Best Scene From Valkyrie

[@Roycebert]

"When the music stops, I'd be obliged if Keitel found himself without a chair." Love that line.

[@RemorfChuket]

was that a reference to him being hanged at Nuremberg and them botching the execution?

[@sirierieott5882]

Yes, as subtle as it is threatening (for Keitel's fate)...

[@IrishCarney]

Rather reckless of him to say that aloud, not even whispering, while still in the same room as Keitel...

[@Springkid27]

I’m sorry if this might be a stupid question, but what does that line mean? Why’s he saying that to Cruise at the end?

[@chrishieke1261]

@@Springkid27 Well, it is in a reference to a 'party game'. In this game, there are always is always one chair less than there are players (so 9 chair for 10 players). The goal is to be the last person who sits on a chair when the game ends. In every round, some music is playing and all players walk around the chairs ... until the music stops. In that instance, everyone must take a seat on a chair to pass this round and enter the next round. The person that doesn't sit on the chair has lost the round and is out of the game. The process goes on until ony two players and one chair is left. Since the discussion between Stauffenberg and Hitler was about music, general Fromm alluded to general Keitel being the one without a chair "when the music stops" (= the miltary coup is staged) and is eliminated from the game (possible with 'elimination' in the sense of the word).

[@IrishCarney]

Scene-ruining flaw #2: Hitler cites Goering's assurance that the invasion situation is well under control. But by 1944 Goering was discredited and humiliated; defeated over Britain, failed to supply Stalingrad, and failed to stop the crushing Allied bombing of German cities. In 1944 Hitler would never have cited Goering as a credibility-boosting endorser of anything. Besides, Goering wasn't in charge of defending against the Allied invasion: Rommel & Rundstedt were.

[@davey2363]

It’s only a film depiction; entertainment, it isn’t a documentary. Sorry to tell you this ‘fact’.

[@TDL-xg5nn]

At least they got Hitler's demeanor right. So many depictions of Hitler are as a ranting lunatic even in ordinary conversation but that was not the case.

[@davey2363]

@@TDL-xg5nn wow! You obviously met Hitler? Amazing. Please tell us all more empirical facts about this man you’ve met and knew.

[@lewiscoacher7781]

@@davey2363 known. Please edit your comment to make mine irrelevant. Then I will edit mine to make my comment mysteriously deep and wise. Then you and I can edit Dr. Acula back to the stone age.

[@lloydmeadows3471]

@@lewiscoacher7781 there is evidence for what Dr Acula says - the only secret recording of Hitler speaking in a conversation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXaZnqGGot-npbM

[@Beachdude67]

The way this scene was shot is brilliant. The light makes everyone appear mildly corpse like, particularly Cruise. It's as though Stauffenberg was dead as soon as Hitler signed the amended copy of Valkyrie.

[@MegaDave1962]

Well said!

[@ivan00001983]

yea, 2:45 is that imagery

[@clevlandblock]

The actor portraying Himmler @3:06 just nails it with that stare.

[@finchborat]

And the stare gives the impression that Himmler knows that the assassination plot is coming.

[@balin1920]

He's a bit too chunky for Himmler

[@IrishCarney]

@@balin1920 True. Good acting (sinister look), but imperfect casting. The Himmler in Downfall, however, was perfect. Many others in the cast of THAT movie did not look quite right, but Himmler looked PERFECT. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4KkZ4eBa5qcjK8

[@beanbag9696]

Sounds like you know him personally

[@elliotchinneryhinks8554]

In films Himmler is weirdly never given much time despite being by far Hitler's secret favourite and the most terrifying of his inner circle

[@juancarlosjasa7047]

If anyone of you doubts Tom Cruise's skills as an actor, watch this movie and Collateral! He was beyond perfection there!!!

[@theshapeexists]

His acting was solidified 30 years before this.

[@gnenian]

1. Say as little as possible. 2. Don't dance on a couch. 3. Believe in the fantasy.

[@parsoniareigns]

Juan Carlos, this is true in both films, however some people just can't handle the truth..😉

[@user-zj4rn5pz2x]

This is the worst acting I ever seen Through out the movie he is like a robot the role didn't fit him I don't deny Tom Cruise can entertain

[@juancarlosjasa7047]

@@user-zj4rn5pz2x The only reason why you probably feel the role didn't fit him is you are used to see him play the good guy always like in Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, The Last Samurai, and the MI series. This was not one of his usual films. Playing a German Officer while trying to assassinate Hitler requires him to play two sides of the coin. That alone is phenomenal acting! Yes that included him playing like the robot that you described.

