A Bridge Too Far | “We Can’t Accept Your Surrender” Scene | MGM Studios

[@Lo-tf6qt]

It still baffles me every time I watch this that this genuinely happened in real life. This whole scene just looks and breathes Monty Python but it actually happened

[@TheMidnightPhil]

Oh my god, someone else got Python vibes off of this too. It's not just me.

[@davidcorriveau8615]

That's because Python is very British humor. The gentleman here is (more or less) expressing the same humor as the Pythons just 20ish years earlier.

[@barryweinrich7289]

Nice analogy , now that you mention it . Bravo !

[@markcostello5120]

Well they are British..

[@grantm6514]

@@markcostello5120 ...with the effortlessly supercilious air bred of centuries of empire-building.

[@joeletaxi821]

I am a London taxi driver. Our veterans charity took the men to the 70th anniversary in Arnhem. My passenger was Josef Wojcheowski of the 1st Polish parachute regiment. Her parachuted into Arnhem and most of his comrades were killed. By pure luck, he survived. It was my honour to know him and listen to the tales of the others who were there. Most of them have passed now but how lucky am I to have shared a glass in such honourable company.

[@jeetsule7846]

You Brits are lucky you have so much history

[@DDDD-pv7fw]

Wow what an honor that must of been. God Bless all these great Veterans!

[@thevet2009]

Salute

[@fortyofforty5257]

Keep the memories alive.

[@benainsworth6995]

“Was there anything else?” Cracks me up every time

[@hazmatt3250]

*confused German noises*

[@johnniecinco6698]

It feels like a Monty Python moment 😂

[@alexblack6421]

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries…

[@garyowen9044]

@@johnniecinco6698 doesn’t it indeed seem Monty Python-esque.

[@SStupendous]

@@garyowen9044 Could swear that's what they said, sure does

[@cc69ist]

The German soldiers face when hearing " was there anything else " amazing.

[@TTundragrizzly]

I wish though, they used an actual german for that role. This “ german” actor was a Brit in real life.

[@cc69ist]

@@TTundragrizzly Yes you can tell he's a Brit by his err, uniform err, hat no , nose err, hands it;s his British hands, maybe, his Britsh flag, no it's white, his walk, no, his back no, his British paratroop boots err no. OK what gave him away ?

[@TTundragrizzly]

@@cc69ist his accent? His face? Totally 💯% a brit ! That’s definitely not a chiseled german with a german accent.

[@cc69ist]

@@TTundragrizzly Have you been to Germany, they are not all 6 foot 6 blondes with chiselled chins and a gruff Germanic twang, just as not all Brits have a posh accent, he was great in the part so chill out and just enjoy the film, it wasn't a documentary.

[@richardmullins1883]

That German is a spitting image of Thomas Tuchel the german ex Chelsea manager. So yes he does look like a german

[@cbstevp]

Screenwriter William Goldman tells a great story about this scene. In the original script he had Anthony Hopkins' character of Col. Frost say the humorous line about accepting the Germans surrender. After the script was submitted the real Frost, a consultant on the movie, called Goldman and asked to meet in London when he was on his way home from Holland to America. Goldman accepted and when he met Frost he realized something was wrong. Frost told him that he had to change that scene to give the man who really said that funny line the credit he was due. Goldman said why does it matter who said it. Frost replied that he would be ruined if the movie came out that way. Everyone knew he was a consultant and if his character said a famous line that one of his men had really said then everyone would think he had changed the facts on purpose to make himself look better. He feared he would be ostracized from his circle of army friends. Of course Goldman agreed to change the script and so it went as we see in this clip.

[@davidhicks6509]

That’s what you call Honor folks! You might not recognize it since we see so little of it today.

[@panan7777]

@@davidhicks6509 Being HONEST because it's RIGHT.

[@garyowen9044]

That’s fascinating! Thank you. This is what the internet should be about, instead of sniping.

[@garyowen9044]

@will Derby again, fascinating! Thank you.

[@Grayman58]

Well done sir. True Airborne honor .

[@philipsalama8083]

The look on the German's face cracks me up - first the confused look as he's wondering if his English isn't as good as he thought, then the eyebrow raise as he figures out they're messing with him. Really makes the scene for me.

[@ishitunot5152]

You do know he's an actor and this film wasn't actual footage and the actor was following his script to look confused.

[@philipsalama8083]

@@ishitunot5152 Yes, I'm aware that this is a film. I'm saying I enjoyed the guy's performance.

[@ishitunot5152]

@@philipsalama8083 You made no mention of the guy's performance in fact you stated that the individual was German.

[@philipsalama8083]

@@ishitunot5152 The *character* is German. I referred to the *character* because I don't know the actor's name, and saying 'the actor playing the German soldier' is long winded, and for anyone not as tedious as yourself, redundant.

[@ishitunot5152]

@@philipsalama8083 They may again be error on your part because the ss panzer divisions along with other german units involved in the fighting had Austrians as well as other foreign conscripts in their ranks. Thus we don't know the character's racial identity for sure. I watched the credits of the movie and they gave the name of the actor who played the axis solder. Effort, that is all that it took.

