Last night we watched an incredible movie entitled Downfall, just released onto video this week. It covers the final two weeks of Adolf Hitler's life during WWII. Over the past few weeks, some buddies of mine and I have beeng watching the HBO WWII series, Band of Brothers, so we're quite saturated by World War II to say the least! Nonetheless, Downfall was a wonderful change of pace. Not one American soldier was shown, and the only other glimpse of the Allied forces came when you see the Russians as they've finally overtaken the city at the end. So, you're completely immersed in the end of the war from the German side.

The entire movie follows Hitler, his generals, and their families during their final days hidden in a series of bunkers in Berlin. It does a marvelous job of portraying various key people on the German side. You certainly see the sickening ways that Hitler and his closest followers carried out his last demands with cruelty. But, you also glimpse a few who begin to see just how mad and perverse the regime was.

If you've got any interest in history, or if you've got an appreciation for accuracy that you can't completely get by watching movies made on this side of the Atlantic, then definitely rent Downfall.