Beast of Berlin (1939) ALAN LADD

Stars: Roland Drew, Steffi Duna, Greta Granstedt
Director: Sherman Scott
Set in Germany during Hitler's rise to power, a few courageous opponents of fascism risk their lives to overthrow the Nazi regime. Co-stars Alan Ladd in his first role large enough to receive a screen credit. (a.k.a. Hitler-Beast of Berlin)

[@lmc4964]

just watching it now,if it was made in 43 it would be predictable, the fact that this was planned in 38 i'd expect? amazing, it makes it more powerful

[@mikeamico6763]

Made in 39 close

[@lmc4964]

@@mikeamico6763 Im guessing my point was for a film to be in the cinema in 39 people had to be sitting around a table in 38 ti talk about how to go about making it

[@mikeamico6763]

@@lmc4964 ok I thought you meant year got ya

[@Cracktaculus]

WTF?!

[@electrictroy2010]

@lmc4964 THIS film was made in a hurry with low budget. Probably conceived in 1939 and filmed same month .

[@DavidRice111]

Few know that the Three Stooges were first to mock hitler & his fanatics on film. Their "You Nazty Spy!" was filmed on December 5-9, 1939 and released 9mos. before Chaplin's "The Great Dictator". They also had three later shorts; I’ll Never Heil Again, Back from the Front, and Gents Without Cents with similar themes.

[@geezermann7865]

Thanks for that info.

[@vleldaddio210]

Stooges RULE !! FK HITLER AND HIS FDRTUMPO'S COVFEFE

[@howardkerr8174]

@@vleldaddio210 I was wondering how many comments before The Three Stooges were mentioned. Vernon Dent, the actor who played Lustig the barkeep in this movie was often the comic foil in Three Stooges shorts. Apparently, his character acting had a very broad range.

[@lilivonshtup3808]

The Great Dictator started production in September of 1939. Since it was a full length motion picture, it took months to finish, whereas a short only takes days to write and film. The idea to make a film mocking Hitler was Chaplin's because when he saw Triumph of the Will in 1935, he laughed all through it and thought Hitler was such an evil idiot, that he was perfect to satirize. He started writing it but since he was already working on Modern Times, it had to be put on the back burner.

[@heliosabbot838]

During World War II, Mr. Traube was an officer in the Army Signal Corps. Taught at Yale In 1959, he was elected first president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, which he helped found. The organization honored him last August in a tribute at Sardi's, where it had its beginnings. Mr. Traube became managing director of the Equity Library Theater in 1956, and taught and lectured on theatercraft at Yale, New York University, the College of the City of New York and Carnegie-Mellon University. He leaves his wife, the former Mildred Gilbert; two daughters, Victoria Gilbert Traube, a lawyer, and Betsy Gilbert Traube, a professor of social anthropology at the University of Chicago, and a brother, Leonard Traube, a public relations man and writer.

[@martharash3987]

There are people who are trying to take this information out of the history text books of our children. Parents should look at what our education system is teaching them.

[@Rich6Brew]

Parents also have the responsibility to make sure their children are aware of what happened. Schools are dictated what to teach by their governments. It's up to you.

[@1956soulmate]

There are so many documentaries, books and movies. Diary of Anne Frank is a good one.

[@Songwriter376]

@@1956soulmate I fear they all will be confiscated and burnt. Sound familiar?

[@1956soulmate]

@@Songwriter376 It does indeed my friend. We are now in the fight to win WW3 and win we must.

[@Songwriter376]

@@1956soulmate Yes we must, for the sake of every peace loving person on the planet.

[@geezermann7865]

Wow, 1939, the year of The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With the Wind. A war movie before the war, a precursor. Way before I was born, starring Alan Ladd, but when I moved to Palm Springs CA in 1979 my first residence was at the Alan Ladd Spanish Inn, a studio apartment.

[@rickadamsuncensoredthedead9444]

As an added comment, the year before saw the release of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD which starred ERROL FLYNN. Some noted it was a mocking of the powerful,wealthy class who milked the poor into military servitude..Ironically FLYNN foresaw the evil the war would be as he resisted the draft and paid a price!

[@ElSmusso]

RickAdamsUncensored TheDeadlyExperiment Errol Flynn, interesting... Just like the United States I now barely recognize - one that almost daily distresses me with its xenophobia, its saber-rattling, its theocratic leanings, its denial of facts and science, its tribalism, and its petty and boorish president.

[@geezermann7865]

ElSmusso - Prior decades saw both parties, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, promoting war and regime change, simply for the sake of war and corporate profits. This was done by the deep state and the world cabal. The current president is a genius and master negotiator, which is what is needed to take back this country from the "saber-rattlers". He is also backed by the military, and is cleaning out the "Old Guard", and former corrupt FBI and DOJ. Facts Matter, but not Fake News, and fake science. Historical movies like this one help the new generations understand history. I am grateful to PizzaFlix for showing this.

