Berlin 36 (2009)

Original title

Berlin '36

Directed by

Kaspar Heidelbach

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film, athletics film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

6

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Germany, a Jewish track and field athlete is barred from the Olympics by the Nazi regime. She is replaced by a fellow athlete who later becomes her friend.

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What happens

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish track and field athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In the movie she was replaced by the Nazi regime with a fellow athlete which she befriended. The film, based on a true story, was released in Germany on 10 September 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 determine Dora Ratjen as being male until 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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