Berlin 36
(G)- Release Date: 5th August 2010 (Showtimes)
- Language: German
- Genre: Historical
- Director: Kaspar Heidelbach
- Cast: August Zirner, Maria Happel, Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl. (Full Cast)
- Local Distributor: Cathay-keris Films
Inspired by the true story of Jewish high jumper Gretel Bergmann, "Berlin 36" replays a remarkable piece of forgotten Olympic history. Bergmann (Karoline Herfurth) was considered a top contender for the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Games in Nazi-controlled Berlin. With the Americans threatening an Olympic boycott if Jewish athletes were barred from competing, Bergmann is invited to training camp. But uncomfortable with a Jewish athlete on the Aryan team, the Nazis conspire to replace her with an unknown uber-athlete (Sebastian Urzendowsky), who years later is revealed to be a man. "Berlin 36" is the exploration of a tenuous friendship between two outsiders who find themselves in unimaginable circumstances. Bergmann eventually escaped to the U.S., where she still lives, and was invited by the German Olympic Committee to be its guest at the Centennial Games in Atlanta.
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