Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything

In a time when “car” was not even a word yet, and people relied on horses to pull their wagons, one woman challenged the status quo. To prove to the world that her husband’s invention was the future of mobility, Bertha Benz went on the first long-distance journey with an automobile, facing all kinds of challenges but stopping at nothing. The rest, as they say, is history.
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[@purenatural5736]

This is how you make a commercial and a history lesson. Thanks Mercedes.

[@vulpsturm]

LOL no one in the 19th century was screaming about witches. "Horseless carriages" were around since the 18th century with the French Cugnot. Even the most backwards Junker Michael would know of them.

[@yougothere6000]

Mercedes teaching us all that the Germans were speaking english in Germany back then... great history lesson!

[@ViceVersace]

My bollocks sweated

[@n4120p]

this is a piece of garbage camouflaged as history

[@w3900]

She was an amazing person and brave I think

[@humahuma2510]

For all those people who don't know history, everything presented in the video is true. Bertha Benz is a legend and the woman that gave Karl Benz his first sale. Respect! She was an engineer, a marketeer ,an investor and business partner.

[@MercedesBenz]

She was incredible. 🥰

[@rigel1176]

Yes .....she was ! I lived near Wiesloch for few years ,- visit the first gas station of the world !

[@pok81]

no it's not! They've made up all this overdramatic nonsense about witches, hatred and spitting on the ground. Mercedes should be ashamed of this...whatever it is.

[@4lugan]

You won’t find girls like that nowadays. They just want your money, then they dump you. Hahha Not all 😉

[@LGCOOL123]

Lol a brand that was started as to be a working class car now only sells it to elites... What Bertha will think... 😂

[@steverichardson7417]

As an automobile enthusiast, this is quite simply one of the greatest stories ever told.

[@MercedesBenz]

😊⭐

[@frenkenberg]

NO, actually it's Mr. HONDA. I guarantee you, You will be crying! Listen to Tony Robbins 5 mins talk about it. Took Honda 40 years of fighting sheer demonic Evil!

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@lynestrotheconqueror5010]

Love how Karl was all nervous and shy about his invention and Bertha just wasn't having any of it.

[@MercedesBenz]

She was right to be proud, though. 😉👑

[@lynestrotheconqueror5010]

@@MercedesBenz No doubt.

[@yalcnozturk5846]

@@moa-wg3bo If the comments section turns off, this guy is the reason.

[@rerintensifies2872]

@ᗒ.ᗕsoWhatIFiAmInMatrixAtleastIknowIamInMatrix and, Mercedes Benz is the first company to build the first car in the world

[@rerintensifies2872]

@ᗒ.ᗕsoWhatIFiAmInMatrixAtleastIknowIamInMatrix demn i wondering if you are cave man

[@spaghetti9067]

"are you trying to poison your carriage horses" 'no I am the future’

[@alif6526]

Some girl:counts to 3 Me:IT SMELL LIKE WITCH IN HERE

[@SAFIS448]

Yes

[@SimonFerocius]

I guess you guys aren't ready yet but your kids gonna love it....

[@carloko08]

she was not the future, the FIRST ELECTRIC CAR in history was the future 18 YEARS BEFORE THIS WOMAN AND HER TRAVELS, but JP Morgan and his damn oil engine CUT OFF THE FUTURE FOR 150 YEARS TO PROMOTE GASOLINE AND EVERYTHING THAT DAMN FOSSIL FUEL, everything else you saw is feminist and pro-English propaganda, curious thing that this lady was german and the commercial was all in english, didn't you notice that?

[@jakeleo4518]

Thanks but why isn't she black? or at minimum an immigrant? or event at very least disabled and lgbtq2+xyz?

[@Rosomaha947]

I want a movie with this story )

[@nicolaselhani]

Ariadna's Thread yes!

[@curtaintwitcher1148]

Exactly what I was thinking! Also quite like the fact that despite all the women drivers jokes the first person to actually drive a car was a woman. Such a powerful story!

[@Calalu78]

There's a German film about this titled "Karl und Bertha"

[@nicolaselhani]

Calalu78 wow amazing thanks! Gonna watch it for sure

[@nicolaselhani]

Calalu78 fantastic. Gonna be a challenge to find online. Might order the dvd. Thanks again!

[@leftright6054]

Little girl: *IS THAT EVEN AN AMG?*

[@yazdanahmed7790]

😂😂😅😂🥰

[@straightbusta2609]

She might be disappointed to see them now coz newer AMGs aren't gonna come with the V8 anymore 😒

[@Fox-One1937]

Same idea 😂😂😂😂

[@pooer382]

@@moa-wg3bo lol where did you see that

[@MDCYF]

@@pooer382 GT73e

[@benharv]

Why is the best looking, most emotional video I've seen in a long time a 4 minute commercial by a car company? Good one, MB.

[@MercedesBenz]

Thanks for your kind words, Ben! We appreciate it. 😊

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢

[@alexiamountain]

This was filmed in Romania, some parts were shot right next to my house in Sibiu. I had no clue about what they were filming, but it looks really good !!😊😊😊

[@lindakuching4991]

Can i go to ur hometown

[@krisitak]

I guess that being poor and underdeveloped has its benefits :D. Btw, Bulgarian here, no offense intended my Romanian friend.

