Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) BILL NIGHY

[@1846tt]

Ive never seen anything like this, a work of historical fiction actually about the internal power struggle inside the nazi party, and a legitimate contermporary experience of regular people in the time and place, how they got sucked up. This is amazing, they dont make em like this anymore.

[@marcossennesenne5234]

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[@MindyAngelette]

Pp

[@mikethaxton4935]

They got sucked up by the non-humans and their organized mass murdering or mass serial killing ! Speaking of which while the Nazis were mass murdering and fighting WW2 there was a serial killer at work in Berlin ! Dont remember how many women he murdered before the Nazis caught him ! He turned out to be a regular German citizen .

[@mikethaxton4935]

@Comrade Stalin No more inaccurate than what the Holocaust denial morons spew forth ! Cant you find somebody alive to idolize instead a dead dictator ?

[@mikethaxton4935]

@Comrade Stalin Only dumbass is you fool ! Why you hiding behind a fake name then ? Are you a coward ?

[@lesliestewart2506]

The actor who portrayed Ernst Rohm was exceptional. The likeness and charisma he portrayed was very well done.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

He’s called boon

[@AnwarKhan-sg3vd]

@@Man_fay_the_Bru hes called micheal elphick actually

[@mjh5437]

Hitler just called him a fat poof lol

[@Robert-catesby]

You must have known Ernst Rohm personally Michael Elphick was a very good actor his portrait of Rohm is fictional the directors idea what Rohm may have been like

[@laganuk]

I want to go LOL but that feels inappropriate @@Man_fay_the_Bru

[@peace-now]

A great insight from the Professor. "You have to decide whether to the hammer or the anvil". Goethe. Helmut observes that "we Hoffmanns have been the anvil for too long - time to be the hammer". The Professor replied that had Goethe worked for a blacksmith, he would have realized the anvil outlasts the hammer. This is true of life!

[@Tiger-lg5of]

The liers of this properganda dont tell you that a hammer cannot be struck against an anvil for long, both will break, a soft smelted metal has to be placed in between. Forge.

[@ginajoseph8776]

So true, very insigntful.

[@carlosvasquezvasquez2845]

Great quote from a MASTER THESPIAN IT'S OBSERVATIONAL TO SAY THE LEAST BLESS YOU STAY WELL AND HEALTHY 👍🙏🏅

[@wizzyno1566]

Unfortunately in this world thats often not true. The hammer often wins. People are fooled that WW2 is the normal. It isn't. historically the tyrants normally win.

[@MrKlipstar]

Anvil or Paraguay,that's the question...😊

[@righteousrocker1769]

Didn't expect much from this, but was I wrong! Really good film, great cast, screenplay and actors. Definitely worth a watch.

[@jballz5848]

Except the inaccuracies of the Nazis complaining about socialism. They are socialists.

[@strasseristsgaming3995]

@@jballz5848 what? Nazis arent socialists they support a corporate economy and are basically ultra nationalists. They are just called natsocs to fool a huge part of the desperate german work force that were left destitude during the great depression.

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Indeed, all has been said and shown.

[@MaxStArlyn]

Typical FακεΝεως war propaganda.

[@MaxStArlyn]

Quote by Lεön Dεgrεllε. “....... Nätiönal Söçialist raçiålism was loyal to the German räcε änd totally rεspεctεd all other racεs....”

[@bubb5225]

This movie was NBC’s offering in the February sweeps of 1985 but was not highly watched or well-reviewed . Now, more than 40 years later, people are liking it. What does that tell you? To me, it shows how streaming services have changed viewing habits and tastes.

[@kailuakidd1512]

I just watched Bill Nighy in 'Living'. He is nominated for best Actor for the Screen Actors Guild Award. He was brilliant. How interesting to see a very young Bill in this excellent presentation. Thank you.

[@corbinmcnabb]

Older Nighy was in Valkyrie.

[@lewiscarey1593]

NOW this was definitely worth watching!! Get tired of seeing constant bombings, killings, etc. BUT to see actual LIVING and turmoil in daily life!!! 10 out of 10!! Couldn't stop watching til the end!!! Thanks for upload!

