I watched this movie recently and I had a few thoughts on it.

First, the visuals of a burned out Berlin were very good and looked amazing. You were transported back into that moment with the depiction of the Reich capital in tatters. I thought it looked great.

The actor that portrayed Hitler. Initially(first few scenes) I didnt think he was a good representation but as the movie progressed, not only did he look exactly like him, but he had all the mannerismsa and idiosyncrasies as described by various authors in Hitlers last days. I was very impressed and thought he was masterful in the role.

Now the problems I had with the movie.

The movie seemed to depict the Germans in a sympathetic light. For example the Doctor(Ernst Gunter Schenk) that sticks around to assist was a doctor at Dachau and experimented on hundreds of concentration camp prisoners, many of whom died. In this depiction he is a sympathetic figure that just happens to be an SS doctor.

SS Brigadefuhrer Monkne is merely depicted as another SS officer caught in a bad situation. He is presented in a sympathetic light. The man was implicated in numerous atrocities but in this movie we are supposed to feel sorry for him. Yeah, okay.

And the final complaint. Hitlers secretary. The final line she gives what would be the standard German response in order to alleviate them of any guilt. "How could we know?" She was only Hitlers secretary and heard him rail against the Jews consistently. She lived in Germany and saw Jews being deprived of every Earthly possession and then forced to move. What did she think was going on? What did everyone else think was going on? No one noticed any of this?

Such lies from the average German. They knew something sinister was going on, they knew and they instead blamed the SS.

The movie lends a certain credence to this reasoning and I found it distasteful.