[@razvan43]

krisitak at least some benefits😊

[@jasonfanclub4267]

Romania is an attractive place for shootings btw

[@krisitak]

@@jasonfanclub4267 Romania is beautiful and cheap, of course it is :)

[@Ocker3]

She lived to be almost a hundred years old, she must have seen So much innovation and change, including the automobile industry going from nothing to being huge.

[@doggydeeds]

@R Λ M P Λ G Ξ T Ξ R M I N Λ T 0 R The most important technological inventions in the last 500 years are the printing press, which led to knowledge and accelerated inovation, the precision lath which led to the invention of steam and combustion engines which led to mass production, automobiles. trains and aircraft. The camera, telegraph, telephone, lightbulb, phonograph, movie camera, refrigerator, radio, television, computer, internet and cellphones.

[@Daniel-di5ek]

She saw her Carrige grow into a Panzer 4

[@artiombeknazaryan7542]

@Pablo Gonzalez she was the one who paid for it. Karl Benz wouldn't achieve anything if it wasn't for his rich fiancee. She invested in his inventions and promoted them. So it's rightfully her carriage.

[@dereknyc4402]

@R Λ M P Λ G Ξ T Ξ R M I N Λ T 0 R Electricity tops them all

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

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[@ineedmorespace7874]

Gives me chills every time I watch this video. Their contribution lives and will still live on! True ENGINEERING.

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@b_rah]

This is why Mercedes is not just a car company... It IS the car company.

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@simonandrew5456]

This actually looks like an intriguing film, the scene was so powerful, the music.....Everything Ahhhhh Mercedes 🙏🏻

[@n4120p]

intriguing , because you see to many of this new generation witches, horrors, and evil movies from Hollywood , this videos is pure garbage no historical value whatsoever

[@simonandrew5456]

n4120p it’s a 4 min video, and it’s cool.... that’s it....point.

[@JeffDeWitt]

They had the budget to do it right.

[@mees7529]

Imagine getting a heart from Mercedes-Benz

[@simonandrew5456]

@@mees7529 They did :P and I thought a free car, but I'm not that lucky haha

[@nigelfromengland5886]

Mercedes should bring us a whole movie about their first car just like Ford did about Ken Myles and the Ford GT.

[@ethanrios1010]

This clip is from the movie it’s called Carl and Bertha

[@Drtree-nd8cq]

Ford GT wasn’t ford’s first car

[@johnfowler9424]

Nigel??? It’s me! Gav.

[@aslebewpanzere-1007]

Yez

[@aslebewpanzere-1007]

Looks like this is top oldest car: Ford:america Mercedes benz(my no.1):Germany Toyota:Japan only them

[@leon-lh737flyer5]

Once in a while, when I am feeling not good, I come back to this video to get inspiration/motivation. Never stop believing in yourself, don't let people take you down. Thank you so much Mercedes!!

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@sachinsagvekar]

She Just Not Drove A CAR, She had drove an industry ❤

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@bunnytravels824]

This was the first ad I've watched and didn't want it to end. Fantastic story, shooting and editing. Hilarious shot with the priest! Good job Mercedes!

[@charbel5992]

mercedes liked this comment wonder why... mmm maybe because one point of the editing is showing that Christianity is holding technology back, which you have noticed, and made them happy

[@MercedesBenz]

Not really, Charbel, it’s not a religious discussion, we’re just glad our fans like this video. 🙂

[@bunnytravels824]

@@charbel5992 That is one theory, but it was not the case in my comment. The commercial was shot in Romania as far as I know and in some rural areas people are still using those outdoor bathrooms. It was unexpcted, that's why I said that it was hilarious. I don't see any religious connotation here.

[@barryallensecretserviceage7787]

@@MercedesBenz wow Mercedes Benz can You guys give us a car we're broke and we want a benz

[@MercedesBenz]

We can’t help, no giveaway policy. 🙃

[@annediffily4744]

I thought at first that this was a movie trailer... beautiful. And I wish it actually WERE a full-length movie.

[@kunal-ko]

Anne Diffily me too

[@mxbr1356]

@MsGeorgeSR There was a german movie about Karl Benz and his wifes journey to Pforzheim with this car.

[@Yugetubes]

This story is truly worthy of a movie.

[@Islandinthesvn_]

I totally agree!! You know this movie will be real good!!

[@Jujuumobi]

Me too, a movie I would definitely watch

[@bigfefu]

Everytime i see it i cry. ..thankyou so much Bertha....thankyou for what you did for us....

That's a pure piece of art and commercial at the same time, Literally I'm crying!

[@koguldevarajan7803]

Me too!

[@aero34100]

This is the only car commercial that I would watch again.

[@elektronischerliebhaber]

This German car commercial is pretty good, too kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJzLoGOId5WtsJI

[@sqirelsoftware5425]

The Legend of Dodge Brothers is just as good, you should watch that too : )

[@charlesleeray4932]

Why?