[@zulkifligumilang3155]

Don't worry, steiner attack will make everything under control

[@notimportent3877]

Who is steiner?

[@JamesAsp]

@@notimportent3877 SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner

[@flankspeed]

"Mein Furher .. "

[@Cortesevasive]

@@flankspeed Zelinski konnte nicht genügend Kräfte für einen Angriff massieren. Der Angriff Kherson ist nicht erfolgt.

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

“Steiner…” “Steiner…”

[@FortunateJuice]

1:28 I love how Goering gives this look like "yep, I did say that".

[@wcg19891]

There was one line in the movie that was funny. The Home Guard was unwittingly being used by the plotters to arrest the SS under the pretense that the SS was fermenting a coup. The head of the guard finally realized it and confronted Himmler who called HItler and let him know Himmler was still loyal. Afterwards the commander of the Guard ordered his men to stand down and his aid said “What about the coup”? He replied “You idiot we ARE the coup!” I thought that line was humorous in the middle of a very serious movie.

[@MrErizid]

It wasn't Himmler, it was Gobbles.

[@wcg19891]

You’re right. I watched it in theater and didn’t remember exactly. Thanks for the correction.

[@66Bunn]

@@MrErizid It's not Gobbles, It's Goebbels 🙂

[@StoutProper]

@@MrErizid gobbles? Who’s that, Hitler’s pet Turkey?

[@stevispevisclips4429]

@@StoutProper He was known to be *exotic* LMAO

[@weemissile]

The best depiction of Hitler's inner circle I've seen. They didn't overdo it with the sinisterness, yet I've never seen them made more intimidating. I especially like Goebbels looking pissed off at Goering, that's a nice historical touch. David Bamber also nailed the way Hitler would attempt to charm people, which is something he did a lot but it's rarely shown.

[@Locahaskatexu]

The opening scene of 2004's "Der Untergang" with Traudl's interview with Hitler also shows his charming side very well.

[@weemissile]

@@Locahaskatexu They made him a little too comical in that film. It wasn't bad, but still I couldn't take Bruno Ganz seriously.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I gather Goebbels looks PO'd at Goering because he knows the truth about just how desperate Germany's situation is becoming. I read the Goebbels diary years ago and ol' Joe was pretty perceptive as to what was really happening as various points in the war. I don't care for David Bamber's zombie-like Hitler at all. In spite of his health issues Hitler always seemed to be able to infect people with his optimism and personal charm, both those attributes are completely missing here. Nope, Bruno Ganz is still #1.

[@RichardSchiffman-jn1ds]

Goebbels and Goering HATED each other. They barely could even tolerance each other in the same room

[@robertgumpi7235]

Watch „The Downfall“ for an even better portrayal

[@loisjeanwilliams]

Valkyrie and the Last Samurai, are Tom Cruise's best works!❤

[@Pasteurpipette]

"Choosing who will live, and who will die. Sparing the most heroic from an agonizing death." - Hitler voicing Stauffenberg's thinking

[@reymicroc]

This movie changed my life. It taught me to be more brave.

[@mawel1955]

Hitler never wore civilian clothes once the war broke out. He stated as much during his first wartime speech on Sept. 1, 1939. He said he would not take off his military style tunic until the war was won 'or I will not survive the outcome'. Aside from this mistake, this scene is especially good when it shows Goebbels lower his eyes in disappointment and angst when Hitler says Goering has everything 'under control'. By this time, Goebbels despised Goering, his self-indulgence, his neglect of his duties and his overall incompetence and the fact that Hitler still insisted on taking Goering seriously at this late date in the war was something that really riled Goebbels.

[@petrnovak7831]

Absolutly right!

[@peterwolf-nj2nl]

Not true. He wore civilian clothes during diplomatic receptions.

[@OZTutoh]

Me: I'm not quite understanding what Hitler is muttering as he looks at Operation Valkyrie. I'll turn on English sub-titles. Hitler: you know your vagina colonel

[@nayan8989]

It was "You know Wagner.... "

[@Whatisvr]

The Valkyrie hand maidens of the gods choosing who will live and who will die. Sparing the most heroic from an agonizing death one cannot understand national socialism if one does not understand Wagner

[@Whatisvr]

Wagner was the one who composed “the ride of the Valkyrie”.

