Berlin 36
Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish track and field athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In the movie she was replaced by the Nazi regime with a fellow athlete which she befriended. The film, based on a true story, was released in Germany on 10 September 2009.
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| Directed by | Kaspar Heidelbach |
| Written by | Lothar Kurzawa |
| Starring | Karoline Herfurth Sebastian Urzendowsky Axel Prahl |
| Music by | Arno Steffen |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
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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 determine Dora Ratjen as being male until 1938.
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