[@SumanSingh-vv2ql]

Ferrari Roma

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢

[@williambrandt9254]

What is even more cool is that her husband, Carl, being the engineer that he was, told her it wasn't yet ready to show the public. So while he was asleep, Bertha took her children and the car out herself. One could say she was also the first car thief :-) But I admire her spunk and determination.

[@OoWhiteStaroO]

spunk and determination. ------- first car thief WTF. xD This ruined the history for me.

[@MmMny1]

We have this saying: (Sometimes .. your wife is your only army), sorry english is not my first language. , hope i could phrase it better

[@sarwoski1]

Hahahahah

[@212elisabeth]

Love this story, thank you for sharing.

[@hippyjason]

That would be *Karl.*

[@puregaming2969]

I am honored to work and be a member of Mercedes. I work in a very good factory in Bremen

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢😢😢😢

[@spottdro55el18]

I am extremely honored by the fact that this was filmed in a German space, the village of Kastenholz in Transylvania... no wonder people love the medieval decor, Saxon houses, faces of people, extremely well chosen. Long live Mercedes-Benz Co!

[@user-kf5ty7hu9c]

Ich auch! Für mich ist und bleibt es DAS Auto ❤

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@404SurgeON]

Transilvania is in Romania, is it not?

[@spottdro55el18]

@@404SurgeON No, it's not Romanian.

[@Indimenticabil]

@@spottdro55el18 -He he said "Transilvania is in Romania", why you deviate the subject?

[@balablitz]

Bertha Benz: An icon. Her swag, attitude and confidence level is amazing

[@myblueandme]

What is swag ?

[@thechaindrain830]

Ullib kante it’s like a smaller sword

[@flyer3849]

@@myblueandme originally, walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way

[@prithviphoenix2]

It is amazing that the first automobile company is still rocking today

[@Fight_IQ]

Ford

[@DiegoGarcia-wi5mz]

@@Fight_IQ The first car company was Mercedes Benz, Ford implemented a way of constructing cars in less time

[@TsunaXZ]

Mercedes benz cars are also expensive asf

[@TheMusicLauncher]

@Miguel Mari Quijano-Aligno unreliable? Most Benz of the 1980's are still kicking ass, what do you mean?

[@DVZM.]

@@TsunaXZ One of the cheapest where I live...

[@kyupark405]

Can’t believe that she lived almost for a hundred years in 19th century.

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢

[@jessebeekmans0908]

I have seen this video 5 times and its still impressive.

[@mariuszpawul3938]

Hats off to the production team behind this advert 😁

[@PYNAPPOL]

I always skip ads, and rarely comment on KZbin. This...is something I had to watch to the end! 4 minutes is a record for someone like me, as I efficiently skip every single Google ad, all the time. Then and I had to come here to watch it again and comment. First I didn't know what kind of ad this was. A movie? But as soon as I saw the lady, it became very clear. For how bad advertising and marketing have become these days, in some rare cases the message is wonderfully delivered in style. I am personally fascinated by the story of Bertha, I have always admired the success of Mercedes cars, form an engineering point of view, and enjoyed their comfort for 40 years. I must often mention Bertha, in those conversations with others, when talking about cars. Some people don't know the whole story, and when talking about the history of cars, many have the bad habit of saying the "F" word (not f**k). Advertising must continue as a process of branding, and in this case you had all the elements to make a successful ad, emotional and beautiful to watch, at least for my taste: 1) Quanlity 2) Historical facts 3) Original idea for a movie Had you changed one single bit, I would have skipped. The movie was perfect. And that little girl, just another powerful element. Finally you chose the right date to publish this movie, I suppose it was no coincidence. What would we be riding today, if it wasn't for a woman? Thank you Bertha!

[@MercedesBenz]

Thank you for your very nice comment, PYNAPPOL, we do appreciate it! We are glad to hear that the great effort of our colleagues has not gone to waist, and the focus on how inspirational Bertha was, has been projected. 😊 Indeed, the choice is made to celebrate Women's History Month, and what would we be riding today, if it wasn't for a woman? No one will ever know! 😉

[@Max.44]

Real life achievement unlocked: Mercedes-Benz has liked and responded to your comment

[@MercedesBenz]

We make dreams come true. 😉

[@Max.44]

@@MercedesBenz 😁

[@ammarsiddiqui3602]

@@MercedesBenz it's amazing how far cars have come since invention of the first automobile more than 100 years ago

[@MrShepardDog]

Wow. Hats off and three cheers to director Till Endemann. Everything in this short four minute story -- and I mean EVERYTHING -- the editing, the background music, the casting, the squealing pigs, the preacher taking a dump.... BRILLIANT. More emotional and moving that most two hour movies!!

[@MercedesBenz]

Thank you for your magnificent review. We tried our best otherwise it would not be worthy! We love when fans like our work. We are happy you enjoyed it and possibly you learnt something. 🌟

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@enriqueheredia5794]

Bertha Benz would be proud to see Mercedes Benz as the most valuable car brand currently.

