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

Berlin '36

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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Berlin '36 Cast

Name Character
August Zirner He was 53, now 68 years old as Edwin Bergmann
Karoline Herfurth She was 25, now 40 years old as Gretel Bergmann
Axel Prahl He was 49, now 64 years old as Hans Waldmann
Thomas Thieme He was 60, now 76 years old as Hans von Tschammer und Osten
Marita Breuer She was 56, now 71 years old as Eleonore Ketteler
Johann von Bülow He was 36, now 52 years old as Karl Ritter von Halt
Otto Tausig was 87, 89 years old when died as Leo Löwenstein
Sebastian Urzendowsky He was 24, now 39 years old as Marie Ketteler
Julie Engelbrecht She was 25, now 40 years old as Elisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt
Elena Uhlig She was 34, now 49 years old as Frau Vogel
Franz Dinda He was 26, now 41 years old as Rudolph Bergmann

Berlin '36 Crew

Name Department
Lothar Kurzawa as Screenplay. He was 57 (now 72) years old Writing
Kaspar Heidelbach as Director. He was 54 (now 70) years old Directing
Eric Friedler as Story. He was 38 (now 53) years old Writing
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Berlin '36 (15 years)

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

  • Release day: Wednesday, September 09, 2009
  • Runtime: 100 minutes