[@johnhudak3829]

One of the BEST ever done. The English sure do know how to put out quality television. Bravo!

[@stevefranckhauser7989]

USA production.

[@thesilverreich3947]

So germanic any or anglo

[@Ron-Lfc10-163]

and they also to know how to put out some shite aswell

[@silentauditor9513]

Tut tut, we are a miserable bunch…. Idea… do everyone a favour and top yourselves. It’ll save you moaning about trivial shite.

[@vikingsong2068]

What have you based that on?

[@anneoconnor8741]

A really great film, excellent actors, well worth watching. Thank you!

[@johnjablonski9292]

😂🤣😂🤣😂if you say so,,,I seen way better

[@gigih.hammer306]

I can't stand watching movies like this any more. My mother lived during that time and had horrible stories to tell. Years after the war was over, we ended up living in a small city in the southern part of Germany. When the city tested there sirens my mother threw me to the ground and covered my body with hers. In her mind she thought we were being bombed. She had nightmares for years. I was embarrassed when she threw me to the ground because I didn't know why she done that. Later she explained it to me. My mother, my hero always protecting me. RIP Mutti. I just didn't understand and thought you were nuts. I knew better after she told me many horrible things she had to live through. Oh forgive me Mutti I didn't know what you went through. She was born in Danzig Prussia and had to flee when the city got attacked by the Russians. She ended up in a refugee camp in Denmark and was shipped back to Germany 3 years later. She and some of my siblings ended up in the southern part of Germany. She couldn't understand their dialect. She spoke only high German. She got often angry with me for speaking like they did. She always spoke high German with me. I grew up there and therefor spoke like them, but with my mother I only spoke high German. Of course she knew I spoke like them when I was with the children. Years later I heard much of this horror from the war. I could not believe that human beings could be so cruel and totally deprived of showing mercy to the unfortunate Jewish people. My mother lost many of her friends through the war. She tried to help many of her Jewish friends. One time she was caught and ended up in prison. She was still married to a German officer who got her out after several days. No one ever told me this till I was about 13 or 14 years old. Much I overheard when they thought I was sleeping and they talked about it. I did have a hard time believing of what they were talking about. I did not know that humans could be such cruel bastard without a heart and soul hearing the pitiful cries of other humans. My mother taught me to be kind to everybody. As a young child I met another little girl that was black. I didn't know why she looked different, till my mother explained it to me. We became close friends.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

How have I never seen this movie before? I’m 53 and a movie buff! What a classic

[@joe19912]

The 70s and 80s were tough times for Network produced movies. Many aired once and were forgotten, some made it to VHS and even less to DVD. I wish Peacock, Paramount , etc. would comb thru their archives and highlight these hidden gems.

[@KevinKnight-by4yt]

This film,and"winds of war".great epic films.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

@@KevinKnight-by4yt Thank you 🍻

[@KevinKnight-by4yt]

I saw this when it aired on NBC.my Dad turned me into a world war,2buff.he like German things.

[@marctempler3250]

THIS was a great miniseries and movie...David Warner as Heydrich is brilliant and chilling.

[@OliviaLaferriere]

I agree with you 💯 since my boyfriend is a huge fan of the actor who portrayed Heydrich. RIP David Warner, we all miss you ❤😢

[@OhioHawkRV]

I have looked for this "Made for TV movie" for years, thank you for sharing it. This shows the conflict in the family, and in War

[@caroledickerson5616]

I guess he ran out of jokes.

[@stephaniealexander3314]

Ray Buettner RAY...THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE👍🇺🇸❤️

[@Ricardo_Bravo]

Rip David Warner. His portrayal of Heydrich in this movie was excellent

[@topsyturvyy4558]

I didn't know he had recently passed away. Amazing actor!

[@topsyturvyy4558]

I understand that Heydrich was a feared and most hated man, not only among their victims but among German military men because of the power he wielded. Many German Nazis were relieved when he was liquidated because of that.

[@messianic_scam]

no

[@peteandurnot]

He played Heydrich in the Holocaust t.v. series 7 years prior to this.