[@adesharora7040]

She passed away in 1944. That is so recent. She helped inventing the first ever car and probably also saw rockets flying in the 1940s. We achieved so much in one single lifetime! It truly amazes me what humans can achieve in such a short time.

[@imraanalimohammed6031]

So true....how amazing it would have been for her to see the world changing from horse carriages to flying planes...I wish she should have also witnessed the landing on the moon for the first time by any human....😃😃

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

Well, you'll be Surprised at how much technology we use now are originally build for war

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

@@Kevin-fj5oe I did hear some opinions about war being a necessary evil or something. Sure, world peace is the ultimate utopia anyone could ask for, but that would make things stagnant in a way I can't even begin to describe.

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

@@1LuvMLPFiM necessity is the mother of all inventions and war provide it

[@sirbancau7948]

Let’s not forget Karl Benz. She was essentially a test pilot. Karl Benz is the real inventor here

[@Supernumerary]

The complexity and precision in the choreography and acting is incredible. Go back and view it again, note the continuous flow of changing, but perfect camera angles, perfect facial responses, lighting, scenes, etc... This video required a lot of time, money, talent and props. Very impressive.

[@shopnodeep]

You meant cinematography right?

[@venomycilious]

Yeah good cinematography... Liziqi also has great cinematography with only 2 crews... Look for it... "Liziqi" on KZbin

[@mailajairam]

Truly inspiring.Seeing it repeatedly. Watch her face brimming with confidence when the pharmacist asks-" Are you trying to poison your horses?!!"

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@lekooky2877]

This should be a movie that would be cool

[@advdevkumarghosh6663]

Bertha Benz , the original Wonderwoman ...

[@Z3RO-M07]

Without Feminismus. Only a strong Woman.

[@beatewagner7.2934]

@@@Z3RO-M07 No, with the true feminism, with the feminism which is all about equality between woman and man, equality in a marriage based on respect, loyalty, belief and love of each other. BERTHA Benz was a feminist ahead of her time and she had far more to deal with things keeping women in a cage....starting with her father who had choose a husband according to his wishes...and Berta said NO.... The movie "Carl und Bertha" from 2011 shows their beginning and how Bertha resisted the laws for daughters and wifes of their time....

[@MercedesBenz]

Well said, Beate! 🙂

[@Z3RO-M07]

@@beatewagner7.2934 👍👍👍

[@beatewagner7.2934]

@@Z3RO-M07 👍👍👍 and best greetings from a woman's heart❤️

[@JulioCesar-gr2co]

Cecilie BERTHA Ringer BENZ was a bold German visionary long before the spoke of female empowerment. She changed the world as we know it. Even as a minor, she asked her father to emancipate her so that she could take her dowry in advance and invest in the small business that her fiancé Carl Michel Vaillant Benz was starting there in Pforzheim. They later moved to Manheim, where they founded a metallurgist interprise, in which Carl created his prototype used for the patent application, granted in January 1886. For THREE years, through magazine advertisements, newspapers and exhibition fairs, he tried unsuccessfully to sell his product but nobody wanted it, it was thought that it was much more practical (and cheap) to use a horse than that "contraption". This led to the bankruptcy of the Benz family metallurgist, with the attachment of all machines and equipment for auction. Only the small vehicle was left, even the bank didn't want it. But Bertha believed in the invention of the desperate and desperate husband and secretly planned to help him. In the early hours of August 5, 1888, with the help of his teenage sons, Eugen and Richard, she moved away from home and started the engine of Patent Wagen No. 3 (the first two were very fragile and unstable - no one had actually run satisfactorily with them) and undertook one of the most important journeys in the history of mankind. At that moment she just wanted to save her family. After sixty-six miles to her hometown of Pforzheim, she not only publicized her husband's upbringing, getting the first clients, but revolutionized the world: She was the very FIRST PERSON to truly DRIVE a car - and not by meters (as Carl) but by HUNDREDS OF KILOMETERS; It started the world auto industry (August 5, 1888 is the official birth for this feat); Created Product Engineering, there is no car factory without it. His critical observations and emergency modifications throughout the journey, later passed on to Carl, made for a better product. And saved the man she loved. Julio Cesar Gaudioso

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

As someone on another thread says "Sometimes a man's only army is his wife".

[@MercedesBenz]

Never take your partner for granted. No matter who it is. ❤️

[@edka1031]

Gracias por la explicación, Julio!!

[@bobbycheese2793]

she drove 50 miles to her mother's house which is about 80 kilometers not hundreds

[@edka1031]

@@bobbycheese2793 But later she drove back.

[@soulshunter87]

we still consider Mercedes Benz as a magic to this day.

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢

[@andyariza8108]

I just watch this, just no words, apart from the car what she did and more in her time is simply incredible

[@ninamirzoyan6202]

Well she DID believe in herself That made her brave enough To prove her husband that His invention is worth Something. This changed the world forever.

[@qzg7857]

He know how much it is worth dont be naive

[@leblancllc7785]

@@qzg7857 she is the one who bought Benz it's first ever sale. without her, the company would be long gone even before it begins

[@extra2ab]

@Green Giant the diehard clan. Wow such a great WOMAN and such kids.... Any man can face the whole world against him if he has such a family with him.

