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Stephan Zacharias

Title: The Downfall (OST)

Label: Colosseum

Cat No:CST8097
Format:CD

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Berlin, April 1945. A nation awaits its downfall. Fighting rages in the streets of the capital. Hitler and his closest confidantes have barricaded themselves in the Fuehrer’s Bunker. Among them Traudl Junge, Hitler’s private secretary. While the situation outside escalates, Hitler experiences the downfall of the Third Reich behind thick bunker walls. Although Berlin can no longer be held, the Fuehrer refuses to leave the city. While the full force of the war crashes down over his folk, he stages his final departure. Only hours before their joint suicide, he marries Eva Braun, then their corpses are burned so that they do not fall into the hands of the enemy. Many of his faithful also choose suicide. As the situation becomes ever more hopeless, Magda Goebbels poisons her six children before she and her husband take their own lives. Shortly thereafter Traudl Junge and several others manage to escape at the last minute.

Zacharia´s sombre music provides a weighty and dramatic backdrop to the desperation and the fury experienced in the last 12 days before the downfall in Berlin. The pensive music accentuates the fanaticism of a turbulent time in world history characterized by mayhem and bloodshed.

Track Listing for The Downfall (OST)
1. Des Führers Sekretärin 2.32
The Führer's secretary La secrétaire du Führer
2. Prof. Schenck hält die Stellung 1.22
Prof. Schenck holds the fort Prof. Schenck tient la position
3. General Weidling macht Meldung 0.56
General Weidling reports in Général Weidling fait son rapport
4. Im Hof der Reichskanzlei 2.52
In the courtyard of the Reich Chancellery Dans le jardin de la chancellerie impériale
5. Eva Brauns letzter Brief * 3.33
Eva Braun's last letter Dernière lettre d’Eva Braun
6. Blutrote Rosen ** 2.21
Marek Weber und Orchester (Hermann Hünemeyer / Alfred Krönkemeier)
7. Peter im Nebel 1.10
Peter in the fog Peter dans le brouillard
8. Albert Speers Abschied * 2.00
Albert Speer's farewell L’adieu d’Albert Speer
9. Davon geht die Welt nicht unter *** 2.31
Zarah Leander (Michael Jary / Bruno Balz)
10. Evas Blick in den Spiegel * 0.45
Eva looks in the mirror Le regard d’Eva dans le miroir
11. Kein schöner Land (trad.) 1.11
12. Gute Nacht, Kinder 2.43
Good Night, Children Bonne nuit, les enfants
13. Die Giftkapseln 2.39
The poison capsules Les capsules de poison
14. Der Krieg ist aus 3.04
The war is over La guerre est finie
15. Exodus 3.33
L‘exode
16. Verloren im Stillstand 2.29
Lost in a standstill Perdu dans le marasme
17. Jablotschko (trad.) 1.32
18. Hoffnung am Ende der Welt 3.20
Hope at the end of the world L’espoir au bout du monde
19. Späte Einsicht 2.10
Belated acceptance Discernement tardif

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