[@ryderkreutzer8859]

Adolf Hitler was a devoted follower of Wagner and his music he would attend every showing no matter how difficult he would attend and he'd lose himself in the music.

[@anwarsentinel1752]

This film is criminally underrated

[@TonyWhite-n9p]

Valkyrie was nominated by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for seven Saturn Awards: Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film Best Director for Bryan Singer Best Actor for Tom Cruise, Best Supporting Actor for Bill Nighy, Best Supporting Actress for Carice van Houten, Best Music for John Ottman Best Costume Design for Joanna Johnston. The film was nominated by the Visual Effects Society Awards in the category of Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture. Hardly "underrated"

[@calumstephens9000]

What’s interesting is the portrayal of Hitler with a deeper voice. He spoke like this in private and with a higher voice in public, so it’s actually really accurate.

[@bag3lmonst3r72]

Yeah he spoke RP English in a quiet voice in private, very accurate

[@calumstephens9000]

@@bag3lmonst3r72 What’s the motivation to comment something so dumb and unproductive?

[@AboveAvgMan]

He sounds like the villain in the 1 st Die Hard movie.

[@specialandroid1603]

There is a recording of Hilters true voice which suggests the same

[@paulkennedy927]

Perhaps that a few too many commenters, yourself included, sound like Hitler fanboys. It's a fine line; try to navigate it well.@@calumstephens9000

[@Alaninbroomfield]

Historical flaws aside, what should not be forgotten was that Stauffenberg was a married man with children, and was willing to risk everything he loved for the greater good.

[@Alaninbroomfield]

@aynix999 You're probably right.

[@Tmr1221]

I really appreciated the historical photo and information at the end of this video.

[@legendario7431]

I was in the same sailing school as the stauffenbergs and shared a optimist with the great-great-son of the officer depicted here by tom cruise. Really nice down to earth family even though they still have some kind of royal status.

[@shugo541]

God I hated optimists. Like a bathtub slapping the waves.

[@HAUEhuaheau91]

I love when after hearing about Normandy landing, how uncomfortable Goebbels is with the assurances of Goering. Goering was an absolute joke.

[@TDL-xg5nn]

Goering was a morphine addict and by that time of the war was completely out of it.

[@Muzakman37]

@Bender B. Rodrigues Joke's on you, your guy roundly lost. See how that has no relevance to this whatsoever?

[@Muzakman37]

@Bender B. Rodrigues Step awaaay from the crackpipe

[@eq1373]

@@Muzakman37 easy to happen when your side ignores election laws, uses mules, and overall cheats. Sham election.

[@Muzakman37]

@@eq1373 Yeah, you're gonna have to come up with some evidence for any of that. Otherwise, stfu.

[@cullenatwood5149]

“You’ve sacrificed so much for Germany. I wish more of my men could be like you.” Tell that to the men on the Eastern Front.

[@ignaciogodoy7095]

For him soldiers was just puppets, means to an end

[@seanehz]

@@ignaciogodoy7095 Like all politicians then.

[@tomp8094]

My favorite line is when he meets his new aide. "I'm engaged in high treason with every means at my disposal. Can I count you in?"

[@x210582]

"you know your vagina, colonel." youtube subtitels owned this scene to me

[@genusrosaceous]

You're right... it does say "vagina" LOL

[@elvenkind6072]

2:48 After repeating it a couple of times it really start to sound like he say's "you know your vagina colonel"

[@Mkundera]

Tom Cruise is an incredibly talented actor and has received little of the critical recognition he deserves.

[@jameszheng4455]

He chased a lot of that away with his promotion of Scientology. Keeps it to himself now but the damage is done.

[@Mkundera]

@@jameszheng4455 Good point, Scientology isn't for me and he certainly spoke out a lot on it during an earlier part of his career. That said, I think we should generally separate the artist from his art. I am generally untroubled when an artist has whacky religious views or doesn't treat a partner well or something like that. These things have no bearing on the talent of the actor or how much we enjoy his work. Acting should be judged by the acting.