[@None-zc5vg]

David Warner was part-Jewish.

[@newlam7091]

The one error I noticed is that Heidrich's assassination attempt did not happen on an isolated country road like in this movie. It took place in the city of Prague, next to a trolley line around a tight turn. That assassination spot was picked ahead of time by the British trained Czech commandos because Heidrich's car would have to slow down at this turn on his routine trips to the office from his home and giving the Czech's an opportunity to kill Reinhard Heydrich. Hitler and the SS insisted that Heydrich take different routes and have an armed escort or drive in a bullet proof car, but Heydrich had such a big ego about himself he thought no one would dare touch him.

[@Ickie71]

we all noticed that but hey it didnt take it away from the fact that this stands out even today as a well written Factuall film all be it that Heydrich wasnt shot at a cross roads in centre of prague!?...tbh we dont know for sure exactly where Heydrich was shot?i mean weve only got it from a couple of other movies that were not as well made as this.Call it fog of War.

[@susannevollmer2347]

The czechs had a good resistence!

[@tommyhemlock7915]

@Ickie I’ve seen a couple of documentaries about Heydrich’s assassination and they both say it happened exactly as portrayed in the films.

[@MrSniperdude01]

"big ego" ? Nah more like he didn't think the Czechs would be that callous. There had been several high profile assassinations during the ascension to power, including the killing of one official by a Jew that made reprisals policy. It wasn't unheard for 10-100 people to be killed if some lowly officer was killed by partisans. When someone like Heydrich gets Whacked, well German reaction was pretty predictable in hindsight.

[@WalterDWormack214]

Another NBC Sunday Evening movie that ran for THREE HOURS. It was aired once, and then it was quickly 'lost' to history. Thank you, for uploading this made-for-TV 'nugget'.

[@gervazejoseph9586]

Quite a good piece of work featuring a young Bill Nighy and another then-young actor both of whom starred in Tom Cruise's film Valkyrie, and still another then-younger actor who plays the assistant to Himmler, who years later has the role as an infirm ship's captain that undergoes his attempted murder, in one episode of the Horatio Hornblower series.

[@grandmalovesmebest]

So cool. Thanks. Don't think I'd ever seen a YOUNG Bill N, but always watch movies if he's in them.

[@melissaking6019]

David Warner and Bill Nighy - 2 of my favorite actors together.

[@ANProductionsOfficialChannel]

This was a lot better than I thought it would be. Amazing movie. Highly enjoyed it.

[@ГеоргийКарповлш]

Ээзыццызжжхзыы

[@dawnessoe9206]

Excellent film! I missed it the first time around, so thank you for the upload.

[@stephaniealexander3314]

Thank you Pizza Flix ....always bringing the best to watch to all of us👍❤️

[@thaddeauscaldwell7101]

Great movie , thank you for the posting. Two thumbs up 👍 👍.

[@jonwoodward9754]

A VERY VERY wonderful fictional movie of the fall SA and the rise of the SS and WW2 to its bloody end for the Nazi's. This is a movie I will definitely watch again!!

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Indeed, I will rather said, a Historical Novel, because the events are true, not fictional.

[@MaxStArlyn]

Typical FακεΝεως war propaganda.

[@Daecoth]

Amazing movie. This is a reminder that all that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.,

[@kimmoreels7950]

lol

[@carlosvasquezvasquez2845]

AGREED SIR RESPECT STAY WELL AND HEALTHY ENJOY YOU'RE LIFE USMC RET COMBAT VET GOD BLESS YOU STAY WELL AND HEALTHY OMICRON IS KILLING OUR CHILDREN 🇺🇸💯😷

[@tomduggan51]

PizzaFlix, Thanks for this excellent drama on WW2 and Hitler's SS!

[@Praetorian8814]

I was today years old when I learned that the Waffen-SS Officer, 'Becker', is the same actor that played 'Dim' in a Clockwork Orange :D

[@jdrancho1864]

1:50:00 small point of order: Heydrich actually didn't die from a bullet at the time of the attack. He died about ten days later from sepsis brought on by horse hairs from the upholstery lodged in his body.