[@UpperEchelon8]

Don't know why but this made me pretty emotional. Her determination to achieve her goal no matter what others feel is pretty motivating. "The Best or nothing at all" - Karl Benz

[@casiopia7777]

Wow. Commercial of the decade. Go Mercedes Benz. I was Service Manager at Auto Haus, Pompano. What a history lesson, strong acting, excellent atmosphere and period props, superb music, amazing history message. Thank you.

[@MercedesBenz]

Thank you for your kind words Jennie! 😊

[@parwejalam7305]

This was the fastest 4 minutes of my life!!

[@kurtw.rudiger6422]

Bertha: Baby, I’m going to take the car out for a spin. Karl: ‘k

[@BosheefaJohnstone]

Remember to bring extra fuel with you, and try not to end up getting burned at the stake.

[@rosemimi973]

More like: Baby I took your prototype early in the morning while you were sleeping...whiteout letting you know.. 😃

[@CrashForce]

Karl: kk*

[@Ge-Coleslaw]

Sprich doch Deutsch,

[@RabbitConfirmed]

hahah dat was funny

[@danchkovckoe]

Carriage? Carriage! Carriage - car! That maight be the history of the car word. I've never thought of it before.

[@syndromeofadown21]

Woah

[@PhantomSquid]

Mind=Blown

[@ryangshooter_1682]

You're exactly right actually in the US we used to call them Horseless Carriages until someone finally shortened it to car

[@proxymoxie]

@Juden Arier fek you it is car

[@danchkovckoe]

@reshi p a manual? That's a good question. I don't know.

[@alfredofernando9599]

Please i beg you make this as an actual movie. I will be the FIRST to watch on the theater. This video makes me shivers, wow.

[@raghavthinfluencer814]

I have watched this masterpiece video a hundred times over & shown to many of my friends. Moves every time! I love Germany & Benz.

[@TheJanvicgwaps]

She fixed the damn thing everytime it broke down.. Thats what i remember when i read it her story in a book somewhere..

[@salmanhaidr]

What was d name of book?

[@arthurgarza7093]

Pure example why a woman should never drive.

[@TheMusicLauncher]

No, she didn't repair it. She let someone repair it and paid them for it!

[@YurimoHikashi]

@@arthurgarza7093 what? The car didn't break down we she couldn't drive. Go troll somewhere else

[@SavageBunny1]

It broke down 1 time and overheated a few times, come down.

[@Rhandzekile]

This might be one of my favorite videos ever on youtube

[@MercedesBenz]

We are honored to hear this. 😍

[@luisfeliperamosparada4438]

@@MercedesBenz this vid looks like a diamond near to Ferrari's vids 💖💎

[@defaultthunder8978]

@@MercedesBenz it's cool video. Now can i have my mercedes car?

[@martinyoung6809]

The bibi:😭😭😭 The girl: awe awe

[@data9k]

This definitively should be a full movie! It so powerful and inspiring, because was real!

[@VivekGupta-iw5zc]

Now that is what innovation is which revolutionized the world! Powerful Marketing! One of the best videos uploaded so far on KZbin...!

[@saeedsaleem3502]

That's the most powerful video I have seen in youtube

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

It cost an arm and a leg. The set design, direction, acting, lighting, cinematography was great. Mainly handheld. Animal wranglers, casting, costuming. This was a Hollywood production in 4 minutes. I'll bet they spent $500,000 on it.

[@Sharp931]

@@scottslotterbeck3796 Sadly the music is totally off

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

@@Sharp931 I don't think so. It's very well done, though the 'grrrl power' theme is annoying.

[@nathanieltraynor3326]

@Saeed Saleem they paid you to say that right?

[@MrJeanBaguette]

500k??? Add couple millions...

[@wofy6135]

Are you trying to poison your horses?! Bertha: Ew who uses horses

[@KAYSERSOSE88888]

20 horse power

[@ankitbytes]

Bertha: Future is now old man!!

[@JegesCaverMedve]

At 1900's first decade, Benz make a very beginner sport car,... Over 100 Horse Power... Novadays some Bugatti and Königsegg model over 1000 HP, and big Transport ships Engine is over 50.000 HP or more... This only 120 years history of car Engine rising ... Maybe the next 100 year development is the flying and safety Nuclear cell car ( use Hidrogen isotope Deuterium cell)...

[@lordskeletorde]

"No, I'm starting an era of poisoning our world's climate."

[@lordskeletorde]

@@shintaruGT3 It's not my fault electric cars are superior in every way. You may think that you are the Bertha Benz in this story. I'm sorry to say, you're the apothecary, not even recognizing that the future is staring you in the face. Edit: Come to think of it, you're more like the little girl shouting "A witch, a witch!"

[@nuomitang30]

This video has me in tear, nothing is emotional than reminding yourself what you’re fighting for, and never stop doubting yourself.

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢

[@ranveerjaipuriyar0710]

I'm in tears 😭.. she's a legend.

