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Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish track and field athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be an intersex man. The film, based on a true story, 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.
Original Release
09/10/2009
US Release
09/16/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Karoline Herfurth | Gretel Bergmann |
Sebastian Urzendowsky | Marie Ketteler |
Axel Prahl | Hans Waldmann |
Robert Gallinowski | Sigfrid Kulmbach |
Thomas Thieme | Hans von Tschammer und Osten |
Johann von Bulow | Karl Ritter von Halt |
August Zirner | Edwin Bergmann |
Maria Happel | Paula Bergmann |
Franz Dinda | Rudolph Bergmann |
Leon Seidel | Walter Bergmann |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Karoline Herfurth | Gretel Bergmann |
Sebastian Urzendowsky | Marie Ketteler |
Axel Prahl | Hans Waldmann |
Robert Gallinowski | Sigfrid Kulmbach |
Thomas Thieme | Hans von Tschammer und Osten |
Johann von Bulow | Karl Ritter von Halt |
August Zirner | Edwin Bergmann |
Maria Happel | Paula Bergmann |
Franz Dinda | Rudolph Bergmann |
Leon Seidel | Walter Bergmann |
Marita Breuer | Eleonore Ketteler |
Rosa van de Loo | Emma Ketteler |
Otto Tausig | Leo Löwenstein |
Elena Uhlig | Frau Vogel |
John Keogh | Avery Brundage |
Julie Engelbrecht | Elisabeth 'Lilly' Vogt / Elisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt |
Klara Manzel | Thea Walden |
Martin Wissner | Ernst Oberberg |
Matthias Redlhammer | Stadionsprecher |
Tomas Spencer | Nigel |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tim Rostock | Executive Producer |
Doris J. Heinze | Producer |
Jörn Klamroth | Producer |
Klaus Rettig | Producer |
Gerhard Schmidt | Producer |