Berlin '36

Nazi Germany 1936. Gretel Bergman is one of Hitler's best gold medal contenders. And she's Jewish.

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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.

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Cast

Karoline Herfurth actor Sebastian Urzendowsky actor Axel Prahl actor

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Robert Gallinowski actor Thomas Thieme actor Johann von Bülow actor

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August Zirner actor

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Maria Happel actor Franz Dinda actor

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Leon Seidel actor

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Marita Breuer actor Otto Tausig actor Elena Uhlig actor

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Julie Engelbrecht actor

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John Keogh actor

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Klara Manzel actor

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Martin Wißner actor

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Matthias Redlhammer actor

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Tomas Spencer actor

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Adrian Zwicker actor