[@rottweiler2104]

@@geezermann7865 thank goodness for a MAN with commonsense...two yrs later ....look at TRUMPTRUMPTRUMPs history...they stacked the deck against the man and WE THE PEOPLE

[@louiekidd251]

The US government today does not care about the homeless people. The government only cares about building bombs and killing machines. The US has many things in common with Hitler's Germany.

[@Mary-rg4tl]

Wow, what a movie! A reminder of the priced paid for freedom! That Alan Ladd was great in this movie, and played his character well! I loved that car near the end too! And how about that telephone in Hans's apartment! It was fantastic! Great portrayal of the sign of those times. Thank you for posting! 👍🏽👍🏽👌😎✌️🇺🇸 Ps, I did notice the backward swastikas. That is the way they should be displayed when they are displayed; BACKWARD!! Just like the people who believe in them; BACKYARD!! ✌️🇺🇸

[@martinepstein3332]

@@tarstarkusz a warning about the threat of Nazi Germany, made two years before Pearl Harbour

[@victoriataylor5457]

Thank you Pizza Flix for another great movie, Ive always really liked Alan Ladd.

[@leelarson107]

Not a bad guy, if you like alcoholics and wife-beaters.

[@deborahrigby5428]

We will never be free as long as governments continue to selfishly disregard the needs of the common people💥❣️❤️Thank you for uploading💖💕💥🎉

[@leelarson107]

That's a good description of what Biden is doing to the country.

[@kevinloignon7943]

@@leelarson107 Yeah........ sure......... Yes, he is a weak president, I agree. And the alternative would have been a headlong dive into a world led by the traitor, his family, and co criminals. A fascist world that you, apparently, want.

[@None-zc5vg]

"Disregarding the needs of the common people" is what governments are there for.

[@clevelandthornton7596]

What needs of the common people are being ignored?

[@LeeZaslofsky]

@@leelarson107 He cut the price of insulin to $35 a month for Medicare patients. He canceled billions of dollars worth of Student Debt. He pushed through an infrastructure plan that is already changing the face of America, with billions of dollars already committed to projects across the county. He ended the Afghanistan War. No American troops are in combat anywhere in the world, except maybe some secret forces. This is the first time since 2001 that the US has not had troops in combat. He has reduced the growth of the National Debt far below the massive increase under Trump. All his actions are fully constitutional. No attempts to subvert elections or the laws. He works hard at his job, does not spend much of his time on long afternoon breaks ("executive time") or on the golf course, like Trump did. He is a decent, kind man who cares about the working people and supports unions. The first president ever to appear on a picket line (Autoworkers). He was ready to sign a bipartisan immigration reform bill, but Trump blocked it. He is often seen in the company of his wife.

[@alexthracian326]

1939 - the year after 'Time' magazine had Hitler as their "Man of the Year.".

[@antoniod]

That was not a pro-Hitler piece! Google it.

[@larrylaurenzi1625]

@Steve Burstein Time Magazine made Hitler “Man of the Year” and really believe that it was not a pro Hitler article because Google showed you it wasn’t. I tried to search it to find the actual 1938 article, I could not find it, did you find it to make that statement for sure. What claims were made in the article to justify Hitler being awarded “Man of the Year”. Aren’t you even curious? I would like to read for myself.

[@todddavis4586]

@@larrylaurenzi1625 Google is controlled by the ones who are destroying your country today. The same ones who he was fighting against.

[@larrylaurenzi1625]

@@todddavis4586 Agreed, but they do not just want to destroy the USA, they are after anyone in the world that believes in personal freedom & responsibility, national sovereignty, and free markets. But we get the gift of being alive in interesting and dangerous times as the great experiment of a limited government that acts as public servants instead of govt. officials is under attack.

[@todddavis4586]

@@larrylaurenzi1625 My comment got blocked. To know who rules over you know who you can't criticize.

[@Brembelia]

It is inconceivable that anyone should ever want to participate in this appalling, ego-driven behavior. This should be instructional to us all about how far down we humans are capable of going, and that it is incumbent upon each one of us to resist our becoming the malignant depravity this represents.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*Speaking of 'malignant depravity' how is it possible to explain 75-MILLION votes for Trump in the last POTUS election?*

[@jakewelsh6930]

@@gerrynightingale9045 how is it possible for so many people to hate America and vote democratic,I use to be a democrat but it's plain to see they are more socialist and don't care about this country.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

@@jakewelsh6930 *American government has always been 'Socialist' 'Communist' 'Democratic' and so has every government since the beginnings of societies* (*Save your jingoistic understandings for the 'kiddie's table' where it belongs* )

[@jakewelsh6930]

@@gerrynightingale9045 your not worth my time.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

@@jakewelsh6930 *You're mistaken in assuming I want or need any of your 'time'*

[@brendaproffitt4807]

This is a great movie. awesome job thank you for everything.