[@kolkasur]

Also: 1) His driver didn't die from the grenate thrown by the resistance but tried to chase after them; 2) It did not happened in the middle of nowhere of some random countryside but actually in the city near a bus stop where the resistance waited as to not draw to much attention. This film is soo inacurate at so many levels...

[@stephaniealexander3314]

jd rancho Yes I read that👍🇺🇸

[@itsjustnopinionok]

The whole scene is wrong. He was also in town rounding a tight corner.

[@Wildcat5181]

It seems to me that you would not make movies about someone you want to forget.

[@kolkasur]

​@Herman Greenfield I know why did resisatnce assasinate him, no need to contemplate over it. Out of all movies, ones depicting history suppose to be factually correct and this one is NOT. You clearly don't get it so all you got left is... whining.

[@sergealexandre4510]

An excellent film in all regards! Very realistic and exact from a historical point of view. And unlike 90% of films depicting Germany and Germans of that period in a caricatural way, this one shows very well its tragic complexity.

[@controlleddemolition9112]

It's really not complex. Governments have always been corrupt. They are as corrupt now as they were in the 1930's. My government is every bit as corrupt at the Nazi regime. it's not precisely the same, of course. It's not run by a bunch of virulently anti-Semitic nationalists. It's run by greedy, self-entitled, arrogant and callous bastards who are every bit as evil as the Nazis and much more dishonest about what they are. A wise man once noted that: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke That's not quite true, however, at least so far as such widespread evil is concerned. It takes two things, ie, good men doing not enough to stop them and indifferent men, like Helmut in this story, becoming willing collaborators. This film does show that the men who became war criminals and the like weren't all raving lunatics or even fanatics. Many of them were quite "normal", but they nonetheless traded in their humanity to become functionaries in an evil system of government. You can find people just like Heydrich in the CIA, NSA and FBI. You can find them everywhere in every government in the world. People of true conscience holding any real power in governments are as extinct as dinosaurs. If you enjoyed this film, I have a recommendation for another historical drama that doesn't fall prey to drawing the Nazis as caricatures. It's a Soviet drama series entitled "17 Moments of Spring" dealing with espionage and the last days of the war. It paints Hitler's inner circle and others in the SS as highly intelligent, completely rational, very resourceful and, for the most part, well aware of the situation they faced.

[@sergealexandre4510]

@@controlleddemolition9112 Thanks for the answer. As for "17 мгновений весны", I've seen it quite a few time. A very good film indeed, though it belongs to past times..

[@johnjablonski9292]

Winds of war war and rememberence way way better,,,

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Indeed, all has been said and showns.

[@danilo16410]

@@johnjablonski9292 -- Winds of war is pathetic, wasn't able to watch it till the end.

[@dan27music]

Thank you

[@maxomatosis_]

this movie's so great... bill nighy is an amazing actor.

[@UNIT294]

Yes he is! So is David Warner!

[@billroberds9075]

Is that Davey Jones?

[@billroberds9075]

The step dad in that Shaun of the dead? Lol. And playes in wrath of the titans or clash. Of the forger of the God weapons? Looks k inda like him

[@zachhoward9099]

@@billroberds9075 that’s because it is him lol

[@angelvalle9963]

Own a copy on dvd this one of the finest made for tv movies ever made .

[@anshsaini5432]

'Icic

[@irishnz_9558]

@@anshsaini5432 what u on?

[@jpmnky]

I discovered this movie in 2005 in my dad’s dvd collection. These television movies are great, this one in particular may be the best one I’ve seen ever. Also, to anyone unaware, some great WWII miniseries are Holocaust (1978), Winds of War (1984), and its sequel War and Remembrance (1988). This movie is kinda hard to find and is in a lot of the multi film dvd sets sold in the early 2000s. It’s a bummer they don’t make television films with the substance they had in the 1970s and 1980s. And miniseries are basically non existent. The closest thing I guess would be these single season tv shows, or the anthology series.

[@allandavis8201]

I have tried watching this film on numerous occasions and have not been able to get past the first twenty minutes or so, tonight I am determined to give it a really good try, with the cast that should deliver deserves to be seen through to the end.

