'Downfall' nabs Bavarian prize
COLOGNE, Germany -- Downfall, Oliver Hirschbiegel's controversial depiction of Adolf Hitler's final days, has won the Bavarian Film Prize's audience award, one of Germany's top film honors, prize organizer Bayerische Fernsehen said Wednesday. Downfall beat out such lighter comedy fare as sci-fi spoof (T)Raumschiff Surprise -- Periode 1, the Snow White parody 7 Dwarfs, lowbrow comedy The Wanker and children's animation film Laura's Star. The drama was chosen by viewers of Bayerische film magazine Kino Kino, listeners of radio station Bayern 3 and readers of regional newspaper the Abendzeitung. Hirschbiegel will receive the award Jan. 14 at a gala ceremony in Munich.
- 1/6/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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