Napola - Elite für den Führer

Name: Napola - Elite für den Führer
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Released: 2005-01-13
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Jonas Jägermeyr, Leon A. Kersten, Thomas Drechsel

IMDb ID: tt0384369 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 7.4 (18,497 votes)

Genres: Drama · Sport · Thriller

Friedrich's boxing skills gets him in an elite Nazi high school in a castle in 1942. He enrolls against his dad's wish as it promises a brighter future. It's not what he expected.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesUnited Arab Emirates: Before the Fall
Australia: Before the Fall
Canada: Before the Fall (English)
Egypt: Before the Fall (English)
United Kingdom: Before the Fall
Ireland: Before the Fall (English)
India: Before the Fall (English)
New Zealand: Before the Fall (English)
United States: Before the Fall
World-wide: Before the Fall (English)
South Africa: Before the Fall (English)
Argentina: Napola
Brazil: Napola
Germany: Napola (Alternative Title)
Denmark: Napola (Alternative Title)
Estonia: Napola
Croatia: Napola
Poland: Napola (Alternative Title)
Sweden: Napola (Festival Title)
Canada: Napola: Hitler's Elite (French)
Singapore: Napola: Hitler's Elite (English)
France: Corps d'élite
Norway: Der Führers elite
Poland: Fabryka zła
Sweden: Führerns elit
Denmark: Hitlers elite
Italy: I ragazzi del Reich
Germany: Junge Wölfe - Elite für den Führer (Working Title)
Hungary: Napola - A Führer elit csapata
Romania: Napola - Elita lui Hitler
Germany: Napola - Elite für den Führer
Finland: Napola - Hitlerin eliittikoulu
Finland: Napola - Hitlers elitskola (Swedish)
Spain: Napola, escuela de élite nazi
Greece: Πριν την πτώση
Russia: Академия смерти
Serbia: Напола
Taiwan: 希特勒的男孩 (Alternative Title)
Taiwan: 英雄教育
希特勒的男孩Release Date2005-01-13Runtime110 minutesMetascore65IMDb Popularity0User Reviews72Critic Reviews45Countries / RegionsGermanyLanguagesGerman
RussianKeywordsnazi germany
nazi
boxing
suicide
homosexual subtextFilming LocationsPrague, Czech RepublicProduction CompaniesOlga Film
Constantin Film
SevenPictures FilmOfficial SitesOfficial site (Germany) - http://www.napola.film.de
Official site (Singapore) - http://www.lhp.com.sg/napolaIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384369/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0384369.jpgUpdated At2025-04-24T04:14:09

