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 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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Genre:Drama, History
Written By:Lothar Kurzawa, Eric Friedler
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:ARD
Cast
Kaspar Heidelbach
Director
Karoline Herfurth
Gretel Bergmann
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Marie Ketteler
Axel Prahl
Hans Waldmann
Robert Gallinowski
Sigfrid Kulmbach
Thomas Thieme
Hans von Tschammer und Osten
Johann von Bülow
Karl Ritter von Halt
August Zirner
Edwin Bergmann
Maria Happel
Paula Bergmann
Franz Dinda
Rudolph Bergmann
Leon Seidel
Walter Bergmann
Marita Breuer
Eleonore Ketteler
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