Berlin '36
Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.
2009-09-09 | 100 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Karoline HerfurthGretel Bergmann
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Sebastian UrzendowskyMarie Ketteler
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Axel PrahlHans Waldmann
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Robert GallinowskiSigfrid Kulmbach
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Thomas ThiemeHans von Tschammer und Osten
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Johann von BülowKarl Ritter von Halt
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August ZirnerEdwin Bergmann
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Maria HappelPaula Bergmann
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Franz DindaRudolph Bergmann
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Leon SeidelWalter Bergmann
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Marita BreuerEleonore Ketteler
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Elena UhligFrau Vogel
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Julie EngelbrechtElisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt
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John KeoghAvery Brundage
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Martin Wißner
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Matthias Redlhammer
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Tomas Spencer
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Adrian Zwicker
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