Berlin '36
Drama | History
Release Date
September 9, 2009
Duration
100 min
Status
Released
Language
de
Overview
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.
Casts
Gretel Bergmann
Karoline Herfurth
Marie Ketteler
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Hans Waldmann
Axel Prahl
Sigfrid Kulmbach
Robert Gallinowski
Hans von Tschammer und Osten
Thomas Thieme
Karl Ritter von Halt
Johann von Bülow
Edwin Bergmann
August Zirner
Paula Bergmann
Maria Happel
Rudolph Bergmann
Franz Dinda
Walter Bergmann
Leon Seidel
Eleonore Ketteler
Marita Breuer
Leo Löwenstein
Otto Tausig
Frau Vogel
Elena Uhlig
Elisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt
Julie Engelbrecht
Avery Brundage
John Keogh
Klara Manzel
Martin Wißner
Matthias Redlhammer
Tomas Spencer
Adrian Zwicker
Angelika Bartsch
Harvey Friedman
Katrin Hansmeier
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