Berlin '36 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.

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Drama
History
Release Date

Sep 09, 2009

Duration: 1h 40 min

Popularity: 1.0561
34 votes
Directed by

Kaspar Heidelbach

Casting: Anja Dihrberg

Screenplay by

Lothar Kurzawa

Productions

ARD (DE)

Budget

Revenue: NA

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