[@geoffreybradford]

Those Germans have beautiful British and American accents, I'm impressed!

[@CONNECTELECTRIC]

Yes.... I noticed it too. XD

[@ericcurda2787]

Lol...

[@daveashby9989]

Only an ignorant arrogant and somewhat unintelligent creature, not human , would make such a flippant remark on subject matter such as this . Oder würde es besser sein wenn ich alles auf deutsch schreiben? Bitte Bescheid sagen. Dave

[@geoffreybradford]

@@daveashby9989 My so called "arrogance" is dwarfed by your own self-righteousness.

[@cherokeegirl5908]

Well, if they spoke German, most of us couldn't understand it .... Same as the Roman, Greek, Italian movies, etc

[@catholiccrusader5328]

This is the 4th time I've watched this movie; great stuff!

[@christopherTheCarpenter]

You are my kind of company, I can watch this many times over and still be able to appreciate the movie. Hails Brother ⚡👊🏻 Greetings from Chicago Illinois

[@jennygibbons1258]

Thank you for this clear upload. Really enjoying this decent standard of production.

[@borisaskoldt1410]

Good old Film Movie.! Ein sehr gutes gute Film Kino. Great Film Movie.! 👍👍👍

[@User-4-mn3or]

Great movie and frightening. Must have been scary time. Thank you for this

[@charliejdk]

A superb film that takes on a grave topic with true seriousness. Such acting, such performances. Brilliant but hard to watch.

[@johnjablonski9292]

😴💤💤💤💤💤bad acting,

[@kev40kev]

Great movie for TV. The family may or may not be real in it but the historical facts within the movie is real . The power struggle between the SA and the Army . The power struggle between the SA and SS and Hitlers decision to make the SS his own personal body guard. The struggle to leave Berlin when they all knew defeat was at the end . The people who was loyal to a leader that blinded them from the absolute truth of why they was defending something that was never going to be .

[@susannevollmer2347]

And there was another struggle inside the SA (not mentioned in the film). This struggle ended with the "Röhm Putch".

[@sean-of9pi]

This film was made by Edgar j Scherick(Jewish) and written by Lukas Heller(Jewish) Have a nice day.

[@EmperorNeet]

Yep. Hence all the propaganda (lies) within. But the goiyem lap it up

[@sueleegiou3785]

😂😂😂😂 what are your reviews on 1991 Stalingrad,or unsere Vater unsere mutter,Downfall etc.

[@jambo_juice_6427]

54:12 i think this is the best performance of this march

[@gorgesk7285]

OMG are u fan of Michael Jackson ?😍😍🤩🤩

[@codyclack9218]

whats the song

[@hemlockoutdoors]

ngl the scene is pretty comfy

[@tylerlowrance5279]

Absolutely. Very moving. Best of all, It's not a "Nazi" song. Way pre dates them, 19th century.

[@chickenleg2536]

@@codyclack9218 They were singing "Wenn Die Soldaten"

[@CONNECTELECTRIC]

*ENJOYED* Thank you.

[@lyndalowe8872]

Very good. Never would have recognized Bill Nighy if not listed ; and he was the reason I watched. I know him only for his later works

[@AuSableBrownie]

Excellent film. Well worth the time it takes. Skilled acting and building the story by the writers and actors.

[@julz3tt3]

A very good German British production.. the 80s and early 1990s made such authentic gems

[@clarkcoleman9793]

Davis Warner a great actor, just passed!. He was also in the war movie The Cross Of Iron as Captain Keesler with James Coburn.

[@latohavoc6075]

Ive never seen a movie like this. This in depth view of the inner struggle of the higher ups. Can't believe ive never heard of this before.

[@davidcritchley3509]

Great movie with the ubiquitous David Warner

[@judykithcart9114]

Very good movie....thank you for the upload!

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

HI Absolutely brilliant film. music score awesome! Bill Nighy perfect personification of everyone in this nightmare who was out of their depth and were just dragged along to the inevitable gruesome end.

