Raising hopes from its title that it only partly fulfills, “Berlin ’36” is a small-scale peek at a major historic event — the Olympic Games held in Nazi-controlled Germany — that’s been begging for ...

A fascinating real-life story about a most unusual friendship in Nazi Germany on the eve of the '36 Olympics. By Kirk Honeycutt, The Associated Press PALM SPRINGS — The Nazi era continues to throw up ...

The German film “Berlin 36,” set against the Nazi-organized Olympic Games of 1936, has much going for it. There is the pageantry and excitement of the Games, caught in old newsreels, with the Fuehrer ...

PALM SPRINGS, California (Hollywood Reporter) - The Nazi era continues to throw up amazing real-life stories, and "Berlin '36'" is certainly another one. The story of Gretel Bergmann is hardly an ...

Based on historical fact, Berlin 36 tells the story of German high-jumper Gretel Bergmann. Fearing humiliation should a Jew win the high jump, the Nazis pick Marie Ketteler as Gretel’s competitor on ...

1936. The United States threatens to boycott the Berlin Olympics if there are no Jews in the German team. Still aiming to mislead the world about their true ambitions, the Nazis are forced to admit ...

Black American Jesse Owen’s Fuhrer-baiting victories are the ones we remember, but the injustice Bergmann suffered is equally symptomatic of the Reich’s early days, before its propaganda could be ...

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