# Before the Fall (2004)

> A gifted working-class boxer enters a Nazi elite boarding school and discovers that advancement demands complicity with institutional cruelty.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4583

## Facts

- Runtime: 117 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Dennis Gansel
- Cast: Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Devid Striesow, Joachim Bißmeier, Justus von Dohnányi, Michael Schenk, Florian Stetter, Alexander Held
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384369/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: austere, tense, harrowing, historical film night, serious discussion

## Synopsis

A young man's ambition leads him into the heart of darkness at a Nazi academy.

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