[@MercedesBenz]

😊

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@tokyotv8708]

Gillette: let's demonise men for feminism. Mercedes Benz: Let's encourage women for supporting their husbands and other women.

[@theanimelibarian7881]

Yes

[@speedfastman]

Looks like everyone's still butthurt about a commercial.

[@galubyovo4061]

*inserts clapping hands emoji*

[@293940cabster]

I have a feeling this was more about demonizing white men that anything else.

[@oluseyisonaiya]

It's always interesting when men see themselves as the bullies "demonized" in the Gillette ad, and not as the ones who protected, taught, and lifted up the bullied-you know, also men.

[@iPITTSBURGH412]

They need to make a kit for her. Like a “S560B” for Bertha and design it especially for long road trips. A baby Maybach with a 800hp electric motor

[@nirodim4895]

haha

[@fabbrodiroma8270]

...and electric engine

[@iPITTSBURGH412]

Fabbro di Roma exactly. And make it more powerful than Tesla and more efficient

[@osugabriel]

That would be very nice.

[@kospencer1]

Wouldn’t a flexfuel vehicle be more true to the original? ;)

[@bienclaroblanco133]

Worth a recommendation! Thank you YT! This one deserves a movie. Kudos to Mercedes

[@obediahhinton1890]

This bring me tears for some reason

[@marciaflorzinha]

Now I understand my passion for mercedes Thank you Bertha.♡ You made me cry alone here mercedes ♡

[@MercedesBenz]

Don't cry Marcia! We prefer seeing our fans smiling at our Stars! 😊

[@marciaflorzinha]

@@MercedesBenz annw

[@hanifgul5664]

Almost same here. This is very emotional for car lover's....

[@victoremisho9432]

Honestly I thought it was weird that I was the only one with tears in my eyes after the video

[@kaksken1999]

I thought I was the only one crying, this is why I love the Mercedes company because there is so much history!!!

[@mohammadsharawi2900]

Does it come with a 4.0 litre v8?

[@MercedesBenz]

😂

[@thekryptkeeper7318]

Looks like a 10 litre V1 but hey who knows maybe in the future

[@thatrejest8904]

121bham 150 km/h with no seatbelts and ABS brakes.

[@karanbirsinghbhullar]

It does now

[@eyupkucuk600]

Ja 380 PS ))

[@vaseamd]

This is a very good historical lesson, @Mercedes-Benz, thank you for learning us a very good thing about cars!

[@velejador11]

This is a wonderful!!! That history!!! That movie!! That woman!!! Congratulations for all writers , actors and actresses, directores and team!!!

[@hilarious7695]

Imagine if she drove an S-Class at that time. 😂

[@jacobholretzschmidt9071]

Hilarious a “G” would have Been better 🤪

[@jaymax9560]

This is the first S Class

[@tidaltidaltidal]

It's basically an S Class Convertible

[@benevie2665]

She will not considered as a witch but a goddess

[@HarshitSingh-xs8kv]

Then she would be called Alien

[@HotRod16]

This makes me a proud owner of Mercedes Benz.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Are you a Pakistani taxi driver.????

[@rusutiberiu24]

@@stringer-ik1pc Are you a Stupid man?

[@stringer-ik1pc]

@@rusutiberiu24 Are you a Pakistani.???

[@djibrilbkao655]

Let's see... 80 000km after... cost for the distribution chain on your Mercedes... Hope the bill would still make you smile 😊😊

[@rusutiberiu24]

I don't care about the bill, but is not more as bmw or audi, in Europe, I don't know in us, and to be honest I don't care about us taxes

[@parkssgo]

There are so many videos about Bertha Benz, this is masterpiece of them. Ive watched at least 20 times.

[@sankalppatankar682]

In the last 2 Years I have literally watched it over 20 times......... I don't know why, it just makes me feel good, To look at the invention that was going to change the basic definition of travelling.....

[@Michael_0589]

The hostility would make sense if there were no steam locomotives at the time. However I am glad her story is being told, and Mercedes Benz should name a car or something in her honour.

[@qzg7857]

Yeah this hostility is soo forced. Also if im not wrong at that time ther already was a steam car. They were first to use combustion engine

[@SMGJohn]

+War never... Correct, in the book she writes about how people were amazed her carriage was so small for being self powered, most carriages that were steam powered were huge.

[@alberto8132]

So Bertha Benz is an actual person? Thought she was made up for the purpose of these videos.

[@MrArmaniStyle]

Stoopid

[@hollandf10]

Well uhhh, naming a car after her is kinda already done? Mercedes Benz

[@akshub]

The background music is the phenomenal

[@CrackberryMe]

Ankit Sharma 💯

[@monishvj5172]

I really want to hear the BGM alone

[@wordsareswords]

This first gas station is in my town wiesloch. Its still mentioned there on a wall.

[@townsvillian12]

Unquestionably the finest advert ever made. Everyone involved deserves the highest praise

[@danielsoltis8837]

I got chills already. Please, I want a movie about this story!

