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The Battle Scenes is a compilation of battle scenes from Downfall, categorized by Hitler Rants Parodies, originally set in five different locations in Downfall's timeline.

Part one - Bombing[]

Waffen-SS soldiers are on the street lifting two large crates into the Reich Chancellery. They're interrupted by the sound of falling artillery and they drop both themselves and the crates to the ground. The artillery shells drop within meters of their location. Their commander orders them to get off the street quickly before two other shells drop near them.

Part two - Weidling[]

Two Wehrmacht soldiers are riding a bike under heavy artillery fire. They dismount in front of Helmuth Weidling's post and the scene shifts to Weidling. He is on the phone, being accused of treason by moving his post away. He insists that he had not moved his post, adding that they are a mere 1000 meters from the frontline. His adjutant saves him in time by grabbing him as they duck to the ground as an artillery shell crashes into the post, injuring some soldiers and breaking the communication. Seeing this, Weidling has no other choice but to report to the Führerbunker, with the possibility of being shot on the spot for treason in order to clear the record.

Part three - Mohnke[]

Set at night civilians are fleeing from the burning city, walking among the rubble and dodging artillery fire. Some soldiers are seen taking a hit from artillery shells. Wilhelm Mohnke is seen using a periscope. The Volkssturm recruits are running across the line of fire, and he wants to order them to take cover. His adjutant informs that they are under Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels' orders. He thus intends to inform Goebbels of this.

Part four - Peter Kranz[]

The scene follows Peter Kranz as he wanders around the ruined city. Dodging artillery fire, he returns to his flak post, to see Inge Dombrowski and his Hitler Youth lieutenant dead. He tries to shake Inge out of unconsciousness as he sees it, but it was in vain. He sees a line of approaching Soviet soldiers, grabs a Walther PPK used on both suicides and dashes away, dodging the enemy fire. In the theatrical version of the film, the scene ends here.

In the extended cut, after grabbing the PPK, he takes cover from the pursuing enemy in a damaged barbershop, where he sees a battle between the Soviets and the Germans. A Soviet soldier encounters him, telling him to give him the gun because the Soviets don't fight against children. Peter gets scared and shoots the soldier who falls on the ground and begins to curse. Peter drops the gun and runs away crying.

Between this and the next battle scene is a scene where Peter hides in an artillery crater.

Part five - Well[]

Civilians are drawing water from a well on daylight. They scramble away on the sound of falling artillery. The artillery shell hit near the well, and when the smoke clears, they see some of their family members dead. One woman breaks down crying at the side of her dead son Fritz.

Peter wakes up from sleep (or perhaps a short coma) and sees a hand buried under the rubble. He is terrified and runs away.

Use in Parodies[]

The scenes have been used several times, mainly in action or war-themed parodies such as the War of The Hitlers series and The Console Wars series. TheSilverUniverse used some of the scenes in his How Hitler lost the war parody.

The first scene in this series, where SS soldiers are seen carrying crates, is useful outside the context of war, and thus is the most used of the Battle Scenes. It has been used by Untergangers to show Hitler receiving a large shipment of something. An example of this happens in Fegelein kidnaps Blondi, where soldiers are seen carrying Hitler's dog in one of the crates.

Trivia[]

  • Though the film doesn't make it clear, the behind-the-scenes material states that the two crates seen in the first battle scene contain the model of the Welthauptstadt Germania shown in a later scene.
  • Goof: In the second battle scene, you can see mounds of dirt barely camouflaging the set explosives used in filming.
  • BM-13 Katyushas can be heard firing their rockets after a shell explodes near Weidling.

Gallery[]

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Traudl, Gerda and Constanze wake up to artillery fire


