Before the Fall (Napola - Elite für den Führer) (2004)
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8 years, 8 months ago at Jul 11 6:11
i just watch this movie and was astonished to find the movie near to reality. but the pent off in the movie does not seem true, nor the death of the boy during swimming is near the reality. i have attended the training of Basic Medical, Fire and Rescue and the physical training was imparted by the Commandos of Pakistan Army, but there was never such inhuman behaviour. i donot think this should be ... read more
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) - high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls, seeing this as his ticket out of factory life to university and a good salary. During his year in seventh form, this innocence is altered as Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education; a night in the forest hunting for escaped Russian POWs brings things to a head.
Release date: 25 December 2004
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