[@garrett793]

Absolutely! A movie would be awesome! I hope they do 😃😃😃

[@leepalmer1210]

But hope they don't only focus on her but also on Karl and his triumphs. Truth is both partners in that marriage where complementary to each other, needed each other to achieve success

[@christins.1481]

@@leepalmer1210 The concept of why they pointed our her specifically is because she was a wife who supported her husband. I understand the tidbit of just showing her, but there's too much of "independent women" going on now. Many women do not understand the true meaning of support. In this case, supporting her husband. Many feminists will hate this, because they are showing a wife who supports something her husband created, but it's a great message for many young girls to not be so mean and bitter towards men. In short, it shows how strong women can really be when they share goals with their husbands. This in my opinion has to be a message to young girls and women that it's OK to support men.

[@christins.1481]

@@leepalmer1210 I'm sorry. Wasn't trying to steal the spotlight. I just really like Bertha and what she did for her husband. She was an amazing woman and a wonderful wife. I just feel that her story would make a great message. It's a clean slate that modern society needs.

[@Angie1211mind]

There is. I can’t really remember the name but I do know that the actor that plays karl is ken duken. A little google search and you’ll find it. It’s a really beautiful movie by the way. Hope you can find whit subtitles, cause it’s shot in German.

[@deannavp2253]

However this ended up in KZbin I am thankful. This is exactly what I needed to see, being different and thinking different will always provoke ridicule from those that only think like the crowd!

[@MercedesBenz]

It ended up on KZbin, because we thought it was a nice way to celebrate Mrs. Bertha Benz in the Women's history month. But we are so glad that you like it. 😍

[@user-eh2md9gv1d]

@@MercedesBenz I loved the little girl who was clearly inspired!

[@anisbentafat8862]

why i watched this video again and again , it 's just so powerful it has a story of a wonder woman .

[@Faazyduzzy24]

This is an amazing video the whole time I was watching it I did not feel it was a commercial I felt like it was a well directed movie and your history with cars is amazing thank you Bertha Benz!

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢

[@mehmetguner5729]

I’m a BMW lover and enthusiast... BUT Mercedes is BOSS 👍🏼

[@ddh-1844]

I love Mercedes!! Respect from Japan!!!!🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@Alep493]

Then you have to Born in Germany

[@user-ib3qb5zn8u]

Salute from VLadivostok !

[@saifrajon4155]

And the whole world, we respect you as well. The R34..

[@Dacommenta]

@@saifrajon4155 true dat

[@adilzhursin156]

@IWantToDestroy World JustDieFool your nick says everything lol. Ur either a troll or ill

[@leon-lh737flyer5]

Even after one year, people still love this video .. watching it again and again. Mercedes-Benz we love you

[@mcelromd]

Astounding, Heartwarming, Revolutionary HOW has this story never been told!?

[@GEMfanatica]

1888: a Benz breaks down in the middle of nowhere 2019: my Benz still breaks down in the middle of nowhere

[@JYMAHJAMES]

@Advocatus Diaboli Let's be real for a sec, they are quality cars but not reliable, they did a test on the c class and it was 140% less reliable than the average car.

[@DalnaboyMAN]

@@JYMAHJAMES It all depends what merc it is, some were reliable, and some were...... trash *looks at a-class w168*

[@vishrutshah8419]

The 1888 one didn’t break down, it ran out of gas.

[@raducarpinisianu2483]

E class by far the most reliable and well made! Also u have to consider when u push the blunds of technology it happens that it gets tricky look at boeing!!

[@DalnaboyMAN]

Yeah, the '90s and '00s diesels were really reliable, i own W124 E-class 2.0diesel, tacho says 300 000km, but it's from 1991 so it must have 1 300 000km, and still going with no issues

[@taniyaraokallepalli8727]

I can imagine myself as that little girl.... Inspired....♥️

[@immortaluck]

That little girl called her witch😂😂

[@nathanieltraynor3326]

That same girl would have been beaten by her parents for dropping that milk

[@Mitch196]

@@nathanieltraynor3326 Haha I hope they don't will do it

[@indujain1424]

Thank you so much Mercedes Benz for showing us the hard working story which made Mercedes Benz 👍😊

[@Andreea_Z]

Great and powerful lesson. Loved it, and the little girl, she looked hopeful, confident of her future.

[@BosheefaJohnstone]

The only problem with that line of thinking is that the little girl only had to look forward to tending to the wounded and dying in her late 60's and hearing how her sons died, if she even made it that long.

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢

[@roberthaworth8991]

The inclusion of the little girl was meant to show that, while the girl thought Bertha would be helpless when the machine broke down and have to ask for aid, when she fixed it herself the girl saw a more hopeful future for all women - that they were capable of more than just being pretty (or, in her own case, working the fields). It’s a feminist angle, that transcends the specific future Germany experienced.

[@comicguy4417]

This actually looks like a scene from a Hollywood movie based on the life of Bertha Benz. It's just perfect.

[@BassicVIC]

Yeah. The town characters are just too American movie-like. I wish they made a full movie with more true German-like attitudes.

[@lutzderlurch7877]

The fear factor was a bit overstated, imho. In the 1880s there are steam engines and steam trains everywhere.

[@EbukahENzeji]

Awesome!!! Mercedes-Benz remains my best automobile brand.