[@saundramichael7968]

Antisemetic persecutions and genocide is so cruel and heinous.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

@@saundramichael7968 oh yeah it’s so nasty😏🤫

[@tiamatxvxianash9202]

I am most fortunate to have discovered this film again. I saw it a long time ago, but could never remember what it was called. I knew then however that it was one of the best ever made on this tragic era of German/European/World history. Alongside Gunter Grass's “The Tin Drum”, it will long remain as one of the qualified testaments of Nazi Germany.

[@johnrogan9420]

Enschieden vor morgengrau 1951 mit Oskar Werner

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Indeed, all has been said and shown.

[@unterseebootunterseeboot9827]

Awesome and strange in the same time to see this movie about germans whit brit's accent. Thank you for upload! Danke!

[@josephnavin4451]

Documentaries are commonly narrated by a British voice.

[@viviennepopek]

Thank you for uploading 👍😊 José Ferrer & David Warner 💕💖💕💖💕

[@rebeccasrambles]

Good movie. Treat to see Bill Nighy so young.

[@debraleesparks]

I'm an old lady, and an American.. I have a good German friend, who told me the Germans who didn't join the party were put into 'work farms'.. so if they wanted to live, they joined.. most were afraid of everyone in those days. Oh by the way, my father became physically and mentally disabled, on D-Day, Omaha beach.

[@jasonmorrow6367]

Debra Sparks my FIL is German and grew up during the war and said it wasn’t required but service was.

[@frederikbjerre427]

Sorry, but the old lady lied to you

[@rolandmartin1483]

nein, das ist nicht wahr was sie Schreiben: direkt nach der "Machtübernahme" wurden : SPD/Kom. Gewerkschaftler, Lehrer,Künstler usw..verhaftet und in Erziehungslager welche später KZ genannt wurden verbracht. Göring war Polizeichef zu dieser Zeit. Dachau war wohl das bekannteste. Kein einziger der Inhaftierten war jemals Miitglied der NSDAP und schon gar nicht SA oder SS (diese spielte vor dem Röhmputsch keine Rolle) Die Menschen wurden dort, bis auf einige Ausnahmen gebrochen. Im WW2 wurden die meisten in Strafkompanien eingesetzt was einem Todes Urteil gleich kam. Viele verliessen das Land, Profesoren, Schrifsteller usw.. viele Kommunisten und andere gingen nach Spanien und kämpften gegen die Nazis, nach dem Ende des Krieges flohen viele nach Frankreich, Schande, dieses Land lieferte diese Gnadenlos an Nazideutschland aus. Viele gingen zur Resistance wo Sie Wertvolle Dienste Leisteten (Ausbilder usw Cher Madame das ist die Wahrheit. Traurig das es noch solcheMenschen wie Sie gibt die Volksverhetzung, ohne böse Absicht (I hope) betreiben. Heil der Demokratie

[@erikriza7165]

in war, everyone suffers, and most of the people who do all the suffering and dying are innocent

[@abysmaldryer]

Respects to your father. A brave man!

[@peace-now]

Man. Eicke is some beast. Great film. It follows the timeline of WW2 very well. Amazing how much is crammed in.

[@Torgo1001]

Derek Newark, the same actor who played Eicke in this miniseries also played Martin Bormann in the 1982 ABC miniseries "Inside the Third Reich." Newark was a thorough-going bastard in that role too, but then again, so was the real Martin Bormann.

[@peace-now]

@@Torgo1001 For me, the Brown Eminence was the perfect administrator.

[@brotjack]

Bill Nighy, also played the role of General Friedrich Olbricht in Valkyrie.

[@THUGSologist]

I swear the germans in that movie are saints compared to the allied forces

[@jltaco85]

@@THUGSologist the heck does that even mean!!?

[@Elllaahh]

and this is Heydrich’s second time playing Heydrich! He was also Heydrich in the 1970s TV miniseries “Holocaust” with Meryl Streep and James Woods!

[@news_internationale2035]

He could also play Erich Honecker if he wanted to.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Yes. He was very good in Valkyrie, a bit of an over-looked flick I thought.