[@Alan-rh1el]

An interesting anti-Nazi film must be one of the first to mention then show the concentration camps.On a curious note there must have been quite a cottage industry in Hollywood churning out Nazi uniforms.Thanks for posting.

[@williamsprinkle2224]

Hugo boss designed and made the uniforms for the German military

[@notpurrfect6397]

@@williamsprinkle2224 Boss made the uniforms.

[@evertjan9479]

@@williamsprinkle2224 H. Boss didn't design the uniforms, he only manufactured them under license. The uniforms were designed by two men. Boss joined the Nazi Party in 1931, two years before Adolf Hitler came to power. By the third quarter of 1932, the all-black SS uniform (to replace the SA brown shirts) was designed by SS-Oberführer Prof. Karl Diebitsch, and graphic designer Walter Heck, who had no affiliation with the company.

[@ilprofessore10012]

Alan Ladd famously appears for a few seconds as the reporter with the pipe in the closing sequences of Citizen Kane (1941). Funny, that his agent wife, Sue, let him play such a small part after having a decent role in this picture. She must have known what she was doing.

[@larryduvall9475]

i remember that part in cane he was in a huge hat and pipe

[@othelloferrari6942]

Point: many escaped to America and other free countries in times like these...if we allow our freedoms to be taken in America where will we escape to?

[@Songwriter376]

Hades.

[@jamesmarshall3521]

People of Ukraine, such a parallel of action taken by - not Russians, but Puken (sic) and his black shirts psychopaths that are too thin blood to stand up to him and end this with an armed Coup d'état from the army at least!!

[@kevinloignon7943]

The freedoms we are losing are coming out of the fascist Supreme Court.

[@davidcollison8973]

New Zealand

[@lesleyrichardson2853]

In Germany they install the same system again..even told people to report their relatives to the authorities if they don't follow their green socialist ideology. The police already started to suppress the people. Germany has nothing learned and the Germans..like always obey the orders It's true horror and I ll leave Germany

[@joelee662]

JUST THINK ABOUT IT THEY ALL HAVE PASSED AWAY NOW 1939 TODAY'S DATE IS 20/20 AT LEAST WE GOT TO SEE WHAT LIFE WAS ABOUT AND IN THAT TIME THANK YOU FOR SHARING 👍 🇺🇸 .

[@twinkle3026]

This film, has made me weep. I felt so sorry, for the gentleman from the underground movement, who was impersonating a Nazi, when he had to take part in torturing his friend, Hanz. ... From The UK, i thank you for sharing this historic episode with us all, so we can all learn from it, and hopefully prevent anything like this from ever happening again.

[@dokskwyr4353]

Its ironic that the truth was a lot worse than they portray it in this movie. Both the concentration camps as well as the brutality of the S.S. and Gestapo. Then again they didn't know outside of Germany the totality of how bad it was. That wouldn't come until at least 6 years later when Germany was totally beaten and laid bare.

[@roycarter3346]

Excellent film history depicting the early days of the rise of the Nazis.

[@leelarson107]

Excellent STORY, not history. What you're seeing is a screenplay. Try to understand that.

[@philipellis3227]

There is a lesson here, that history repeats itself! Intolerance, stifling of dissent, militarization, informing on one’s fellow citizens.

[@manuelmaldonadojr2526]

I love is movie thank you for your old movie take care.

[@unbentreed8699]

... "Those who are Ignorant of History are Doomed to *Repeat It* " ~~Old Adage~~ ...[ Great Find PzzF......Tanks ] ...Peace'n may God Bless. ...

[@mortimerzilch2608]

that accounts for about EVEREYBODY in the USA anymore...dummies!!!

[@nedludd7622]

Only the billionth time that someone has posted that.

[@katylake212]

This is the first anti-Hitler movie made in the US. What's even more amazing is how accurate it is, and when it was released: in October, 1939, about five weeks after the invasion of Poland (the effective start of WW2.)

[@almeggs3247]

I wish a true rich American patriot would research the “the white Rose” group in early Nazi era and expose the same murderous Democrats For what they tried and continue to do to America right now!

[@geezermann7865]

@katylake212 - Thanks for that comment, and the point about its historical significance.