[@anthonywright6237]

Who ever you are..you have to admire the British sense of humour.. and do it with such elegance. It's borderline brutal

[@DrCruel]

To be fair, the British Airborne really didn't have the facilities. He should have told them to check with the Americans to their rear, as they should be along any day now.

[@BobGolob]

Admire British sense of humor and hate Montgomery arrogance.

[@stinkypete2722]

@@DrCruel Excellent!!

[@colinlondon1324]

Dr cruel i disagree. It had to be short, succint strait to the point

[@StoutProper]

@@DrCruel I don’t think the Americans arrived for quite some time on account of their commander being far too cautious

[@Buggaton]

It really does scan like a Monty Python skit

[@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841]

All that was missing, was the world's deadliest joke.

[@Bloomcycle]

Too funny 😂😂🤣

[@raedwulf61]

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!

[@StoutProper]

Definitely. Especially we’d like to, was there anything else?

[@johnassal5838]

@@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841 Well, duh. They'd have won if they'd deployed _The Joke._

[@Willysmb44]

I've stood on that very spot where the actor playing the German with the flag is standing. Deventer hasn't changed that much since they filmed the movie, as the house the airborne had occupied was really a parking lot at the time (and still is, from my understanding, at least it was when I was there). This is one of my favorite scenes in the film

[@itskarl7575]

Did you ask if anyone would like to discuss surrender?

[@jononpaper]

Did you discuss a surrender

[@ElvargsBane]

do you think he had the proper facilities to accept one? ​@@itskarl7575

[@davewilson4058]

A classic example of British humour. no matter what the situation, there is alway someone to make a remark which, makes one laugh. I remember years ago reading Nicholas Monsarrat's autobiographical book, THREE CORVETTES. There were quite a few of these humorous moments throughout the book, but the two that have stuck in my mind for years were; A destroyer leaving harbour, signals the flagship, "Did they leave any mines last night," Reply, "We'll soon know, you're the first ship out." The second was, a bomb just misses a Corvette and a gunner was heard to remark, "Blimey, that was adjacent"

[@foxitewhig]

😅

[@flybobbie1449]

How Brits survive in adversity, whilst others wail, a Brit would offer a comical quip or make a cup of tea.

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

I know one that’s good: a British officer was walking among tanks during a battle in order to inspire his soldiers and a commander opened the hatch to ask what he was doing when a sniper’s bullet ricocheted off the lid and the officer said “funny thing snipers, had all of me to shoot at but took a shot at you instead”

[@neilhayz1555]

In 1982 the same thing happened. The Captain of HMS Alacrity asked if the Argentines had mined the waters of San Carlos where British troops were to be landed to retake the Falklands. The answer came back. “We don’t know. But you’re going to be the first ship to find out.”

[@Angaraman]

To give them their due, the Americans can achieve that same humor as well, especially in the military. USS Wisconsin is a fantasic example: there's a (possibly apocryphal) story that in 1952 she was fired upon by a (very) small land-based North Korean gun amplacement that did (very) minor damage to one of her turrets. Her reply was a full broadside from her 16in guns, all nine of them, with the result that the Korean artillery unit very abruptly ceased to exist. One of her escorts, USS Buck then sent the signal: "TEMPER TEMPER."

[@kensington25]

One of my favourite film scenes in one of my favourite films. I remember watching this at school as our headmaster had fought with the Royal Artillery at the Battle of Arnhem.

[@Cloudminster]

As did my Granddad

[@christopherdean1326]

I recently found out that the caretaker at my old school was one of the Paras at Arnhem.

[@christopherdean1326]

@The Richest Man In Babylon East London born and bred, can't remember if the caretaker had any kind of regional accent.

[@sid2112]

I am currently reading about the Gunners of Arnhem, googled it up to look into the role of artillery in Market Garden. Very interesting stuff.

[@annedejong1040]

great respect, the gunners did a great job from start to finish

[@mikebikekite1]

There should be a special medal for showing witty humour in tricky situations.

[@digitalradiohacker]

Like the "Royal Marine Commando" flash, but with the legend "BANTER" instead.

[@sweep1777]

Best idea ever. Showing wit and sarcasm in the face of the enemy.

[@nunya2171]

There is already and award for that, its called a British, Irish, Australian or New Zealand Passport.

[@JToPocHi]

For quick wittedness and with exceptional ability to retort with tongue-in-cheek in the face of adversity, I hereby award you the distinguished "Royal Badge of The Parasol". God Bless the Queen.

[@dustinirish7]

​@sweep1777 lol , you think that's what it is? It was arrogance , they didn't know they would lose 4/5 of their men in thr next 24 hours. They underestimated the Germans , this guy could have saved 10s of thousands of British troops

[@waynebender8835]

One of the best scenes in the film. It always makes me smile.

[@bobdylan7120]

It's not just the sarcastic response, it's also the fact that he's waving an umbrella in the middle of a battlefield! He could never remember passwords, so he carried the umbrella so the sentries would know it was him and let him pass!

[@rogueriderhood1862]

Major Digby Tatham-Warter. Wounded and taken prisoner in the battle, he and another officer escaped from the hospital and were sheltered by Dutch civilians. Tatham-Warter gathered 150 other escapers and led them back to allied lines. A remarkable man.

[@jacktattis]

@@rogueriderhood1862 Yes an many Americans I believe he swam over a canal to gee them up.