[@nkhazov]

This movie is pretty cool. Even though this was reality back then I’m still thankful the allies won the war. My great grandfather he was a Russian general in world war 2 after the victory in Berlin he died of a heart attack. Thank god for the allies

[@RK-ut8ss]

Who was your great grandfather?

[@Ickie71]

Really?Did he have same surname as you?Because ive just spent over haf an hour searching for your Great grandfather and i kept getting"He does not exist"?...

[@nkhazov]

@@Ickie71 I have to ask my mom who my great grandfather is. It's been years

[@Ickie71]

@@nkhazov Good luck with that then

[@SpywareEverywhere]

@@nkhazov lol

[@bachnguyen8503]

Thanks you very much ❤🎉✌️💥

[@taitjones6310]

Great film! The best and first film I have seen that puts some humanization to the Nazi's. Rational people lead to madness.

[@richardaaronringquist3316]

Well said. 😳

[@paulettemaximun2505]

No s**t. . .

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

Greatest story never told is far more realistic

[@brianbrady4496]

Worth it. It's interesting to see the struggle off all the people back then

[@deneshbhaskar3944]

Harold turns into a ruthless SS officer. It's crazy that it's Harold who's shot for desertion and not Karl

[@MedranoHijo]

*Helmut Hoffman

[@CrappyFilms202]

great. realistic and exact from a historical point of view.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you. 🍕

[@taylorj.6165]

Excellent movie. Thank you.

[@siauciunaite]

Damn, they sure looked cool in those uniforms though!

[@myristicina.]

fr

[@credenzamostro]

shut up

[@sheavepin]

Good job on the actor playing Roehm.

[@christystrike4751]

Amazing to see Bill Nighy as a young man. What a good script. They didn't leave much out.

[@Soundwave3591]

it makes one shiver, the way Heydrich manipulates Helmut into compromising his own morality.

[@sanjuan1794]

faustian

[@stephaniealexander3314]

Soundwave3591 THATS HOW ITS DONE....EVIL PSYCHOPATHS

[@dancingnature]

Like Mitch McConnell compromised his morals to support an ignorant, sadist, racist, misogynistic , and stupid narcissist like trump.

[@zozzamozzi]

Found part of this movie on a VHS tape left on the roadside. Just loved it. Watch it many times. Fictional story, set in interesting times.

[@MrSeekerOfPeace]

Haha the story of you finding it is prob just as interesting.

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

I will say better, Historical Novel, not Fictional, because the events are true. All has been said and shown.

[@zozzamozzi]

@@stephanebelizaire3627 Yes bad choice of words. I meant fictional HUMAN story set in an accurate historical background, or something like that.. guess a bit like TITANIC eh

[@johnritcher5751]

The description is not correct. The SA was not completely disbanded, however its role and power was greatly diminished after the night of the long knives.

[@Truman-lu5rh]

Yeah I can imagine it would be rather difficult to completely disband an organization of over 1 million members in a few days, if memory serves the SA was officially disbanded only after the allies took Berlin.

[@dougsteingraber2417]

I remember watching this on the television... powerful then, as now

[@andrewey9389]

The real lesson from Nazi Germany is that given the circumstances it could happen anywhere. Russia, China, Japan and any number of lesser nations have also been there

[@-Free.Spirit-]

its happening now on a global scale

[@seltaeb3302]

Trump for one, & that's no joke either. He with his rabble rousers he went to when he didn't get his way was how Hitler began & then getting all the Yes men to give him a sense of legitimacy, & with Putin, Ping & a whole host of others from Africa, Israel (oh yes Israel, boy they should know better but if you aren't Jewish on newly stolen Palestinian land then you will be evicted, fact. They murder journalists also. Israel's goal is to get all the land they had in King Herod's time, remind you of somewhere sometime..) China, Malaysia & region. Even Ukraine, Romania & Hungary have been fostering Fascism they also embraced in WW2 & Ukraine wants all Slavic people out of Ukraine by any method like the ethnic cleansing they done alongside & with Hitler's SS, hence Russia's invasion. They lost 24million to Fascism so are worried it happening again as Ukraine's Azovs Battalions who march to SS flags. This doesn't get mentioned ie censored by the West. It all stinks, Ukraine wants WW3 & asked for NATO troops on the ground. Seek the hidden truth.