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Party Scene
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Mohnke calls Schenck
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Hitler Laughing Scene (aka Hitler's Trollface)
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Schenck and Müller in a truck
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Peter Kranz in the bomb shelter
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Hitler talks about the Battle of Berlin (aka Bunker Scene 2)
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Hitler talks to Keitel
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Bormann informs Hitler
Scenes in Downfall's timeline
  1. Prologue
  2. Hitler's Secretarial Interview
  3. Battle Scenes (first part - bombing)
  4. Traudl, Gerda and Constanze wake up to artillery fire
  5. Hitler Phone Scene
  6. Eva and Traudl discuss in the kitchen [ext]
  7. Fegelein and Himmler at Hitler's birthday
  8. Schenck and the burning of documents
  9. Himmler greets Hitler (aka Hitler Wants Himmler Scene)
  10. Himmler and Fegelein at the garage (garage)
  11. Hitler walks around the model of Berlin (Germania)
  12. Hitler Youth Artillery Scene
  13. Hitler Planning Scene [diff]
  14. Hitler's Generals Discussing Scene
  15. Hitler congratulates the Hitler Youth
  16. Traudl, Gerda and Constanze talk in bed
  17. Schenck and Müller around a bonfire
  18. Party Scene (beginning)
  19. Hitler and Speer chat on the couch
  20. Party Scene
  21. Battle Scenes (second part - Weidling)
  22. Mohnke calls Schenck
  23. Weidling goes to the Bunker
  24. Schenck in the Hospital
  25. Wilhelm and Dorothee Kranz arguing [ext] [noDl]
  26. Singing Burgdorf Scene [diff]
  27. Peter Kranz's street battle
  28. Fegelein talking to Traudl and Gerda
  29. Original Bunker Scene
  30. After the Original Bunker Scene
  31. Fegelein and Friends
  32. Traudl and Gerda talking in bed
  33. Eva walks Blondi
  34. Hitler Laughing Scene (aka Hitler's Trollface) [ext]
  35. Battle Scenes (third part - Mohnke)
  36. Schenck and Müller in a truck
  37. Schenck enters the shelter [ext]
  38. Mohnke talks to Goebbels
  39. Eva talking on the phone with Fegelein
  40. Magda Goebbels and the Goebbels children arrival [noDl]
  41. The Goebbels children sing to Hitler
  42. Schenck and Haase operating [ext]
  43. Hitler instructs how to commit suicide
  44. Eva and Magda write their letters
  45. Hitler stares at his favourite painting
  46. Peter Kranz in the bomb shelter [ext] [noDl]
  47. Battle Scenes (fourth part - Peter Kranz)
  48. Hitler talks about the Battle of Berlin (aka Bunker Scene 2) [ext]
  49. Peter Kranz hides in the artillery crater [noDl]
  50. Keitel, Krebs and others talk [ext]
  51. Hitler talks to Keitel
  52. Battle Scenes (fifth part - well)
  53. Bormann informs Hitler
  54. Speer and Traudl talk
  55. Peter Kranz in the fog [noDl]
  56. Magda, Eva and Bormann talk to Speer
  57. Speer's last conversation with Hitler
  58. Peter returns home [ext] [noDl]
  59. Traudl and the singing Goebbels children [ext] [noDl]
  60. Hitler meets Greim and Reitsch
  61. Hitler Eating Scene
  62. Hitler Explains Scene
  63. Traudl and Eva discuss Fegelein's flee [ext] [noDl]
  64. Hitler, Grawitz and Günsche (Reviews / Informed / Pros and Cons)
  65. Grawitz family's suicide
  66. Högl enters the brothel [noDl]
  67. Fegelein's Arrest Scene
  68. Eva wants Hitler to spare Fegelein
  69. Weidling and Mohnke inform Hitler (Bunker Scene 3, pt1)
  70. Generals discuss and Burgdorf gets angry (Bunker Scene 3, pt2)
  71. Fegelein Execution Scene
  72. Traudl is late to Hitler's dictation [diff] [noDl]
  73. Hitler will scene
  74. Hitler wedding scene [diff]
  75. Goebbels crying scene
  76. Mohnke caught in the artillery fire [noDl]
  77. Mohnke talks to Hitler
  78. Hitler and his generals receive telegram from Keitel (Bunker Scene 4, pt1)
  79. Hitler instructs Günsche (Bunker Scene 4, pt2)
  80. Haase, Flegel and Schenck meet Hitler
  81. The doctors and the drunken people / Bunker Jokes
  82. Soldiers deliver gasoline to the bunker
  83. Blondi is killed
  84. Traudl's last chat with Eva [noDl]
  85. Hitler's last supper
  86. Traudl and Gerda smoke in the generator room [ext] [noDl]
  87. Hitler's Farewell Scene
  88. Magda begs Hitler
  89. Hitler Suicide Scene
  90. Krebs and others walk through the streets of Berlin [noDl]
  91. Krebs meets General Chuikov [diff]
  92. Goebbels Rants Scene
  93. Magda drugs her children
  94. Joseph Goebbels gives a last testament
  95. Goebbels Children Murder Scene
  96. Weidling announces Berlin's surrender [diff]
  97. Krebs and Burgdorf's suicide
  98. Joseph and Magda suicide
  99. Mohnke convinces Schenck to evacuate [ext]
  100. Berlin's breakthrough [diff]
  101. Soviet women in the Bunker
  102. German soldiers gathered in a plaza
  103. Günsche scouts the Soviets [noDl]
  104. Traudl and Peter walk past the Soviets [noDl]
  105. Schenck's conversation with Stehr and Hewel [diff]
  106. Traudl and Peter leave Berlin
  107. Fates of surviving characters scene
  108. Epilogue
ext Scenes only in extended edition, diff Scenes differ between theatrical and extended edition, noDl Scenes without known download link

List is part of the Grand Unified Downfall Scenes Database.

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