[@pyrrhicvictory6707]

An umbrella? How is this not Monty Python? lol

[@quitequiet5281]

“Haven’t the proper facilities to take you all prisoner..”

[@tommyatkins2527]

WHAT???

[@chrisgillman1162]

@@tommyatkins2527 "was there anything else?"

[@jeetsule7846]

"We'd like to...but we can't"

[@josh9973]

To take you OLD prisoner. Like OLD boy.

[@DrCruel]

"Try with the Americans. They should be up the road shortly."

[@roycraggs3822]

First class response to the German trooper with the white flag. The British Paratroop officer has the wit and humour to belittle an enemy who can only beat him with vastly superior numbers. How to go down with style and honour. Bless the memory of these men.

[@FrankBUILTperformance]

Omg it took me way too long to understand that it was the Germans asking them to surrender and they just turned it around on them 🤣🤦‍♂️ epic. I need to watch this

[@minhhoangpham2944]

The book is extremely epic, too.

[@cask82]

Really??? 🤦🏽

[@minhhoangpham2944]

@@cask82 Yes. The Brits were almost out of ammunation and had many casualties. The Germans knew that, but they thought they would suffer a lot until they could get rid all of the Brits. So they suggested Brits to surrender. However, the Brits believed the main amy force was coming and misunderstood. The battle was extreme rough. Maybe you have heard something like “Out of ammo. God saves the King.” That was the last radio message from the British soldiers. Sorry, my English is not good.

[@Crunch_Buttsteak]

​@gespacho-jonesit's slow at parts.

[@anthonywright6237]

​@@minhhoangpham2944the sandhurst elite would have you believe the reinforcements were on their way.. but the average British man knew they were right up against it. Bowing down is just not the thing to do it's not just British. The passionate people of this world would be the same... other than the French that is

[@fastyaveit]

This film, Kelly's heroes, Zulu and a fistful of dollars are my Dads Favourite films, and he insisted I watched with him when they came on TV, I am very grateful, rest in peace dad, I miss you xx

[@uttaradit2]

good advice

[@mattygates1]

Kelly’s Heroes. Can’t tell you how many times I have watched it. Rip to your dad. He knew his movies.

[@ashleycroydon9743]

The ones you have just mentioned have always been in my mind. Unforgiven was a great one also. I will always remember the tank drivers eyes widening as he realized how much gold was in the building and then the tank exchange had me in laughter. Kellys heroes was a classic on the same level as the Dirty Dozen 💯🏅

[@DTWExtreme]

I grew up watching all old Westerns movies from 1930 and to today and i can say the same with warmovies like this, Patton, Allistair MacLean novels that turned into movies, The Day of the Jackal. I was around 8 years old when i saw a Fistfull of Dollars and as my dad allways said *its culturel learning''. My Dad still lives and even that i am 25 today and i hear him saying:'' They are showing Joe Kidd.'' I am the first to grab chips, soda and popcorn if we have some spare. But Fastyaveit i hope you keep the tradition to your son someday.

[@anthonywright6237]

It sounds just like my old man.. even puts him to tears the bravery of those men. My mother goes wild when we watch zulu.. especially the end when they salute us.. we live near a number of roads named after that battle. Radford / basford Nottingham look it up

[@johnnythefox132]

Ive visited Arnhem back in 2010 lovely place, also visited the museum there it's well worth a visit. there was a public outcry in 1990's i believe when the powers that be came up with the idea to scrap the bridge but the good people of Arnhem came out and defended the bridge and the memory of the men that gave their lives to protect Arnhem from the Germans.

[@concise707]

The Dutch people look after our history and heroes really rather better than we do. Brits with a sense of occasion and appreciation hold the Dutch in great respect for their treatment of our fallen.

[@ruuman]

Yeah great museum, well worth following the guided tour over the original bridge, bullet holes and shell fragments were never repaired to keep the memory of the guys alive.

[@urbanyeti5233]

@@concise707 I can’t remember where I watched it but I remember a program about old veterans visiting parts of Belgium, Holland and northern France and telling about the warm welcome they received wherever they went and how friendly and generous the locals were and respectful they were of monuments and memorials. Something our country is slipping away from as that generations dies out sadly.

[@concise707]

@@urbanyeti5233 The thing that impresses me more any thing else is when the Dutch schoolchildren lay flowers on the final resting place of our fallen chaps - always catches at one's heartstrings 😭. And what better way to bring into focus to the younger generations the sacrifice made on their behalf by the Greatest Generation. A 12 year old standing and laying flowers on the grave of someone who was only, perhaps, a few years older has got to make an impression. Total admiration to those communities that show such respect. Well done, and please keep it up.....

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

Visited with my mum in about 1970. Very memorable trip that was. Arnhem, Waterloo and Brussels. We had a lunch with a woman who had looked after british casualties. I climbed into tanks, ran about graveyards while my mum shed a few tears.

[@stephengraham1153]

I like the way the German negotiator raises an eyebrow before he turns around to head back to his lines.

[@ishitunot5152]

You do know he's an actor and this film wasn't actual footage and the actor was following his script to look confused.

[@stephengraham1153]

@@ishitunot5152 No, really?