[@haf816r]

katylake212 makes it even more interesting to watch, knowing that. Thank You

[@sheristewart3940]

@@almeggs3247 Why does it necessarily require a "rich," assuming you mean a wealthy person, to research The White Rose?

[@olasylvia1]

What an insane comment. I grew up in Poland, family was there through both wars, history of that time has nothing to do with the Democratic party here. Ignorance and hatred is blind everywhere though, as you demonstrate. .

[@Robbi496]

Second post is Vernon Dent who was always a "foil" in the 3 Stooges is in this movie!

[@theguyrocks1]

I thank everyone for their comments. THANK YOU so very much.

[@geezermann7865]

You are very welcome.

[@samieshoestring6332]

As always...great posting. 😊

[@SuperIliad]

Hitler: Beast of Berlin, released 8 October 1939 (USA). Roland Drew as Hans Memling; Steffi Duna as Elsa Memling; Greta Granstedt as Anna Wahl; Alan Ladd (as Allan Ladd) as Karl Bach; Lucien Prival as Sachs; Vernon Dent as Lustig - Beer Garden Bartender; John Ellis as Gustav Schultz; George Rosener as Wunderlich; Bodil Rosing as Frau Kohler; Hans Heinrich von Twardowski - Storm Trooper (as Hans von Twardowski) as Albert Stalhelm; Willy Kaufman (as Willie Kaufman) as Herr Kohler; Hans Joby as Hermann Lippert; Frederick Giermann as Father Pommer; Crane Whitley (as Clem Wilenchick) as Klee; Henry Zynda (as Henry von Zynda) as Erlich; Wolfgang Zilzer (as John Voight) as Kleswing; Hans Schumm as Schaefer; John S. Peters as Kruger - Storm Trooper; Hans von Morhart as Braun; Walter O. Stahl (as Walter Stahl) as Col. Hess; Joseph Forte (as Josef Forte) as Berkley; Francisco Marán (as Francisco Moran) as Jouvet; Frederic Mellinger (as Fred Mellinger) as Ratig; Alexander Palasthy (as A. Palasthy) as Buchtbein; Walter Thiele as Kalmeit; Paul Panzer as Brahm; Frederick Vogeding (as Fred Vogeding) as Wolff; Abe Dinovitch as Kopke; Robert R. Stephenson (as Bob Stevenson) as Romholtz; Anna Lisa as Bertha; Ernst Brengt, Party Guest; Adolf Hitler (archive footage); Ernest Roberts, Storm Trooper; Alexander Schoenberg, Party Guest; Dick Wessel as Buchman - Prison Guard.

[@soul69charger]

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, who plays the reluctant SS-man Albert, had 20 years earlier a leading part in one the most famous and important German movie of all times: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

[@jackiecovington1547]

Thanks Much for the upload.

[@zombiewire6555]

I enjoy watching the movie.

[@IK-so2bm]

This is where today's America is heading for but one half of the populace is asleep, lethargic, naive and stupid.

[@richardkirk5098]

You said it brother.

[@geezermann7865]

This movie documents the indoctrination and propaganda of Hitler and the Third Reich, and also the resistance by common German people. Yes, the movie itself may have been a "propaganda" tool to inform the American public also, about the sinister happenings in Germany and Europe prior to the beginning of WWII, but well done and useful. Thanks for the upload.

[@badbag9625]

Will stick to acting in the film.!! Alan Ladd physically a very small framed man yet as an actor he played tough, sometimes cocky, rough and tumble young men. As he got older his handsome face had female fans wishing she could be his lover. He remained a popular lead actor for MANY years to come. All these decades later my heart still skips a few beats when he appears on the screen .,. ,.. ...

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for changing the topic.

[@geezermann7865]

Bad Bag - Yes, Alan Ladd. I remember him from the movie Shane, when I was a boy. Your comment prompted me to look up a list of his films. I also saw Boy on a Dolphin when young. You are right, he was not a tall man. Thanks for your comment about how he affected women, and probably men. I also appreciate good acting, but of course, the best movies are well-written and enlighten us with the subject, as this one does. I liked the historical aspect of this movie. Thanks for your reply.

[@geezermann7865]

PizzaFlix - Well, the movie is the topic. But the comment about Zionists is inappropriate in my opinion.

[@myleshagar9722]

@@geezermann7865 I agree. It is interesting that such a movie was made for neutral America. Obviously people knew what was going on in Germany at the time.

[@markanderson6133]

Great picture. Thanks for posting. Important to remember that many non-Jews were considered enemies of the Reich and sent to camps. A Roman Catholic priest, a Communist, democrats, and a naive character played well by Alan Ladd, who paid the ultimate price. My only complaint is that the swastikas are all displayed backwards throughout the whole film. Was this an oversight by the production crew or a conscious slap at Naziism?