Directors

Dennis Gansel

Writers

Dennis Gansel
Maggie Peren

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Max Riemelt | Character: Friedrich Weimer
Actor: Tom Schilling | Character: Albrecht Stein
Actor: Jonas Jägermeyr | Character: Christoph Schneider
Actor: Leon A. Kersten | Character: Tjaden
Actor: Thomas Drechsel | Character: Hefe
Actor: Martin Goeres | Character: Siegfried Gladen
Actor: Florian Stetter | Character: Justus von Jaucher
Actor: Devid Striesow | Character: Vogler
Actor: Joachim Bißmeier | Character: Anstaltsleiter
Actor: Michael Schenk | Character: Sportlehrer
Actor: Justus von Dohnányi | Character: Gauleiter Heinrich Stein
Actor: Claudia Michelsen | Character: Frau Stein
Actor: Julie Engelbrecht | Character: Katharina
Actor: Johannes Zirner | Character: Torben Send
Actor: Alexander Held | Character: Friedrichs Vater
Actor: Sissy Höfferer | Character: Friedrichs Mutter
Actor: Max Dombrovka | Character: Hans Weimer
Actor: Marian Schole | Character: Peter Fischer
Actor: Jakob Semotan | Character: Jungmann 1
Actor: Lenz von Johnston | Character: Jungmann 2
Actor: Thomas Sittler | Character: Nils Otto
Actor: Hans Dieter Knebel | Character: Major Hendrichs
Actor: Götz Schubert | Character: SS-Führer
Actor: Dennis Gansel | Character: Trainer Boxverein
Actor: Jakub Ulicník | Character: Nase
Actor: Michael Gerber | Character: Biologielehrer
Actor: Michael Rast | Character: Weltanschauungslehrer
Actor: Michael Lerchenberg | Character: Lateinlehrer
Actor: Robert Russel | Character: Mathematiklehrer
Actor: Michael Rones | Character: Erdkundelehrer
Actor: Otmar Brancuzský | Character: Kleiderwart
Actor: Ljuba Krbová | Character: Hefe's Mutter
Actor: Jan Fiala | Character: Fahrer von Heinrich Stein
Actor: Zdeněk Maryška | Character: Referendar
Actor: Karel Dobrý | Character: SS-Arzt
Actor: Zdenek Julina | Character: Angestellter in Kohlenhandlung
Actor: Jana Altmanová | Character: Oma Mertens
Actor: Jan Bláha | Character: Maxe
Actor: Bohumil Švarc | Character: Mann in PKW
Actor: Ota Filip | Character: Hefe's Vater
Actor: Michael Beran | Character: Schüler 7. Zug
Actor: Jan Bidlas | Character: Erzieher Napola Allenstein
Actor: Lukás Fronek | Character: Boxer Oranienstein
Actor: Paval Bartúnek | Character: SS-Offizier 1
Actor: Otta Tesar | Character: SS-Offizier 2
Actor: Radek Zima | Character: SS-Soldat
Actor: Maxim Tretiakov | Character: Russischer Gefangener
Actor: Otokar Harlas | Character: Pastor
Actor: Jan Jarkovský | Character: Jugendlicher Kriegsgefangener
Actor: Lubomir Janci | Character: SS-Soldat
Actor: Johannes Hendrik Langer | Character: Soldat
Actor: Daniel Svoboda | Character: GESTAPO Mann

[Directors Group]
Name: Dennis Gansel | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Dennis Gansel | Role: Writer
Name: Maggie Peren | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Viola Jäger | Role: Producer
Name: Harald Kügler | Role: Producer
Name: Molly von Fürstenberg | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Angelo Badalamenti | Role: Composer
Name: Normand Corbeil | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Torsten Breuer | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Jochen Retter | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Nessie Nesslauer | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Matthias Müsse | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Martin Maly | Role: Art Director