[@jameszheng4455]

@@Mkundera preaching to the choir

[@TheRealDebussyFarts]

There’s no credible recognition in Hollywood outside of box office success. Their press is a joke and the academy is just a televised party of Marxist windbags and race hustlers. The only metric you need to judge Tom’s career is the money his films have grossed. I’d also give him the nod as the man who saved the entire industry, from film to screen, post-COVID. There aren’t enough Oscars to do this man justice.

[@jeffburnham6611]

It wasn't just Stauffenberg that took a stand. Conspirators had been meeting and plotting long before Stauffenberg came along.

[@bingobongo1615]

Its frustrating seeing people criticizing this scene that have not even spend 5 minutes of googling… Valkyrie was produced with historians supporting- not everything is true but they avoid a lot of potential errors. Case and point - Hitler did spend half of 1944 at the Berghof in Berchtesgaden and Göring while not as influential as in 1940 was still in Hitlers closer circle and you will find pictures of the two from 1944 from the Berghof… Göring also still as a Reichsmarschall did give directives to the army (yes also the army, despite him being the head of the Luftwaffe) and certainly had an opinion on the invasion in Normandy…

[@davidhutchinson5233]

It always makes me lol a bit when I hear people say, if I went back in time I'd kill Hitler. I always felt like saying, better men than you have tried.

[@animalm4st3r]

you just have to be early enough, Baby Hitlers not gonna put up much of a fight :D

[@OhhJim]

I've read that there were some 40 attempts to assassinate him. And finding Baby Hitler might be a problem; the Schickelgrubers probably didn't have a listing in the phone book.

[@issstari954]

Hitler became a nazi because time traveling people of Jewish descent kept trying to kill him

[@chrispekel5709]

It's dumb because they may have just had a communist government that might have gone to war with a different communist government, or a million other things might have happened. The truth is war was going to happen again as WW1 caused it They would have just ended up with a different militaristic dictator, the seeds were already sown 15 years earlier

[@CarterMassey]

h!tl3r was doing an excellent job of losing the war so the allies did not wholeheartedly want him to be unalived before the war’s end

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

I don't know about the best scene...but it's a terrifying one...you can taste the fear...

[@philipppaasch8929]

Du hast es doch gerade gesehen? Oder kennst du den Film nicht?

[@managua67]

I can't believe Tom Cruise never had won an Oscar.

[@sebastian.p8132]

Politics man, politics

[@gord-tj6qs]

he almost did; nominated best actor for BORN on THE FOURTH OF JULY.

[@bggraham83]

Leo only has one and same with John Wayne. But Denzel has three?

[@Lone.Wolf1976]

Because he is white.

[@managua67]

@@Lone.Wolf1976 because he is not a liberal

[@jshepard152]

There's Tom, playing a German officer in 1942, speaking to Hitler in exactly the same accent he'd have if he were ordering lunch in Malibu.

[@capoislamort100]

Tom is like a 21st century Clark Gable.

[@mihovildanicic5305]

You would prefer ze Cherman akzent? Like ze karikatchur?

[@ansh_kalia]

Did anyone notice Herr Speer? 3:41 Good casting

[@Hoth1907]

View from the big window seems incorrect. Anyone noticed as well?

[@WEBB-TECH]

Such a hugely underrated film. Tom Cruise nails this role

[@Bugoye]

One of my favourites.

[@OscarDirlwood]

How is it underrated? It was nominated for multiple accolades.

[@The_Curious_Cat]

@@OscarDirlwood People just love to use the word. I see this type of comment in almost every movie clip online. lmao

[@OscarDirlwood]

@@The_Curious_Cat games as well. 85% approval rating, yet somehow 'underrated'.

[@whateveritwasitis]

almost every film gets nominated for something. and IDK where you get 85%, but rotten Tomatoes has this movie @ 64% / 65%. its no Oscar performance but the story telling was simple and seamless. ive watched this movie 20 times. Its underrate because it hasnt been seen by many, not that it HAS been seen and not given a fair shake.

[@burtturdison4445]

Keitel throwing shade on the General at the end is pure gold

[@Poshypaws]

Tom Wilkinson 5th Feb 1948 - 30th December 2023

[@bg147]

It definitely had a vibe or foreboding.

[@weerobot]

Welldone Director Captured the Tension....Well

[@________________7279]

2:51, turn on your closed captions. LOL

[@stuartyablon7184]

I totally agree. It is my favorite scene in the movie as well.