[@ishitunot5152]

@@stephengraham1153 Yes, sorry to have shattered your perception of the clip.

[@bennettste]

A young Hur Flick from Alo Alo I think

[@BesoffenerIslamist]

@@ishitunot5152 someone is edgy today

[@MikeRoberts1964]

My Grandfather and his eventual best friend fought at Arnhem.....on opposite sides....They met in 1982 and became fast friends.

[@nikovincenzoferrantello6919]

That’s really cool!

[@BesoffenerIslamist]

The beginning of the Anglo German alliance

[@DwightStJohn-w1l]

Our Legion in Canada has veterans from both sides!! (Dart Tournaments)!!

[@douglasj2254]

Hopkins is one of my all-time favorite actors. He could read the part of a guy selling a newspaper from a cart in NYC and I would rewind it to see the way he paused or added emphasis on some word or another. Classic talent.

[@DrGreenThumbNZL]

to bad he was in that trash westworld

[@Jonesyb90]

It helps he was brought up from a working class family in Port Talbot.

[@mch12311969]

A great scene, from a great movie. The fact that this actually happened is absolutely brilliant.

[@MesaperProductions]

"You have to show the Germans and your own men your contempt for danger." Col Frost, to Anthony Hopkins, when Hopkins asked why he shouldn't run but walk under enemy fire.

[@PETER-c4n]

We call it 'leading by example'.

[@jlsperling1]

Try this one: A British Army barracks during an officer's inspection. "Sergeant Murphy, I didn't see you at camouflage practice today." "Thank you, sir!"

[@mikespillman3075]

The look on the General's aide's face....as if immediately, you could see he was working it out in his head how he was going to explain this to his general.....lol.

[@grantm6514]

Already anticipating the slap across the cheek he'll surely get from his CO.

[@olivergrimm8412]

As my English teacher said: Always be polite. Remember a visit to Ireland seven years ago. Our busdriver, who was a decent bloke, was difficult to understand from time to time. So I popped out my best school English and kindly said "Come again, pleased." Irritated as he was he replied "Either you're a public school fellow or a rather educated man for a German."

[@jasperzanovich2504]

In case you hadn't noticed, your busdriver was a racist.

[@CopperAdam1]

One of the best scenes of this outstanding movie! Gotta love the Brit sense of humor! A while later during the Battle of the Bulge in the Belgian Ardennes it was U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division who, when offered a surrender by the Germans who had surrounded Bastogne, gave his famous response of "Nuts"

[@taffy4442]

Some men at the scene reported him saying "Balls", and that reply was edited so it could be printed in the newspapers.

[@robertdevito5001]

It seems the allies were trying to confuse the Germans into self destructing by bombarding them with comedy, something they wouldn't be able to comprehend.

[@tennesseeridgerunner5992]

@@robertdevito5001 That may be the funniest comment I have read on youtube in years. How true.

[@MG-bs5mr]

@@robertdevito5001 I know, apparently we came close to unleashing the most dangerous joke in the world. Thankfully cool heads prevailed, it would have been far too difficult to keep contained.

[@rogueriderhood1862]

To be fair, though, the British have more style.

[@markdoyle9164]

mom said no your not taking mark to star wars , so dad took me to bridge to far ~ thank you dad~

[@twisted_nether373]

Should've taken you to school instead.

[@cbstevp]

I got to see Star Wars but my mum thought A Bridge Too Far would be too violent. As if Star Wars wasn't. I so badly wanted to see both. So I never saw A Bridge Too Far on the big screen.

[@SleepFan771]

0:53 Anthony Hopkins delivers the best line delivery ever

[@mikekemp9877]

anthony hopkins said this was the toughest role hed ever played even surpassing hamlet or lear! reason was he explained its one thing playing a real person where you can add your interperatation to the part and quite another when the person in question is on the other side of the camera watching you!col john frost was present during the whole of filming and anthony said he was lovely never interfered but i was daunted by his prescence and his legend! in fact the only time he had a difference with dicky attenborough and me was in a scene where i had to cross the road under heavy enemy fire! i sprinted as fast as i could! john said stop! why? i never ran i walked ! it doesnt look good to the men scurrying about like you are frightened.! dicky explained although it was incredibly absolutely true and spoke volumes about the mans courage we had to do it as shot or the audience wouldnt believe it! john good humourdly agreed saying oh its a movie not reality! he then added once the bloody things come out and the lads see it the next reunion dinner will be a nightmare for me!

[@yannickw.2465]

As someone who lives and grew up in a town near Arnhem, my brothers and I grew up with the stories of Market Garden and the legends that were made there. The so-called bridge of Arnhem is nowadays called the John Frost bridge. The allies that dropped near here during september 1944 are and always will be heroes to us. The comment you made gives such a great look on that the soldiers that fought hard here in 1944 are just as human as we are. They fought with their dignity, humour and as a big brotherhood. During my childhood I studied much of operation Market Garden and visited a lot of the places that were significant in the campaign. I can't factcheck this fact you just gave me but it does give me another more personal view of one of the heroes that served their country and helped freed mine all those years back. Thank you!

[@stinkypete2722]

'The finest generation....'