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Natascha Curtius-Noss | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Josef Lojík | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Marc Oliver Dreher | Role: Production Manager
Name: Fred G. Eger | Role: Production Manager
Name: Astrid Kühberger | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Wolfgang Groos | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Tomas Zelenka | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Radim Bak | Role: Art Department
Name: Petr-Kyslík Cejka | Role: Art Department
Name: Josef Cina | Role: Art Department
Name: Tomás Dusek | Role: Art Department
Name: Jiri Halamíèek | Role: Art Department
Name: Albrecht Hartmann | Role: Art Department
Name: Pavel Hotovec | Role: Art Department
Name: Radomír-Bombón Hájek | Role: Art Department
Name: Jirí Héra | Role: Art Department
Name: Josef Héra | Role: Art Department
Name: Milan Jelínek | Role: Art Department
Name: Petr Katrlík | Role: Art Department
Name: Karel Kavalír | Role: Art Department
Name: Lubomír Kisczuk | Role: Art Department
Name: Jan Knapes | Role: Art Department
Name: Jan-Eric Kolar | Role: Art Department
Name: Pavel Komárek | Role: Art Department
Name: Vráta Kydlícek | Role: Art Department
Name: Adriana Luna | Role: Art Department
Name: Vítek Mensík | Role: Art Department
Name: David Myslík | Role: Art Department
Name: Ervín Pietras | Role: Art Department
Name: Jan Pospísil | Role: Art Department
Name: Jirí Prchal | Role: Art Department
Name: Stanislav Procházka | Role: Art Department
Name: Martin Ptacek | Role: Art Department
Name: Roman Rousal | Role: Art Department
Name: Blanka Salkova | Role: Art Department
Name: Vlasta Samohrdová | Role: Art Department
Name: Henrik Scheib | Role: Art Department
Name: Miroslav Sindelár | Role: Art Department
Name: Václav Sinkule | Role: Art Department
Name: Frantisek Sklenár | Role: Art Department
Name: Martin Slabý | Role: Art Department
Name: Libor Sloup | Role: Art Department
Name: Petr Smutný | Role: Art Department
Name: Ladislav Srdos | Role: Art Department
Name: Uwe Steckhan | Role: Art Department
Name: Zdenìk Strobl | Role: Art Department
Name: Radek Svarc | Role: Art Department
Name: Jiri Vlceck | Role: Art Department
Name: Jindøich Vojtísek | Role: Art Department
Name: Josef Vrsan | Role: Art Department
Name: Aloiz Vyslan | Role: Art Department
Name: Miroslav Wasserbauer | Role: Art Department
Name: Heda Weyertsová | Role: Art Department
Name: Jitka Zelenková | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Tomas Bastian | Role: Sound Department
Name: Daniel Dietenberger | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jörg Elsner | Role: Sound Department
Name: Stephan Fandrych | Role: Sound Department
Name: Joo Fürst | Role: Sound Department
Name: Eckhard W. Kuchenbecker | Role: Sound Department
Name: Pit Kuhlmann | Role: Sound Department
Name: Hubertus Rath | Role: Sound Department
Name: Alexander Saal | Role: Sound Department
Name: Philipp Sellier | Role: Sound Department
Name: Martin Steyer | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Jirí Vojtech | Role: Special Effects
Name: Mortimer Warlimont | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: Markus Drayss | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Sabine Laimer | Role: Visual Effects
Name: David Laubsch | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Alexander Nowotny | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Henning Raedlein | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Abraham Schneider | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Dominik Trimborn | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Rainer Werner | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Michal Houzvicka | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Oliver Kraupner | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jaromir Simek | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Petr Svoboda | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Miroslav Vojkuvka | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Gabriela Rezacova | Role: Costume Department
Name: Sarka Zazvorkova | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Andrea Pugner | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Peter Fuchs | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Martina Kubesova | Role: Production Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Antonin Cukr | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Slávek Krpálek | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Jiri Loukota | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Jaroslav Sebek | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Nick Faustus | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marcel Hana | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jan Krcil | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stanislav Luksan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dusan Matic | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Traudl Nicholson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ana Radica | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bele Schneider | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Eva Spirkova | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sasa Ulbert | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jaroslav Česal | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Christian Becker | Role: Thanks
Name: Mo Dreher | Role: Thanks
Name: Fred G. Eger | Role: Thanks
Name: Ruth Fröhner | Role: Thanks
Name: Familie Gansel | Role: Thanks
Name: Peter Fritz Gansel | Role: Thanks
Name: Peter Gerlach | Role: Thanks
Name: Stefan Gärtner | Role: Thanks
Name: Torben Liebrecht | Role: Thanks
Name: Martin Moszkowicz | Role: Thanks
Name: Alicia Remirez | Role: Thanks
Name: Hella Tripp | Role: Thanks

Trailers

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Release Schedule

Italy: 2004 (Giffoni Film Festival)
Czech Republic: July 4, 2004 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Canada: August 31, 2004 (Montréal World Film Festival)
Belgium: October 8, 2004 (Flanders International Film Festival)
Finland: December 25, 2004
Germany: January 13, 2005
Sweden: February 1, 2005 (Göteborg Film Festival)
Estonia: February 4, 2005
Serbia: February 27, 2005 (Belgrade Film Festival)
Argentina: March 14, 2005 (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
United States: March 14, 2005 (Cleveland International Film Festival)
Switzerland: April 7, 2005 (German speaking region)
Austria: April 22, 2005
United States: July 14, 2005 (Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival)
Singapore: August 9, 2005 (limited)
Denmark: August 24, 2005 (Copenhagen International Film Festival)
Denmark: September 14, 2005 (Buster Children's Film Festival)
Czech Republic: September 22, 2005
Sweden: September 23, 2005
Brazil: October 21, 2005 (São Paulo International Film Festival)
Hong Kong: October 23, 2005 (Max! New Films and Stars From Austria, Germany and Switzerland)
Denmark: October 28, 2005
United States: October 28, 2005 (Milwaukee International Film Festival)
Spain: February 4, 2006
United States: March 10, 2006 (limited)
Iceland: July 6, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Hungary: July 20, 2006
Japan: September 22, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Mexico: January 19, 2007 (limited)
Argentina: July 5, 2007 (TV premiere)
Colombia: July 13, 2007
Norway: May 12, 2009
South Korea: August 15, 2013
France: November 30, 2018 (TV premiere)

Awards

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