[@JjackVideo]

People praise Cruise, but I can't get over that David Bamber can change himself so much.

[@majorsynthqed7374]

I couldn't place the actor at first, but the inflection of his voice just screamed "Cicero" to me. He was excellent in the Rome series.

[@IsabelleSt.Pierre-q2n]

This scene reminds me of my first job interview on Wall Street. I was half blind and thought the guys in their pin-striped suits were infallible.

[@finncross7804]

Goering looks like Barry Humphries 😂

[@ianroscablu]

Fromm: I'd be obliged if Keitel found himself without a chair. Stauffenberg: He is a consul of Germany!

[@jebbroham1776]

Hitler rarely gave praise, especially this late in the war, so to hear that must have been a huge ego boost.

[@Reotha]

Remember seeing this and thinking what a scene.

[@johnbaugh2437]

I don’t know why this was panned by the critics. I thought it was really pretty good

[@NYG5]

Yeah it was pretty good, it was kinda annoying having almost exclusively British and American actors playing Germans though, and besides that you know how the story ends before you even watch the movie

[@johnbaugh2437]

@@NYG5 yeah I mean nothing is perfect, but overall I thought it flowed well and it was enjoyable. Historically, it was reasonably accurate for a Hollywood movie. I wouldn’t say it was one of the best movies ever made, but I had a good time watching it and certainly worth the ticket price.

[@NYG5]

@@johnbaugh2437 yeah it was pretty good, production quality was high and they succeeded in getting you to think they were going to win for a little bit.

[@johnbaugh2437]

@@NYG5 I know! I was almost thinking for a bit they’d succeed. My frontal lobes turned off

[@vineetkaddu1214]

Yes, It was pretty Great, this movie. The Thing with British and American actors wasn't that deal breaking for me. I mean we are used to British and American accents on Greeks and Trojans etc.

[@kennyzraht5804]

David Bamber's Hitler is the absolute best I have seen so far! I mean, the same who guy plays the goofy, creepy, Mr Collins, in BBC's 1995 'Pride and Prejudice' miniseries, and here he is. Amazing acting!

[@AIrTIMgen]

Subtitle at 2:48 kills, what kind of report was that?

[@satishkamtikar958]

Hitler was that cold unemotional having everything under control character

[@a.p4066]

3:17 Hitler: “One cannot understand National Socialism if one does not understand Wagner.” This is the deepest line in the entire movie

[@khalidibnulwalid8841]

The characters in this scene are incredibly similar to the real ones .

[@bernhardplatzdasch408]

Excellent film but Hitler is miscast. Ganz in "der Untergang" was close, but even he couldn't get the intonation right.

[@martinschulze5399]

I found Goering and Hitler too much off

[@abhid.2679]

I'll never understand how a group of people could be so evil, yet see themselves as the good guys.

[@45r2d2]

It's a very good scene. But I like the moment most when Stauffenberg salutes with his missing hand.

[@Redmaile25]

I heard a voice clip of Hitler when he wasn't screaming. I heard a clip of his normal, room voice and this is very close to what he normally sounds like. It's crazy..

[@dejabu24]

"Stauffenbeurg wasn’t man enough to stay and make sure that I was dead" -AH

[@Trottellumme123]

Stauffenberg was urgently needed in Berlin for the coup because he had all the important connections. That's why he left immediately.

[@dejabu24]

@@Trottellumme123 of course Hitler is being sarcastic but he is right after all what could’ve been more important than that , the whole plot depended on Hitler’s death after all

[@Trottellumme123]

@@dejabu24 But Hitler's death was not enough. Without an overthrow, Himmler would simply have taken power. And Stauffenberg's presence in Berlin was crucial to the success of the coup. If he had waited, he would not have been allowed out of the Wolfsschanze.

[@dejabu24]

@@Trottellumme123 all that is speculation, what is certain is that your first step is killing hitler without getting that done you go back to step 0 , and he was too afraid of being caught(if that ever happened) that he forgot that , with Hitler gone at least they would’ve got something done

[@Trottellumme123]

@@dejabu24 This is not speculation at all - you can read everything in the literature. In fact, it was very risky for Stauffenberg to leave the Wolfsschanze right after the explosion. But it was the only chance for a regime change: Killing Hitler and then organizing a plot in Berlin.