[@gonebamboo4116]

Interesting comment about the swastika. I'd be interested to know what anyone else has to say

[@robertansley6331]

I could not find any trivia about that goof. This is just a guess, but the sauwastika always faced that way as an honored religious symbol in Buddhism, Janism, and Hinduism. The swastika, however, faced the other way. Since this film was made before the Nazis really came to the forefront of consciousness the sauwastika was better known at that time and therefore this might have been a simple mistake. If it had been an intentional insult to the Nazis chances are we would know that by now.

[@maryshaffer8474]

Jewish people developed .r. Machines to promote their part in deaths across Euope. But Asians and other races suffered terribly too under facists dictators.

[@carlossantamariapico1571]

@@todddavis4586 I find these kind of comments absolutely out of place.

[@todddavis4586]

@@carlossantamariapico1571 can't you handle the truth? Guess not.

[@treebirds536]

Thank you very much for your movie video !

[@rogerw4507]

Steffi Duna, what a lovely gal.

[@tass1775]

Just change the date to 2020, we are there now

[@floridapmi]

You are comparing The United States of America to Nazi Germany? I am sure there are millions of descendants of Jews who's family members died in concentration camps and countless others who gave their lives to free Europe. Before you write ridiculous comments think, if have the ability.

[@alanshaw3699]

@@floridapmi There are elements in American society , particularly under a potential totalitarian like Trump and his followers, which can be legitimately compared to Nazism during the Hitler regime in 1930s Germany. Listen to the false patriotism and propaganda about loyalty and a llegiance to a "leader" spouted by the Commandant in the concentration camp and compare it that at a Trump rally and his tweets...

[@floridapmi]

@@alanshaw3699Give me an example of totalitarianism under Trump.

[@alejandrwesnin7805]

@@floridapmi You're asking too much from a brainwashed person.

[@forwardplans8168]

@@alanshaw3699 I expect the Trump household was interesting during WWII. Daddy Trumps friends and relatives in Germany bombing the daylights out of Mommy Trumps friends and relatives in Great Britain. What was the Biden family doing?

[@markadams7597]

This is a very interesting period piece in the pre-war genre. It's curious that there was enough opposition to the Nazis that movies like this were raised in critique and comment. These actors had not idea about WW2; no idea that a human experience turning was soon coming. 15:10- "in the past three month prices have go up 30%!" Today (10-20-21), Federal inflation has increased gasoline prices 100% since Jan. 20th! History repeats itself; I hope it will. Thanks for posting!

[@richardkirk5098]

Yes, this Biden government is wrecking the country. Runaway Inflation, human trafficking and drugs pouring over an open border. Top down mandates, debacle in Afghanistan. They should watch this film.

[@glenvalley4326]

This time it's the Commi Demms who are trying to create a Communist America

[@richardkirk5098]

@@glenvalley4326 Exactly

[@leelarson107]

'Opposition to the Nazis'? Remember that the common German people overwhelmingly supported Adolf Hitler and kept him in power. Had these 'good, decent resistance workers' been as prevalent as the filmmakers claim, Hitler would have been an also-ran and would never have been heard of again. You can't separate 'the Nazis' from 'the Germans'.

[@notpurrfect6397]

The irony! The Nazi party gained power because Germans were terrified of the supposed communist threat. And now hear you are spouting Nazi anti-communist rhetoric more than 80 years later.

[@duskostankovic3971]

who's watching in 2019 👌💪🤘

[@bobbythorman7421]

At some time or other most subscribers on Pizza Flix.

[@davj471]

2020

[@mr.deedsgoestotown6155]

Inhumanity is awful. Above all to practice kindness is what life should be for.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*No German would ever 'disrespect' an 'Iron Cross' award in such a manner as the 'Gestapo' agent is displaying...the Germans take the awarding of military medals very seriously* ( *Even when facing a firing-squad, no one would dare to remove any 'Decoration' awarded by Hitler himself...rank insignia may be stripped away, but never Medals and Awards* ) _______ *Any of the Western Allies soldiers caught as a 'POW' who was found w/any German military award such as an 'Iron Cross' 'Wound Badge' 'Battle Honors Award' etc. would likely be shot on the spot for 'disrespecting the dead'*

[@kevinloignon7943]

What about the Jewish Iron Cross winners from WWI? I guess they were being shown respect as they were worked to death then gassed? And don't give me crap about how the Nazis left that particular group alone. They didn't.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

@@kevinloignon7943 *You can rant your personal interpretations all you wish to yet none of it detracts from the reality of 'How things were'* ____________ *I wrote nothing concerning 'Camps'...only an observation regarding the treatment of 'Medals' and 'Awards'* *There no 'Crap' involved* ____________ *In 1935 Goering issued an order that "All Jewish males who served honorably during the 'Great War' are to be released from custody immediately and their effects and papers returned to them"*

[@martinepstein3332]

Thanks for the upload

[@nayashams6845]

One man with evil mind and theory made the world a hell on earth. Unfortunately there is always a chance in future such evil man appears. As a loving people must not let it happen. Peace o earth ,good will to mankind’s.

