Before the Fall (2004)
2004 film by Dennis Gansel
- Released
- 4 July 2004
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Genre
- Boxing film
- Director
- Dennis Gansel
- Screenplay
- Dennis Gansel, Maggie Peren
- Producer
- Molly von Fürstenberg
- Music
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Cinematography
- Torsten Breuer
- Editing
- Jochen Retter
- Starring
- Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Florian Stetter, Alexander Held, Sissy Höfferer, Thomas Drechsel, Martin Goeres, Devid Striesow
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Distributor
- Constantin Film
- Set in
- Germany
Before the Fall (German: Napola – Elite für den Führer, literally "Napola – Elite for the Führer") is a 2004 German drama film written and directed by Dennis Gansel. It is set in a National Political Institutes of Education or "NaPolA" school developed by the Nazi Germany government. The military academies were designed as preparatory schools for the future Nazi elite.
Cast
- Max Riemelt
- Tom Schilling
- Florian Stetter
- Alexander Held
- Sissy Höfferer
- Thomas Drechsel
- Martin Goeres
- Devid Striesow
- Joachim Bißmeier
- Justus von Dohnányi
- Claudia Michelsen
- Julie Engelbrecht
- Dennis Gansel
- Jonas Jägermeyr
- Michael Schenk
- Otmar Brancuzský
- Ljuba Krbová
- Zdeněk Maryška
- Karel Dobrý
- Jana Altmannová
- Bohumil Švarc
- Michael Beran
- Radek Zima
- Daniel Svoboda
- Johannes Zirner
- Götz Schubert
- Zdeněk Julina
- Jan Bidlas
- Michael Gerber
- Jakub Uličník
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q819084 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.