Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Berlin '36 end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Berlin '36 easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Berlin '36 violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Berlin '36

Name: Berlin '36
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2009
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, Robert Gallinowski, Thomas Thieme

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

Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach

Produced by ARD

2009100 min5.4 / 10

A historically grounded drama about a Jewish athlete's persecution and erasure under Nazi rule, balancing personal struggle with systemic injustice.

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.

Clusters

Complicity Under Pressure Nazi Germany And Resistance Sports and Competitions Period Setting By Decade International City Settings

Genres

Drama History

Keywords

Nazi Sports Olympic Games Based On True Story Female Athlete Track And Field Olympic Athlete 1930s Berlin

Questions people ask

Is Berlin '36 sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Does Berlin '36 end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is Berlin '36 easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Berlin '36 violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Berlin '36 scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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