
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.
Cast

Karoline Herfurth
Gretel Bergmann

Sebastian Urzendowsky
Marie Ketteler

Axel Prahl
Hans Waldmann

Robert Gallinowski
Sigfrid Kulmbach

Thomas Thieme
Hans von Tschammer und Osten

Johann von Bülow
Karl Ritter von Halt

August Zirner
Edwin Bergmann

Maria Happel
Paula Bergmann

Franz Dinda
Rudolph Bergmann

Leon Seidel
Walter Bergmann

Marita Breuer
Eleonore Ketteler
Otto Tausig
Leo Löwenstein

Elena Uhlig
Frau Vogel

Julie Engelbrecht
Elisabeth „Lilly“ Vogt

John Keogh
Avery Brundage
Klara Manzel
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Martin Wißner
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Matthias Redlhammer
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Tomas Spencer
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Adrian Zwicker
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Angelika Bartsch
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Harvey Friedman
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Katrin Hansmeier
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Crew
Kaspar Heidelbach
Director

Eric Friedler
Writer
Lothar Kurzawa
Screenplay
Hedy Altschiller
Editor
Achim Poulheim
Director of Photography
Jörn Klamroth
Producer
Doris J. Heinze
Producer
Gerhard Schmidt
Producer
Götz Weidner
Production Design
Anja Dihrberg
Casting
Lucia Faust
Costume Design
Sylvain Remy
Sound
Arno Steffen
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