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!

[@tusharhbk]

That is why I love Germany and German brands. Because they have their own humble beginnings. Either it is Adidas Or Puma, or Mercedes or BMW, they rose from the ash and reach to the top. Mercedes is brand I really wanted to own one day when I am self sufficient enough to buy it because Mercedes cars are history in itself.

[@1990Thunderbolt]

what's a humble beginnings mean?

[@oldschoolracinggames5729]

that’s true because american and english cars have history but in currency like technical products are shit asian brands have no history and no soul

[@Mr_Higgs]

@@oldschoolracinggames5729 Asian companies mostly just copy from Western companies. I hate asian products because everything is so poorly made.

[@arvedludwig3584]

VW rose from the ashes but just because the British wanted it that way. Let's not forget that Wolfsburg today is a product of the nazi regime. Let's not forget that slave labour was a thing in the third reich from which these brands benefitted. Yes they said sorry but don't fuel the ignorance for other products. Other countries make good products as well, i.e. Volvo, Toyota, Land Rover.

[@xander1052]

tushar giri mukharjee get an older merc then

[@suruchisolanki3603]

As always Mercedes never stops to amaze me , when I saw the first commercial of AMG I was 15 , since then I’ve been crazy behind Mercedes. Very inspiring. No other automobile companies can replace Mercedes.

[@MercedesBenz]

Thank you very much for your appreciation! #TheBestOrNothing 😉

[@user-yw2ns2ms2y]

Better show an advertisement about how Mercedes Benz helped Hitler conquer the world and carry out genocide of people, because it was their engines that powered tigers and other tanks! Show how prisoners of concentration camps were driven hungry to work at Mercedes Benz, how they were mocked! This advertising will be more interesting, after which no one will ever buy your deceitful equipment!😢😢

[@surabhi2301]

Wow!!!! one of the most powerful and influencing ad I have ever seen.

[@MercedesBenz]

Thanks for your kind words! 💓

[@nic4x4cam92]

Filmed in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania

[@SuperHinckley]

Really ?!.. Wow

[@ExaltedGamingWorldWide]

@@SuperHinckley Sibiu 2019, looks the same as it did then, nice.

[@Don_Melon]

@@ExaltedGamingWorldWide with a bit of stage set-up and cgi backround yes, maybe... but the houses are still there.

[@nicunegru6]

@@ExaltedGamingWorldWide Why are full of hatred? every time you open your mouth shit comes out of it... poor people around you - filmed in Cașolț village, in Sibiu County

[@mateisotcan4128]

Smr tu

[@beckiejbrown]

This is so good, the way it's put together and the message it carries. Thank you for this. Would be so good to see a movie on this! x

[@MercedesBenz]

Thanks! 😊 There is a movie about it actually, it's called Carl & Bertha (2011) by Till Endemann.

[@islamolaimat852]

@@MercedesBenz In english language ☹️

[@sebastianlazaldehernandez1438]

@@islamolaimat852 subtitles do exist man

[@retnosofyaniek678]

@@MercedesBenz unfortunately it's not in English. :-(

[@ksubscribers-en4nd]

That girl who acted, her expressions were so class. She acted so well

[@MercedesBenz]

We must agree with you!

[@DreamWorld23]

The star is born. Mercedes-Benz ❤️

[@fototoestelletje]

DreamWorld THE HOLY CAR THAT EXISTS

[@Urs.Schneider]

Public releations level 100! Gut gemacht!

[@Woopy11]

Love the shot at the end. The Eyes and the look. First despair for being abandoned and then inspired.

[@paulofabret5473]

The best commercial ever in the history of TV or internet. The responsible for this, is a genius....would deserve an OSCAR

[@wofy6135]

1800s people when they see a Mercedes: WITCH WITCH! 2020s people when they see Mercedes: das a nice car you got there brother

[@MercedesBenz]

😎

[@knut-hinrichqwalter2463]

The people of the 19th Century never have seen a car named Mercedes!The very first car named Mercedes was built April 1900 ! And it has been a Daimler, not a Benz !

[@stringer-ik1pc]

@@soundwavesuperior6761 Pakistani taxi drivers love them. 😃😃😃

[@maggoopapamiao872]

1940's people when thay saw a Benz: Air Raid......

[@stringer-ik1pc]

@@maggoopapamiao872 🤣🤣🤣Nazis.

[@mtlatercera]

Congrats for such a great job, Mercedes-Benz!

[@axiswqzy7525]

@@issa1587 true

[@_rwigi_2284]

I dont know why....But every time i watch this i tear up...........Its just so inspiring

[@intelligent_agents]

Any Advanced Technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC!!

[@rakaman27]

They see me rolling They hating Patrolling Trying ta catch me riding dirty!

[@curtisjackson40]

Shut up

[@Fazen107]

@@curtisjackson40 you shut up

[@rishibanerjee3473]

@@Fazen107 wowowowowowowoowowowowowo

[@rishibanerjee3473]

😂😂😂😂

[@thewhisperizm]

@@curtisjackson40 look the lambo fanboy