[@hazmatt3250]

Now that’s a man right there

[@clikzip]

Learn to use punctuation.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Fun fact in this scene the director wanted Anthony to say the "we haven't the proper facilities to take you all prisoners" line but the real General Frost said No because he didn't say it. Also the scene where Anthony Hopkins Runs in reality was where the Real General Frost just walked (which is actually for some reason common among British officers, apparently the reason was because the Enemy would second guess to shot them or they would be a bit scared that some guy is just casually walking in the heat of battle.)

[@kadensullivan5994]

This is easily my favorite clip in all of military cinema. Massive Hollywood blockbusters like this and the Longest Day are by far my favorite films.

[@Nolan15692]

I watched this movie over and over and over as a kid, my favorite movie.

[@theghostofsabertache9049]

So glad the whole movie is on KZbin.

[@kieskop4684]

One of the most legendary scenes ever.

[@theislerider9513]

I never forget that movie... saw it as a tourist in 1978, London Oxford Street near Hyde Park What a movie..!!

[@e.t.2604]

The most quintessentially British scene you'll ever see.. Fantastic! 🇬🇧

[@toysoldier68]

My childhood. I've seen the film over and over again. He really inspired me for my hobby. Thanks

[@robertdunn9407]

700 men held the bridge for 4 days and never received any resupply. An amazing accomplishment

[@reynaldoflores4522]

How could they have brought enough ammo and food to last that long?

[@robertdunn9407]

@@reynaldoflores4522 they only had what they could carry and scrounge. It was an amazing accomplishment

[@jamesbutler8821]

​@@reynaldoflores4522 I was a paratrooper in the 82nd, though long past this era. My recollection is that we would plan to carry enough supplies for 3 days of fighting, which you can stretch longer depending on the intensity and your ability to recover enemy arms, ammo and food and water.

[@lesigh1749]

Luxury! They had more than twice the men the Spartans did against Xerxes armies!

[@Ninjastache-55]

@@lesigh1749 300 spartan warriors backed up by 7000 other greek soldiers, please be quiet

[@cronic8644]

One of the most English things things I've ever seen captured on film... beautiful.

[@feistyphysicist]

And Zulu, of course. Dogged determination in the face of death. The spirit that made England perform way above its size.

[@Jonesyb90]

*Britain performed above her size not just England

[@Eddie-ym1vq]

The cast of that film was outstanding

[@emmali03]

Brilliant Film with Brilliant actors!! From Connery to Caine and Olivier to Hopkins's well as Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Elliot Gould , Gene Hopkins , James Caan, the list is endless

[@stevetaylor7403]

Gene Hopkins or Gene Hackman?

[@stevetaylor7403]

@Dan Beech : Think you misheard. He was only 24 hours from Tulse Hill in south east London where I lived.

[@stevetaylor7403]

@Dan Beech : I thought Robert Redford was seriously underrated as was Dirk Bogarde as his delivery was so clipped and thought out as befitted a wartime commander.

[@stevetaylor7403]

@Dan Beech : Dead right there. He had a passing resemblance to Horrocks. Horrocks did a tremendous series of Men in Battle and Epic Battles on TV in the 60s and was also Black Rod in Parliament.

[@knightowl3577]

I had the honour to work with an old Para that was there with Frost, he told me of the battles he had been through, he said his time fighting in Market Garden was the best time in his life. He was a true warrior, and I was lucky enough to be called his friend.

[@Zimmerframerate]

Complete brilliance. Acting at it's best, by the best.

[@sarahwilliams755]

That’s the British spirit I remember and love, shame we are very few in number these days. And now we losing the country we sacrificed so much to love and protect. It really gets too me when working in a supermarket and we have a minutes silence for these great people and I am alone in honouring our fallen.

[@redhen2123]

So how is my favourite little nation of shopkeepers doing these days? Still enjoying your Victory, Tommy ?

[@InhertiaPink-t7n]

@@redhen2123We are enjoying our influence on the modern world more then you are that’s for sure.

[@redhen2123]

@@InhertiaPink-t7n demographics is destiny. By 2050 the share of the world's population that are in less developed countries will have risen to 90%. U.N. report "the world at six billion".

[@InhertiaPink-t7n]

@@redhen2123 Let’s just say you have your fair share of problems too, some similar. The future is not looking promising for you either, my friend.

[@Timasion]

The British are ever polite. Americans would have just said "nuts."

[@Ethan-xf4or]

That’s what an American general said.

[@Timasion]

@@Ethan-xf4or Yep. That kind of my joke.

[@andywhysall6744]

There's a café (maybe a restaurant even, can't remember) in Bastogne, where the great moment happened, called 'Nuts'.

[@Timasion]

@@andywhysall6744 That's awesome.

[@jurassicdano3695]

“We haven’t the proper facilities to take all your nuts.”

[@davidallen3774]

The best thing about this scene is giving sarcasm to Germans it isn't even the craziest thing Digby Tatham-Warter did in his life. The guy hunted tigers for a hobby, commandeered a Dakota to go drinking in London and immobilised an armoured car with an umbrella. Which he also used opened out to 'protect himself from rain' whilst walking a padre to safety across an open road under machinegun fire. In Holland. In September. When it never rained.

[@hadihambali1627]

Tiger hunting was a thing in Europe,wasn't It?Though I can't be proud of him hunting tigers,however,it's pretty ballsy of him to go up against an sdkfz222 armored car while using an umbrella.

