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The Hitler Suicide Scene is a major scene in Downfall. Many Untergangers use different parts of the scene, rather than using the entire scene in full (even though that also happens). Although dark and gruesome in nature, most parts of the scene have been used in parodies.

In Downfall[]

Traudl Junge is preparing sandwiches for the Goebbels children. Whilst they discuss living in the bunker, in the conference room, Joseph Goebbels, Martin Bormann, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Hans Krebs, Walther Hewel, and Hans Baur sit around in silence, while Joseph stands, waiting for the inevitable. A gunshot goes off seconds later, which shocks everyone. Helmut Goebbels, mistaking it for enemy artillery hitting the surface, reacts by uttering "Bull's eye!".

In the conference room, Burgdorf stands up and peeks out through the doorway, whilst Heinz Linge heads to the Führer's office and, after slowly opening the door and peeking inside, he tells Otto Günsche and Bormann that "It has happened". Günsche then walks into Hitler's lounge room (which is not shown), inspects the bodies, then heads back outside, giving Bormann a nod and into the conference room, where he announces that "The Führer is dead". The generals and Goebbels then bow their heads.

Meanwhile, back in the hallway, the men including Rochus Misch, can be seen lighting cigarettes and smoking, an action which was prohibited in Hitler's presence. Back in the lounge, Heide Goebbels opens the door and sees her father and the removal of the bodies, and says: "There's Papa". Traudl proceeds to take a look at the events outside as seen by Heide. Horrified, and possibly to keep Heide from witnessing anymore, she quickly slams the door shut.

The bodies are removed from the lounge room and taken upstairs. Trying to inquire about the petrol, Erich Kempka encounters the party hauling the bodies on the staircase. As the corpses of Eva Braun (who committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill) and Hitler (who died by a gunshot to the head) are being carried past him, Günsche tells him to be quiet.

The burial plot is doused with gasoline. As the bodies are placed into the ground, an artillery shell nearly hits them. Kempka tells the soldiers to hurry by adding more petrol to the burial plot. The corpses are set on fire and the party salutes Hitler. After narrowly avoiding another artillery shell, the party rushes back inside the bunker.

In the bunker, a worried and possibly traumatized Traudl drinks a cup of water (or possibly liquor) to calm her nerves. An impulse occurs to her, and she slowly walks to the lounge room, where she sees the scene where Hitler and Braun committed suicide. Bloodstains can be seen where Hitler was supposedly sitting and Braun's handbag is also seen. She runs away terrified.

In the Parodies[]

Hitler Suicide Scene Gunsche walks away

Günsche walks away from the room.

While the scene is dark and grim in nature, it is quite commonly used in parodies. The most common use of this scene in parodies is the part when Otto Günsche exits the room and walks through the corridor. It's usually used to depict Günsche walking out after a review or Pros and Cons session after being told to search for Fegelein, or simply him walking around the bunker (taken to the extreme by Vzorkic in Günsche gets lost). His quote "the Führer is dead" is also used on multiple occasions.

Hitler Suicide Scene Generals checking out

Burgdorf: "What the hell was that?"

The part where Burgdorf rises from his seat in the conference room after hearing the gunshot is also used on occasions when he became curious about the plethora of sounds heard in the bunker.

The part with Hitler's staff saluting the funeral pyre has been used in Soalric Parker's The Bunker Games due to the similarity of the Hitler Salute with the three-finger salute used in the Hunger Games.

With that said, the only part of the scene that is almost never used is the one where Hitler's staff hauls the dead bodies away from the room to be burned at the surface. One such example is Traudl bad secretary by 1979Onetime, where Traudl, after being hired, slept in her room for so long that Hitler became impatient enough to kill himself. Traudl wakes up and goes into Hitler's room, only to find bloodstains there.

Some screenshots are also used in the parodies like in shots where Hitler screams "NO!" in Hitler Rants Parodies' videos.

Trivia[]

  • Goof: The bodies of Hitler and Eva can be seen moving after being laid in the crater, presumably because the actors want to take the historically correct positions.
  • The portion of the scene where Traudl is making the Goebbels' children something to eat is rarely used in parodies.
  • This is one of two scenes where an F bomb is dropped in the film. Günsche tells Kempka to shut up for complaining about why he needed "all that fucking gasoline". The other is the Party Scene, when during the bombing, someone exclaims, "Fucking hell!"

Gallery[]

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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