[@Bill23799]

Remember that it's only a propaganda film if you lost. If you won it was a motivational film meant to inspire the folks at home.

[@ronald-vt8ew]

This movement is still alive and we must fight it

[@carmenfoote7999]

Very interesting movie. A premonition of what was to happen in Germany with Hitler and his party and of the brave men and women who tried to warn the public and what fate they met sometimes. For Alan Ladd, a surprising role and a not so good ending. Joe S

[@yomama8873]

Thank you very much 🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖

[@rickjohnson6347]

Sometimes in these ole movies during this period I'd like to know how accurate they are. Hollywood is Hollywood after.

[@barriemdavies551]

From England ,, history repeating self,, coming soon ,,if you are ignoring it.. your blind..

[@vestibulate]

Wikipedia gives a length of 87 minutes, twenty more than the version posted here. The picture was originally banned in New York, so a re-edited print was substituted under a new title. Director Sam Newfield used a pseudonym for this film, another indication of official disapproval for the project. Incidentally, in the post-war atmosphere of McCarthyite witch hunts, a term was coined to describe artists and intellectuals who opposed the Nazis and their kind prior to formal hostilities involving the United States. Such persons were described as "premature anti-fascists". They were frequently hounded from their professions, charged with disloyalty, investigated, sometimes even jailed for their early opposition to Hitler.

[@vingedheart]

Interesting. I didn't know that. Haven't watched the movie yet, but I am just about to.

[@gardengnome3249]

Thanks for that information Tom Hall.

[@antoniod]

They were investigated for being Communists or members of Communist front groups, not for having been against fascism. Most Americans before the War were not pro-Fascist, they just didn't want to be in a war! Many German-Americans plus the American Legion protested vigorously against the Nazi Bund, and they went unmolested after the Was, as did Americans who had volunteered for the RAF(or had done similar things)before the US's entry into the War. Is there any tangible record of anyone being labeled a "Premature Anti-Fascist"?

[@raydematio7585]

It is sad that millions of people believe Communists were victims and the people who persecuted them were the enemy. You are right Steve, the guy is making up nonsense.

[@movingpicutres99]

This version is shorter because footage was added later to this original version, during the war. Scenes of Nazi invasion of Norway, etc.

[@touco9077]

I noticed old Vernon Dent the bartender innkeeper veteran of many three stooges shorts

[@rebeccavontwardowski5785]

All my heart for you my beautiful Hans always 🤗🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@monicaurschitz1548]

Terrifying!!!...

[@mcc-us]

Wow, this is one of the creepiest nazi movies I have ever seen. pretty intense

[@alien2836]

Anyone watching it in 2019 ?

[@martinepstein3332]

I am

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Great film for 1939. A warning to the world. Well scripted.

[@roberthendren]

I work in Munich at a motorcycle factory, and the only people who spoke English for a Turk who was there to earn a permit to open a restaurant and the factory owner who hired me? It’s interesting to see a reprise of this here in the USA and that’s why I’m running for president to dump Trump and embracing the liquid nitrogen economy, which will destroy Putin’s chief weapon which is Oil Thanks for the views and it brings back memories picture I used to drink at the Hofbrau house

[@1LSWilliam]

Little did they know. We know even less.

[@leelarson107]

That's rather profound.

[@lesleyrichardson2853]

We shall never allow dictatorship again..nowhere 😢

[@jaynecampbell4396]

Is this video reversed? The swatzika are pointed backwards.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Hi Jayne. Good eye. The video is not reversed. If it was, all the credits and other text on the screen would be reversed.

[@michaelhewitt258]

You must've dug deep down In a closet To find all these great classic movies

[@alvaropelayo8084]

I have loved Alan Ladd all my life, I was a little boy and couldn't believed when I heard he had died, rip, in 1964

[@stephenwilloughby8141]

Interesting film being among the first distinctly anti-nazi films made in Hollywood. Swastikas are backwards as they were in many Hollywood films of the time. But the one arm band has it right way around. The camp commandant wears a Luftwaffe breast eagle on the wrong side of the uniform. And that Tommy gun. Hollywood would in later years creatively convert Tommy guns to look like MP40 submachine guns as real German ones were unavailable as were proper M36 German helmets so old WW1 helmets were used in movies for years even.as late as the 1960s twenty years after the end of WW2. But a real gaffe is when measuring the prisoners the heights are metric but the weight obviously is in pounds not kilograms.