[@YorkyOne]

@@hadihambali1627 Apparently, he created the concept of the modern safari where you photograph the animals rather than shoot them. He was also sympathetic to African self rule. So, definitely a good guy.

[@hadihambali1627]

@@YorkyOne Yeah.Maybe he felt bad about shooting those tigers which is what he did as you mentioned.

[@richardtaillon1616]

'That umbrella won't do anything for the mortars.' 'Oh, Wesley. What about the rain?'

[@deonprins5392]

I seem to recall Tatham-Warter claiming afterwards the reason he carried the umbrella was because he kept forgetting the passwords and anyone who saw him would think "only a bloody fool of an Englishman" would carry an umbrella into battle.

[@overworlder]

End scene was implausible - SPG, staff car and infantry marching in close order in view and rifle range of the enemy

[@flukeman022]

When I first watched this scene when I was a kid like "No no, the German's wants you to surrender" now that I'm watching it again as an adult I'm like. 🤦‍♂️

[@nikc888]

Ha, same, my auntie had to explain it to me lol

[@tonyclifton265]

lol i was the same as a kid - "like duh! the german obviously wants YOU to surrender! how can you be so obtuse!?" maybe i was autistic as a kid

[@flukeman022]

@@tonyclifton265 and did you see that scene when Connery was in one of the Dutch houses with an wounded comrade? "Was that a german soldierjust walked by?" 2 seconds later "yep."

[@flukeman022]

@@nikc888 great movie, have to watch it again just to see what else I've missed. 😂

[@tonyclifton265]

@@flukeman022 yes - i even visited that road in real life as a tourist in arnhem in 2015

[@davidhorsley2717]

This is a dramatic nod to the life of a Para who fought at Market Garden, Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter, DSO, injured and captured he escaped and rallied a number of allied soldiers who were lost behind the lines, an action for which he was awarded his DSO

[@Berttiz]

great film so many good actors in it aswell. its great how it shows scenes from all sides of the combat

[@keithhallam1155]

Not All sides. It does not show what happened to the Polish soldiers taken "prisoner"; they did not appear in POW records.

[@wolflocke]

I think it smells of Monty Python so much because the funny line is delievered in what almost sounds exactly like Eric Idle's shouting voice.

[@richardthompson9836]

One of my favorite films ever. My father was a GI and flew gliders. By the grace of God he took a British wife. I'm thankful for WWII as I wouldn't be here. When ever I see and hear this clip I thank God that for being half British.

[@HustleMuscleGhias]

From a philosophical standpoint, how do you know if WWII had not occurred that you wouldn't be here anyways? You might have been 100% British, or maybe 50% something else for that matter, but you still might have been here and not even given it a second thought. Just a little food for thought.

[@poopdeckpappy2658]

Which of your halves is British? Upper or lower? 😅

[@richardthompson9836]

@@HustleMuscleGhias I don't deal in thoughts of fantasy but rather making the best of reality. It's all fate mate, the luck of the draw if you will. As an individual, I'am very proud of my personal heratage and the blood of those thousands of people that got together that make up my lineage. That ancestral blood flows in my veins today. I owe them much gratitude and respect. Thanks

[@simplymadness8849]

@@HustleMuscleGhias If he was anything else than what he is, he wouldn’t be himself.

[@Jonesyb90]

@@poopdeckpappy2658 I’m more intrigued to know what part of Britain, it’s made up of 3 countries after all

[@davidevans3227]

..growing up i thought this is what it is to be proper british.. thankyou for sharing this 🙂

[@michaelmixon2479]

Definitely in my top ten movie lines of all time!!! Great movie as well!

[@5Mariner]

1:52 Only Maximilian Schell could've delivered that line with such eeriness.

[@WesleyDunn-rv8pd]

Has to be one of the best casts in film history when you look at what many of them went on to achieve.

[@jasondaniel918]

I cannot help but laugh every time I see this scene! Marvelously British, appropriately sarcastic and displays the warrior spirit.

[@copferthat]

Spoken by the incredible Digby Tatham Warter, a true eccentric nutter if ever there was one. His whole family were the same. His sister gained France's highest honour for courage when she drove and ambulance through German lines, under a hail of bullets, to rescue injured French soldiers. His older brother rode into battle at Gazala sat on a canvas chair on the back of a tank.

[@ravagesoyjoy]

" and you tell yourself and everyone else that you're fine but you're really not fine..."

[@jw1731]

“A german soldier tried to solicit a surrender out of me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.”

[@anujsaxena2861]

😂😂😂

[@hazmatt3250]

And I took from him… his power!

[@austinlancaster7982]

well played sir

[@MBOmnis]

[loud slurping sounds]

[@daffidkane8350]

Love the old fashioned British pluck!

[@NorthernChev]

This is still my absolute favorite scene in this magnificent film.

[@RuthAShell]

He’s holding an umbrella. Not a rifle. An umbrella. An sarcastically declining a surrender under a veil of politeness. He’ll probably go off an have a spot of tea afterward. Perfection.

[@hux2000]

The umbrella was because he couldn't remember the passwords to safely move through the British lines. But if he carried the umbrella, all the guards knew who he was.

