Berlin 36

Berlin 36
Directed byKaspar Heidelbach
Written byLothar Kurzawa
StarringKaroline Herfurth
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Axel Prahl
Music byArno Steffen
Release date
  • 10 September 2009 (2009-09-10)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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.

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.[1]

  1. ^ Berg, Stefan (Sep 15, 2009). "How Dora the Man Competed in the Woman's High Jump". Der Spiegel.. Accessed September 2, 2010