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Berlin '36 (2009)

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Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man. The film is based on a true story and was released in Germany on September 10, 2009. 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 learn Dora Ratjen was male until 1938.

Updated May 19 2020

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olympic games sport nazi germany female athlete track and field olympic athlete 1930s

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Runtime: 100 mins Rating: 4.9 Tag Line: Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.

Cast

Axel Prahl

Hans Waldmann

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Marie Ketteler

Elena Uhlig

Frau Vogel

Thomas Thieme

Hans von Tschammer und Osten

August Zirner

Edwin Bergmann

Angelika Bartsch

Karoline Herfurth

Gretel Bergmann

Harvey Friedman