"Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish."
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.
Released in 2009, Berlin '36 is a drama and history film from ARD (Germany). It was directed by Kaspar Heidelbach and written by Lothar Kurzawa. The cast is led by Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, Robert Gallinowski and Thomas Thieme. With a runtime of 1h 40m, the film averages 5.4/10 across 40 TMDB ratings.
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