[@Vaardeman]

It's so ironic that Hitler calls Staufenberg the ideal German Officer for two reasons, the first is where the plot of the film leads and second is because the Bundeswehr, the modern Army of the German Federal Republic has idealized Staufenberg as an exemplary officer.

[@boledle]

I don't know why so many hated this movie; I thought it was cool watching people plot to overthrow and kill adolph

[@MovieBuffReal]

This movie was and still is disliked by many because there's no shooting and sex or nudity.

[@beowulf1312]

It was a good touch, the tea request.

[@CapSolo010]

Chilling scene. So much evil in one room

[@Nosferatu2020]

No evil awesome man

[@reymicroc]

Wait to meet the united nations meeting room

[@Christrulesall2]

Your right..and captain. Have some fresh tea brought in, would you??

[@Smallfrye]

For some reason, German officers with British accents just make me laugh so hard

[@philipppaasch8929]

Die sprechen englisch

[@timkellyD2R]

Watch "The Longest Day." Only the British had British Accents. The real German being spoken leant an air of credibility to the movie.

[@anthonylegore1517]

Well, they inherited that trait from the Romans who also spoke with English accents.

[@kakkiroth9148]

I’d rather English than someone butchering the accent.

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

Read Adolf Galland's book The First And The Last, for an excellent breakdown of most of the Luftwaffle's main problems. Goering was only one of them.

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

@John Doe They're so light and fluffy!

[@66Bunn]

One of the main problems with the Luftwaffe was the Spitfire 🙂

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

@@66Bunn And the Mustang. And the Thunderbolt. And the Lightning. And the Mosquito. And the Flying Fortress. And the Mitchell. And the Lancaster. And the Liberator.

[@chrishieke1261]

@@SSgtRobertMorris Hmm - only part of the problem and not the pressing one. The shortage of fuel, production capacity (it had to compete with the army and the navy over resources and production facilities), insufficient numbers to do all necessary tasks, servere drainage of qualified personnel and partly lackluster leadership. The British and US American planes weren't the Panacea then aren't the Panacea today.

[@TheStig_TG]

@@SSgtRobertMorris Don't forget the B-26

[@wanyekest6969]

2:48 I had captions on because I could barely hear and I just wanted to make sure I read that right

[@larry1824]

Cruise best most sincere work ever

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

They didn't respect Frohm at all so he had one foot in and one foot out. He should have gave his all to the conspirators, because he got killed anyway.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

German uniform is spectacular. Hugo Boss at his finest.

[@Diego9290]

Hugo Boss was a manufacturer, not a designer

[@Diego9290]

And officers usually had their own tailors

[@philipppaasch8929]

​@@Diego9290 streng genommen hat er nicht behauptet, daß Hugo's designet hat.

[@iamconsomateur3832]

@@philipppaasch8929 he said it

[@philipppaasch8929]

@@iamconsomateur3832 nein? Wo denn?

[@stuka80]

loling @ the evil music playing.

[@Marvelous_Movies]

One of our favorites here at Marvelous Movies!

[@Yasmin-pn6up]

Micion pocible 😢❤

[@dapfitz5]

If i was Stauffenberg i would be sporting the eye patch all the time it looks badass besides that glass eye isn't fooling anyone

[@simunator]

a lot of parallels to draw between Valkyrie and Kim Jae-gyu's assassination of President Park Jung-hee of South Korea. Stauffenberg had the plans on place to facilitate a power transfer but failed to kill the head of the dragon; whereas Kim succeeded in killing the head of the dragon, but didn't have any plans on place to successfully carry out the coup. In order for coups to succeed: 1. successfully and absolutely kill the head 2. decisively follow through on the transfer of power and smother lingering loyalists

[@satishkamtikar958]

Kennedy

[@napoleon123markus]

2:48 turn on the english subtitles.

[@GCHostqweqwe]

Don't turn on subtitles at 2:47...

[@TheGroundedAviator]

The lair of a monster aside the Berghof was an amazing place which I'd have liked to have seen in all it's glory.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@ozymandias35 Cool and yeah, you are lucky! There are many photos and films of the place though. Hitler did have at least some taste.

[@booqrdoit9138]

​@@TheGroundedAviator all Germans do. Those uniforms, the sleekness of their engineering. There's a reason such a relatively small country compared to the rest of the world still put up a Hell of a fight, 2 times

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@booqrdoit9138 They had a larger population than France and a small overseas Empire, but yeah, they are highly efficient and obedient. How many Germans does it take to change a lightbulb?

