 However, "The Fall of Berlin" was received with little enthusiasm by the populace.Years later, in an article he wrote for the "Deutsche Filmkunst" magazine on 30 October 1959, Sigfried Silbermann – director of the state film distributor Progress Film – attributed this response to the effect years of anti-Soviet propaganda had on the German people.French critic Georges Sadoul wrote in "Les Lettres Françaises"