[@Loneranger670]

One of the greatest movies of all time.

[@mammuchan8923]

Can’t stop watching this scene

[@anthonywright6237]

I'm exactly the same my friend. I'm English. And can't understand the concept of being so stubborn

[@normvw4053]

"Nuts!" And confusion reigns.

[@timegerton1308]

The humour of the British officer is wonderful. But Bittrich's reply is chilling.

[@ScienceChap]

There is a real Monty Python quality to this incident. I love it.

[@hoilst265]

Read up on the English officers in the Pacific Theatre, and you'll realise that...well, Monty Python was making documentaries.

[@brochestedbs]

I like the way the German officer pronounces Arnhem as Arnheim. i.e. He's not willing to forego a Germanic pronunciation.

[@serene_actual]

Ok

[@Knabber75]

Arnheim is the German name for Arnhem. Like Nimwegen for Nijmegen.

[@DomWeasel]

It's no different to Americans visiting Britain and saying 'Burr-ming-HAM' instead of 'Birming-um'.

[@brochestedbs]

@@DomWeasel Yes. I was meaning it was a nice, realistic touch.

[@Raap123]

Funfact till few decades ago Dutch pronounces of foreign city’s stood on the roadsigns. Like Luik(Liege) Parijs(Paris) Dusseldorp(Dusseldorf) Namen(Namur). The Flemish go further with Bastenaken(Bastogne) Rijsel(Lille) Atrecht (Artois).

[@tmseh]

This is some Monty Python level action. I played a game back in the 90s called Microsoft Close Combat: A Bridge to Far. It was an awesome game.

[@stevetaylor7403]

Yes it was, as you it?

[@frederickwhichelo8908]

Great film, which depicts a good number of the true incidents. However, if you really want veracity, you need to watch, "Theirs is the glory." This was filmed in the ruins of Arnhem a few months after the battle, mainly by surviving Paras who had fought there. It's essentially a collection of vignettes of real incidents - mostly similar understated humour and heroism typical of that era.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Thanks for the suggestion, sounds like its worth a watch.

[@AtticTapes14]

Bridge at ramagen movie

[@BlahDBlahDBlah]

The major with the umbrella reminds me of Graham Chapman.

[@daemonartursson7159]

First time I saw this film I thought - why aren't they accepting the German surrender. I was about 8 and completely missed the point. Incredible Film.

[@BasedRat]

I dont understand. Why didnt they?

[@daemonartursson7159]

@@BasedRat lol 🤣

[@jmackmcneill]

​@@BasedRat it is unclear if at that point they understood the operation was a failure or not. Even if they did, these were the elite soldiers of British Special Forces and many would have preferred death to the humiliation of surrender.

[@aguynamedscott11]

It’s a shame that the Major was depicted as being killed in the battle. In real life Anthony Drummond survived the battle and managed to cross enemy lines and return to service. He later retired as a major general

[@helilivesmatter1075]

He wasnt killed, he surrenderd

[@lamlam2750]

“We haven’t the proper facilities to take you all prisoner, sorry.” 😂😂😂

[@brutemegahunk3895]

Smacks of Monty Python…love it.

[@LR-ee2uu]

If any actor in the world other than Christopher Good had said that it wouldn't have worked. Timing perfect, voice perfect, facial expression perfect. If I'd been that German I'd have thought to myself: "We're doomed if this is the kind of soldiers we're up against." And of course... doomed they were. I thank every man jack of you for the free life you gave me. I am humbled.

[@leslieohearn7519]

"Oh, they didn't surrender?" *"Start the panzer Hans"*

[@pewpewplasma3793]

I know this is all based on real history and events, but when I watched this scene for the first time about a year ago now my first thought was “This seems like a Monty Python bit”

[@generaladvance5812]

He really hit him with the can I help you with anything else, after denying him the only thing he came for.

[@giveusanesirbobholness7199]

What a great scene this is. Absolutely perfect and true story as well.

[@dubious_potat4587]

"now go away or I shall taunt you a second timuh!"

[@TheAndorianWarrior]

Love the British sense of humour lool

[@righttorecord3538]

The book was magnificent. The movie was quite well done as well.

[@therepublicofwozmania]

1:20 *sad violin music plays*

[@MichaelROC]

American: Nuts! British: Sorry, was there anything else?

[@dclem005]

I could be wrong but a similar thing happened at the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans had either surrounded (or nearly surrounded) a town that the Americans were in and defending from and when one of the soldiers relayed a message from the Germans to his commander asking him for him and his men to surrender the commander (likely a bit overwhelmed at the time) said to the soldier "Nuts!" and went on to deal with other matters going on at the time. When the commander got back to the soldier in order to deal with issue and give the Germans his reply, he found out that the soldier had already sent a message to the Germans with the single word "Nuts." as his reply to the Germans which was obviously taken as a "No" to their request for the Americans to surrender. While it is likely that American commander wasn't going to have his and his men surrender (otherwise he would have given more attention to such a request), it is also likely that he wouldn't have wanted to give such an informal reply to the Germans. However the end result of the commander not surrendering and him and his men fighting on helped buy some time for other Allied units to regroup and defend their positions as the Germans advanced. By doing this and similar actions, Allied units were able to hold off the Germans long enough from being able to reaching the American supply depots which I believe was their end target in said conflict. While it is unclear even if the Germans were able to achieve their goals in the Battle of the Bulge it would of helped them that much it is likely that because they were unable to reach their goals before the Allied could once again use their air power to overwhelm the Germans, that the Germans offense quickly petered out as fast as it did once the Americans could use their air superiority to pummel the advancing Germans.