[@pugachevskobra5636]

Yeah that’s why they won both times. The first time they were so goddamn successful they ran it back again just for the shits and giggles, and were even more successful.

[@palepride7530]

@@TheGroundedAviator how many jews does it take to open a wooden door?

[@dragonscaleshields]

TURN ON CC and go here 2:47

[@vidcaf8613]

Noticed it too 🤣🤣🤣

[@1G_G1]

I love Tom as an actor. MI series, Rainman, Risky Business, Reacher, A Few Good Men...I can't think of a bad movie he did. I just can't reconcile somebody this intelligent and talented believing in Xenu and the rest of Hubbard's craziness. And I bet he doesn't. I believe that he's putting on a front for all his Scientology friends. But why? He could easily denounce them and live a comfortable life without the controversy.

[@winstonwolfe2537]

Dude - he is a level 8 operating Thetan. Nobody knows what magical power skills he possesses. Why give it up?

[@cezar211091]

​@@winstonwolfe2537he received the power of super stunts.

[@robertpaulson1055]

An impeccable cast

[@The09bradman]

I believe this scene was set in July 1944. A few weeks before the attempted assassination..The invasion is Fromms reference to the D Day landings that occurred on 6 July 1944. ps even after the landings Hitler was still of the belief the main invasion would come in Pas de Calais & kept a whole Army there for at least a month .

[@brettmccardle9303]

June 6 1944

[@The09bradman]

@brettmccardle9303 that was a typo thanks for the correction

[@philipthecow]

2:49 turn on captions :D

[@mrphatmunkeyspew6969]

Stauffenburg was actually a porn actor before the war so the subtitles had it right either way.

[@martian9999]

never show Hitler having tea without them serving a Guglhupf, and him saying "aaaah, Guglhupf, my favorite cake!"

[@xKalamity]

David Bamber played Cicero in HBO’s Rome and Hitler. Quite the contrast. Also a cameo from Pompey Magnus here

[@jimmysmith5418]

3:15 “ one cannot understand national socialism if one does not understand Wagner.”

[@rolandsievers6781]

Allein diese dumme Behauptung zeigt, dass jemand Richard Wagner nicht verstanden hat.

[@basilforth]

Wagner is better in the original Klingon....

[@tintinismybelgian]

@@basilforth HISlaH. ThlIngan Hol.

[@kenshi7139]

Pretty sure he meant "vagina". I mean look at the subtitles at 2:48...

[@frankcommatobe8009]

@@rolandsievers6781totally disagree. Please listen to meistersinger act III and explain how that does not capture the essence of a robust volksgemeinschaft, the very thing NS seeks, principally, to bring about. Pick a protagonist, Tristan, Walther, Parsifal, they all eschew the arrested crippled aristocracy inherited from the premodern German period and promote a new kind of nobility rooted in a connection to nature and physical vitality. NS was wrong, but it certainly is not incompatible with Wagner’s project. Art is up to interpretation and you’re welcome to your interpretations. What annoys me is people trying to make Wagner out to be less of a sinful man than he was. He was a philanderer, a pervert, a decadent, a petty antisemite, and a genius and hero of German culture. I hope some day you find the courage to embrace a full view of things even if they make you uncomfortable!

[@RemorfChuket]

>ominous droning score >uneasy framing and rapid tense cuts >"MUAHAHAHAHAHA" random diabolical laughter in the background woah, were the Nazi's like evil or something, Hollywood?!?

[@whateveritwasitis]

the photo of Stauff with Hitler at the wolfs liar, circa? would this be the same summer of the plot? im really curious what Stauff is thinking of in this photo..was this the first go around where it was called off? how many trips did Stauff take out to Prussia as COS of the reserve army under Stromm?

[@philipppaasch8929]

Ja, genau

[@kthxciao1465]

I believe that photo was taken a week before the actual bombing. That incident was also depicted in the movie. It relates to the attempt that was called off.

[@jackcloud4728]

God this scene is tense

[@csnerd21]

*turns **_*Subtitles/closed_* *_captions_* *ON* 2:47 and here I thought Hitler was talking about the composer... Richard *Wagner.*

[@csnerd21]

3:15 _"one_ _cannot_ _understand_ _national_ _socialism_ _if_ _one_ _does_ _not_ _understand..."_ *VAGINA!*

[@creativeshadows9267]

That’s what I thought.