[@FishFeelPain]

Good movie--but difficult to watch knowing what all was to come in the coming years. TY

[@timorvet1]

Alan Ladd gets top billing, but his role takes second place to Roland Drew's "Hans", and what we see of him is more of a look-in, in some of the more dramatic scenes notably his death while trying to escape from the Nazi's.

[@elchoya8770]

this must have been re-released after ladd became a star in THIS GUN FOR HIRE 1942,here he is top billed when his part was minor.

[@haf816r]

reggie julienne very interesting!

[@billsmith9711]

German tower guard shot Alan Ladd with a Tommy gun....kinda bogus.

[@stephenwilloughby8141]

Where would they be getting real German automatic weapons in 1939 Hollywood?

[@billsmith9711]

@@stephenwilloughby8141 - from any decent arms dealer.... war had not broken out w/ Germany yet.

[@stephenwilloughby8141]

@@billsmith9711 no not in the 1930s. Automatic weapons were not exported especially German ones. The Reich had made certain that no weapons were exported and all were transferred to the military and police. Not even German Mauser rifles were available only captured weapons that had been brought back from WW1.

[@billsmith9711]

@@stephenwilloughby8141 then use a Mauser.... tommy gun is foolish

[@stephenwilloughby8141]

@@billsmith9711 as if anyone watching the movie in 1939 would know the difference. 🤣 Its a machine gun! The real clincher in the movie is how the camp commandant has a LUFTWAFFE breast eagle on his tunic and on the wrong side of the uniform and not on the sleeve as would be correct. He's obviously in the SS and that was a totally different type of eagle. Low budget.

[@brianburgess6921]

why are the swatiskas backwards? was this some kind of dodge of copyright violations against the nazi party in 1939?

[@DavidRice111]

Probably the film is reversed for the same purpose- CR dodge. I'll watch now and look for other indications. Edited~ Yep, I think you're right, everything else I've seen is printed correctly...

[@richardkirk5098]

It was intended as a slight. That they are backwards

[@heliosabbot838]

First rate propaganda ! it's almost like someone had a crystal ball. I,m curious about this film.

[@heliosabbot838]

@Appen Zeller this spells OSI / CIA to me - Model Citizen 1 day ago During World War II, Mr. Traube was an officer in the Army Signal Corps. Taught at Yale In 1959, he was elected first president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, which he helped found. The organization honored him last August in a tribute at Sardi's, where it had its beginnings. Mr. Traube became managing director of the Equity Library Theater in 1956, and taught and lectured on theatercraft at Yale, New York University, the College of the City of New York and Carnegie-Mellon University. He leaves his wife, the former Mildred Gilbert; two daughters, Victoria Gilbert Traube, a lawyer, and Betsy Gilbert Traube, a professor of social anthropology at the University of Chicago, and a brother, Leonard Traube, a public relations man and writer.

[@mikeholmes5824]

I have never understood why it is expected for military personnel to blindly follow orders, regardless of "collateral damage" or any other moral issue.

[@jimclark6256]

To bad you never served in the military, then you would not need to ask such a stupid question.

[@MrTomad51]

If we don’t remember or deny the past then we’ll likely repeat it.

[@Gustav1353]

Did you know that the Third Riech meant Germany?

[@billnah6255]

I can’t believe how angry this movie has made me. Good thing I’m was trained in the martial arts. Thank you Bruce Lee for your tutelage.

[@NoahSpurrier]

Good movie.

[@sebastianzumdick664]

Hello! Is this Film also aviabel in german?

[@OdeeOz]

*_Made back when Hollywood was still Pro America, and Patriotic._*

[@Cajunkaty]

Reminds one of the Democrat party in 2019 USA.

[@alanshaw3699]

Worthy of Trump himself.

[@davj471]

2020

[@dannyc.jewell8788]

18:01 ,this could be the title for a sequence , ;;I was born a Nazi''

[@gerberjoanne266]

Is it my imagination, or do they have the swastika backwards on the Nazi flag? (see, for instance, 29:35 and 31:05)

[@gonebamboo4116]

I saw another comment on the same thing. Didn't know if it was intentional and/or for what reason.

[@sararyan1255]

Yes

[@peter4Flags]

Brilliant Film .

[@lyndonreddick1888]

The bartender was on a lot of the Three Stooges episodes.

[@johngulartie-hx8sv]

According to some sources, the original meaning of the swastika was that it was a representation of the four great primary forces emanating from the Creator

[@darknight9302]

Interesting movie.