[@CognizantCheddar]

If anything, the McAuliffe story is funnier than this event.

[@sugarkane4830]

@@CognizantCheddar No not really.Not at all in fact.

[@CognizantCheddar]

@@sugarkane4830 'In fact,' an opinion isn't a fact. 😑

[@doug6500]

@@CognizantCheddar That's a matter of opinion. The Germans bluffed. They knew they neither had the fuel or the air cover to be able to press their earlier advantages at the Ardennes. At Arnhem, the Paratroopers were in a helpless situation. Everyone knew it. You Seppos are trying to press your Bulge incident but thankfully it ain't gaining traction on this video.

[@CognizantCheddar]

@@doug6500 - of course it's an opinion - the American paratroopers were at terrible risk of being overrun and annihilated regardless of the overall German operation being doomed - I don't know what a "seppo" is, but i bet it's some term equally as dumb as your opinion that the American airborne weren't in peril 🙄

[@Roheryn100]

My favourite scene. Love Hopkins in this....

[@johngibson2884]

Saw this as an 8 year old little ww2 buff in the theatre...all star cast and most gave excellent performance ....gritty and realistic combat scenes.

[@alikhalid4688]

I miss this kind of movies these days it is all superheroes

[@Featherstone169]

How every Englishman should behave.

[@Jonesyb90]

*British

[@killeanmcchesney5138]

I’ve never even seen this movie and it’s one of my all time favorite movie scenes.

[@ianbeale2527]

There was an old boy in our local pub, Bill his name was. Tallish man, always nice and polite - a true gentleman. I can't remember how the conversation came about, but the subject of Arnhem and especially the film "A Bridge Too Far" was being discussed. Bill overheard and chimed in. He showed us a scar on his neck. "I was shot in the neck on that bridge", he said. He proceeded to tell us how he was the first soldier, or at least one of the first, to be wounded as he ran across the bridge. (The width on the British side, not the span towards the Germans on the other side of the river). He told us how he was screaming for his mother and that there was so much blood he thought he was going to die right there on the bridge. Then as abruptly as he began his recount of his experience, he fell silent. We never managed to get any more out of him that day - or since. He was 18 at the time. Kids today really don't know they're bloody born.

[@feistyphysicist]

My science teacher served against the Japanese, but wouldn't talk. A customer of mine was on the Burmese railway, but again wouldn't talk about it. I suppose if you talk about it, it all comes back. Heard a story many years back on TV. A miner was trapped underground in an English colliery. He was released some days later and was fine. But they insisted on him having counselling some three years later. His wife said it ruined him. He was fine until he was forced to talk about it.

[@moviesgalore9947]

Hopkins should have said "tell your commander to retreat as fast and as far as possible we will let you retreat all we want is the bridge" that would have been the logical thing to do.

[@SilverSpoon_]

«Zhis ist not possible, would you prefer ein shrubbery?»

[@moviesgalore9947]

@@SilverSpoon_ Mein Hund hast keine Nase! Dann vie Shmeckt es? Furchtbar! = My dog has no nose! Then how does he smell? Terrible! = The world's most deadly joke from Monty Python's Flying Circus.

[@SilverSpoon_]

@@moviesgalore9947 hah AHAHAHAHAAAARrrgh...

[@Joscope]

Now go away, or I will taunt you a second time!! 😂😂😂

[@JV1509]

The bridge of death…what is your name..what is your quest..what is your favorite color…Monty Python

[@paulbradford8240]

Anyone watching this clip should read 'It Never Snows in September' and 'A Street in Arnhem' by Robert Kershaw. The first book is from the German point of view. The second is about the fighting on a particular street and the civilians and solders from both sides. I know a lady that was there as a child and the civilians suffered greatly as they always do in wars. We rarely hear about what they went through.

[@lo_zephyr_6427]

This is actually a sad movie, fantastic but the ending was a shock.

[@quaker57]

The ending is only a shock if you had no idea of the history of it.....the good guys don't always win in real life.

[@made3rdaccount]

I love colonel's satisfied face after german messanger turns around 😂

[@joepalooka2145]

It's a very amazing experience to go to Arnhem and actually walk across that bridge, and think of what happened there in 1944. Then also the Hotel Hartenstein and other locations in the Arnhem-Oosterbeek area. It really makes you appreciate the great sacrifice of the forces of freedom who fought the cruel, evil fascist enemy to give us the freedoms we enjoy today.

[@SlavicPrideOfficial]

History is written by the victors

[@proletheus8639]

"the great sacrifice"....yeah. How dare Germany to build up an economy on its own where the financial elitists dont benefit from anymore and endanger the holy British Empire with goods of quality and true souvereignity instead of staying a humble little colony like the rest of their empire at those days. Rly, how dare they.

[@sugarkane4830]

@@SlavicPrideOfficial what’s that got to do with the above comment?