

Languages:

German , German [Original]

Subtitles:

German

Genres:

Drama, Sport, Thriller, War

Release Date:

2004

Run Time:

1h49m

Maturity Rating:

Suitable for age 12 or older.

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) - high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls, seeing this as his ticket out of factory life to university and a good salary. During his year in seventh column (fifth form), this innocence is altered as Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education; a night in the forest hunting for escaped Russian POWs brings things to a head.