[@GhostshadowShadowghost]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (7/10)

[@donniedickerson8077]

I thought this was A Movie About The Dictator Joe Biden Crime Syndicate

[@charleswells5266]

That insignia on the wall is backwards to a German wheel. 3:25

[@IWard100]

the swastikas are the wrong way round

[@PizzaFLIX]

The filmmakers did that on purpose.Why? I don’t have that answer. 🍕

[@davidscott3820]

No sound

[@eddiekulp1241]

Young Alan Ladd

[@annprince5298]

They had always had it around the wrong way, it is a ancient symbol thousands of years had it for a good luck omen it is everywhere in Asia, in India , it is also called a filfot, it is a Cosmic sign.

[@gonebamboo4116]

What are you talking about?

[@annprince5298]

@@gonebamboo4116 swastikas that is what I am talking about , it a very ancient symbol in Many countries India and south east Asia The Nazis had the points wrong around , it is called filfot if you want research .

[@gonebamboo4116]

@@annprince5298 Thanks

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

Good b movie 👍👍

[@yomama8873]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@eugeniovazquez1483]

i did not see chad douglas in the movie

[@MA_808]

If this was in Hollywood in 1938 why did it take until 1942 before the USA entered the war?

[@MA_808]

@MAC it was a rhetorical question...my point is the intentional cowardice and lack of leadership of FDR and the combined Federal government to the coming destruction of the cradle of western civilization prior to 12-7-41 is exemplified by this film shot so long before

[@MA_808]

@MAC Japan began preparing for war in 1931

[@alanshaw3699]

@@MA_808 More like the isolationists in Congress.

[@MA_808]

@@alanshaw3699 which I included in my comment blaming it on FDR's poor leadership and the combined Federal government. Thanks for backing me up! kudos!

[@moe9196]

Great movie. important as educational film to inform young ppl the horrors of nazism . btw , did you know that Alan Ladd was only 5'3" tall ?! In scenes with actors and actresses taller than him , he would stand on platform, made to what ever inches higher to make him look taller . I read about a scene in the movie Shane . They made like a long elevated runway about a foot high so as he looked as tall as Jack Palance while walking and talking next to him . Of course the scene was shot from mid thigh to waist up

[@chas2e61]

Alan Ladd's height has led to a lot of confusion. Reports from 5'3 to 5'9. The one I would trust is his US military recorded height of 5'7! He supposedly did stand on boxes and had other actors walking in trenches, but 5'3? No. Mickey Rooney maybe.

[@brunotamplenizza7602]

Yes , I knew that he was a, short - man ! But not 5fert 3 inches! More like 5 ‘7inches ! He was standing on boxes! Plus , his first wife, the movie agent, made him famous! But he was good actor! He like to play the tough guy! In the beginning! Ecxcelent actor!

[@moe9196]

@@brunotamplenizza7602 ok you're more correct than I am . did searches on bing and google . almost all source list him at 5'6" . if memory serves me , he was paired with actress Veronica Lake in some movie. various sources say Veronica Lake anywhere from 4'11 to 5'2" . Again depending on which sources Bette Davis is listed as being anywhere 4'11" to 5'7" ! . My favorite Alan Ladd movie was "Shane" , location shots of the Grand Teton Mountains at the southern entrance to Yellowstone Natnl Park ... For celebrities official height may be shortened or heightened by backers or managers. I use to be a freelance photographer . Donny & Marie Osmond were sort of "past it" in popularity in the big time. They did a show in my medium sized city . Donny was listed at 5'11" at the time . I met them and took a few photos prior to the show and during . Im 5'9" and Donny was a couple inches shorter than me . I read that he even admitted in an interview that "on a good day i'm 5'7" " . did a search and he's listed more accurately at around 5'9" . Susan Clark a tall athletic beauty who was in films and tv from circa late 1960s to circa early 2000s use to be listed at 5'11" . Now she's listed at 5'9" -- maybe due to the aging process . most of us become shorter in our 60s and older . I use to photo some NBA games in a large city about 100 miles from my town . There was a fine point guard listed at 6'1" . prior to the game i stood right next him . He wasn't any taller than me 5'9" .

[@pressureworks]

Vernon Dent !

[@elielalvessobrinhosobrinho3257]

Mande completo filme alan ladd gigantes em luta agradeço

[@doctortimepmd4887]

six million six million six million

[@Robbi496]

Propaganda doe not have to be bad to be good :)

[@johnhopkins6260]

02:01 Nazi swastika is backwards

[@patriciasmith522]

Opening scene shows Nazi's marching @ night. Now I wonder why @ "night" ? 🤔🤔👹