Berlin '36

Berlin '36

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

2009 de 100 minutes

Rating: 5.473

Plot

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

Elena Uhlig

Elena Uhlig

Frau Vogel

Julie Engelbrecht

Julie Engelbrecht

Elisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt

John Keogh

John Keogh

Avery Brundage

Klara Manzel

Klara Manzel

Martin Wißner

Martin Wißner

Matthias Redlhammer

Matthias Redlhammer

Tomas Spencer

Tomas Spencer

Adrian Zwicker

Adrian Zwicker

Angelika Bartsch

Angelika Bartsch

Harvey Friedman

Harvey Friedman

Katrin Hansmeier

Katrin Hansmeier

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