Dorothee Kranz

Dorothee Kranz in the wife of Wilhelm Kranz and mother of Peter Kranz in Downfall.

Role In Downfall
She cares very much for her son, and does not appear to dislike the fact that he joined Hitler Youth, unlike his father. She gets in an argument with Wilhelm about it, that it's only interrupted when Peter comes home, calls him a coward and runs away angry. Wilhelm tries to go after him. Dorothee tries too.

Later, she is with Wilhelm in a ruined building, along with other people. Her head is covered in a scarf. Peter joins them soon, gives them some bread and wants to leave. Wilhelm refuses to let him go, and a soldier intervenes. Dorothee tries to calm Wilhelm, and eventually the conflict settles in. Peter flees and Dorothee shouts his name to come back, to no avail.

When Peter returns home, he finds her dead, after she was shot in the head by a Greifkommando that just exited the house, thet also hanged Wilhelm.

She was played by the German actress Ulrike Krumbiegel.

In Downfall Parodies
She has appeared briefly in very few parodies, mainly because she appears in very few scenes.

Trivia

 * Just like her husband Wilhelm, her son Peter, Inge Dombrowski, Tellermann and Stehr, Dorothee is a fictional character in Downfall.
 * Her name is revealed in the film credits.
 * The scenes where she argues with Wilhelm and when she's present in the ruins with Wilhelm, are present only in the extended edition.