Berlin '36

Berlin '36

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

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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Made in DE

5.5/10

2009

Drama
History
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Cast

Karoline Herfurth

Karoline Herfurth

As Gretel Bergmann

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Sebastian Urzendowsky

As Marie Ketteler

Axel Prahl

Axel Prahl

As Hans Waldmann

Robert Gallinowski

Robert Gallinowski

As Sigfrid Kulmbach

Thomas Thieme

Thomas Thieme

As Hans von Tschammer und Osten

Johann von Bülow

Johann von Bülow

As Karl Ritter von Halt

August Zirner

August Zirner

As Edwin Bergmann

Maria Happel

Maria Happel

As Paula Bergmann

Franz Dinda

Franz Dinda

As Rudolph Bergmann

Leon Seidel

Leon Seidel

As Walter Bergmann

Marita Breuer

Marita Breuer

As Eleonore Ketteler

Otto Tausig

Otto Tausig

As Leo Löwenstein

Elena Uhlig

Elena Uhlig

As Frau Vogel

Julie Engelbrecht

Julie Engelbrecht

As Elisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt

John Keogh

John Keogh

As Avery Brundage

Klara Manzel

Klara Manzel

As

Martin Wißner

Martin Wißner

As

Matthias Redlhammer

Matthias Redlhammer

As

Tomas Spencer

Tomas Spencer

As

Adrian Zwicker

Adrian Zwicker

As

Angelika Bartsch

Angelika Bartsch

As

Harvey Friedman

Harvey Friedman

As

Katrin Hansmeier

Katrin Hansmeier

As

Julia Lukas

Julia Lukas

As Zuschauerin

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