[@X7Dragon]

turn on the captions at 2:40

[@hungariantragedy]

Love it! Mission:Impossible - WWII Spin-off

[@martinschulze5399]

I was initially skeptical of having an American actor and script writer/director covering this piece of our history (how dare you :D), but they did a good job largely although there are inaccuracies here and there

[@GrizzlyCompany]

"These rustics are so inept, it nearly takes the honor out of victory…nearly..."

[@anthonylegore1517]

You're taller than you look in the tabloids, Mr. Wayne.

[@soundblaweiterbla]

Very nice and dressy uniforms.

[@jasperzanjani]

all I can say is when Bruno Ganz played Hitler in Downfall he destroyed that role, it'd be like someone trying to do Joker after Joaquin Phoenix

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Agreed. The paranoid ravings. The psychotic outbursts. Great actor.

[@murrethmedia]

You misspelled Heath Ledger.

[@timkellyD2R]

Ledger owns that role, even in death.

[@germanobros]

Right… but, people also said that about Jack Nicholson, And Today we’re at POST 2 PHENOMENON PERFORMANCES

[@jeffreyval9665]

Ledger and Jack Nicholson were much better Jokers!!

[@iansavage3930]

And here I was, thinking the best scene of the movie was the end credits!

[@rosson1983]

Underrated movie imo. It was so tense wondering if Stauffenberg’s plot would be busted before it could be activated (obviously we know it never panned out) but the film gave us an atmosphere of belief for just a moment.

[@wr1120]

The Germans made a movie on the same topic called Stauffenberg. I couldn't believe how much better this American movie Valkyrie was.

[@vijayiyer8518]

in what way is this movie better ? @@wr1120

[@skipmars7979]

My favorite scene for sure.

[@Meepmeep888]

That room is sick af

[@Ianmay-z4r]

Why no eye patch on col stuaffenberg?

[@vcab6875]

After Stalingrad and Kursk, the war was unwinnable for Germany. So much death and suffering could have avoided.

[@lkgrave4959]

True plus declaring War on America (which Hitler could have avoided but he was hoping Japan would declare war on the Soviet Union simultaneously which didn't happen). It broke the isolation on Great Britain.

[@vcab6875]

@@lkgrave4959 Agreed. Hitler made two key blunders early in the war. Both inspired by his interpretation of German Chivalry. 1) allowing the BEF to escape from Dunkirk as a gesture of good will towards his Teutonic cousins (Hitler like Bismarck was a closet Anglophile) and 2) declaring war on the US after Pearl Harbor even though Japan had not declared war on the USSR after June16, 1941. But for those two blunders, Germany would have pulled off in three years (by end 1942) the greatest Conquering miracle in modern history. What it took Spain and Britain 100 plus years to pull off the Germans almost did in three years. You will NEVER hear nor read this in any war college. Too politically incorrect for 21st century Western students.

[@lkgrave4959]

@@vcab6875 Good comment. However Japan never declared War on the USSR. The USSR declared War on Japan in 1945. There was also an 'Unofficial' War between the two in 1939.

[@vcab6875]

@@lkgrave4959 Agreed. Germany had no treaty nor moral obligation to the Japanese against the US after Pearl Harbor. Japan failed to attack USSR as part of Operation Barbarossa.

[@aerohk]

unwinnable from day one, my man

[@Futurenew964]

😂😂At 2:49 turn on the subtitles, Hitler says "you know your vagi*a colonel".🤣🤣

[@pavelkatz5374]

Omg 😂 almos peed my pants

[@Timrath]

Hitler, Speer, Goebbels, Göring, Himmler and Keitel, all in the same room at the same time? I doubt that happened more than 2-3 times during the entire existence of the nazi regime. They mostly disliked each other intensely. Göring and Goebbels hated each other. Göring was envious of Himmler. Hitler had no fondness or regard for Himmler as a person, and never socialised with him, even though he valued him as a worker. Göring considered himself socially superior to Hitler and more deserving of being leader. Everyone distrusted Speer. Everyone looked down on Keitel.

[@ChuyR.]

meetings like these happen all the time, it is normal for people who dont like each other to meet, it was their job at the end of the day

[@lofi___2122]

David Bamber is great in this scene! He was great in HBO Rome too!