[@jessefromal9093]

California...Oregon, New York

[@martinalewis2844]

It’s happening here right now without the special circumstances. 😡

[@Brembelia]

It's happening now (incrementally) and it's called the New World Order. It's scheduled to be completely in place by 2035.

[@dianalynnward3947]

a good movie ,there is another mad man in power today

[@Orson2u]

...who is not like the SS nor a Nazi, you forgot to note!

[@redskyatnight123]

Let us guess trump

[@-Free.Spirit-]

Soros and the 4th Reicht NWO, people seriously need to wake up to this reality

[@jezcolborne6329]

​@@redskyatnight123yesss that nasty nazti nazi with the boogaloo boys as his civilian hard right modern SS unit

[@jezcolborne6329]

​He loves putin but loves the right wing. Im confused. He is a confused evil tyrant his father was an SS officer or was it uncle?

[@billkingston4402]

This is a gem

[@justindyches5510]

"when asked why for so many years this nation has prospered like no other nation in history, it is because here we unleashed the power of the individual like no other place on earth. we should not underestimate the power of free men and women, it is a weapon that our enemies do not have. it is a weapon WE DO HAVE! at times the cost of that freedom has been high but, we have never been unwilling to pay that price! when people say we live in a time without heros, well those people just dont know where to look. the sloping grounds of arlington cemetery with its row upon row of crosses and stars of david make up but a small fraction of the cost of our freedom. these men lost their lives at places like belle wood, normandy, bastogne, flanders, and across the oceans in places like guadlcanal, tarawa, iwo jima and in a thousand rice patties in a place called veitnam. to the enemies of the united states and those who would practice terrorism understand this, peace is the highest asperation of the american people. we will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it,BUT WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER FOR IT NOW OR EVER! president Ronald Reagan

[@831mani]

I first saw this film way back in 80's when I was a child & It really stuck to me but I didn't know it cuz in the 2000's I picked up a WW2 10 disc history doc for 5 bucks at circuit city & this film was included as a bonus disc I started watching it & then all these flash back came to me I already know the who plot. Crazy how our brain works

[@bedstuyrover]

This is a good one;quite accurate&lacking the usual buffoonery!

[@TitanicBismarck1987]

Great film. I love the part where the two brother beat up the three SA men. That was a great fight!

[@allanallione4766]

This is great movie with good actors ! Saw David Warner in Holocaust ! He is excellent in the role of Reinhard Heydrich !

[@carolynellis387]

I've never seen this, but a great cast, Michael Elphick is a great actor as well as many others in the cast.

[@sbad8612]

I have this on DVD, one of my favourites. Have you read 'Winter' by Len Dieghton it's slightly similar, it follows a German family from 1900 till after WW2 and two brothers who change to different life paths👍

[@korky7775]

I watched this for one reason and one reason alone..."Bill Nighy" i would watch the test card if it had a pic of him on it...terrific actor..

[@robertasirgutz8800]

Me too!

[@RandallHodge]

Same. His rock star character in “Love Actually” is a favorite.

[@SCHRUBBE1966]

This was very good. I watched this on tv

[@deltaboy767]

The saddest part of this movie, is they didn't do enough to protect their little brother.

[@taylorlynne8504]

There little brother was just like them he loved his country and wanted to fight for it

[@deltaboy767]

@@taylorlynne8504 The one brother hated Hitler and what he stood for, but was dragged into the military to fight. Just like my Grandfather he hated Hitler, and hated the Nazis, but he was forced to join the Wehrmacht.

[@simonpowell4641]

A Very Very Good Film.. David Warner is Superb..

[@KevinKnight-by4yt]

Young bill nigy.his career has come a long way.

[@tobybubonic333]

He'll be celebrating his 85th birthday next week. That's if he makes it up the stairs. I love this film. Probably the best made for TV movie and filled with historical accuracy. They used to show this on the History Channel

[@jacobgreen1144]

They should make a movie called "Stalin's NKVD: Portrait in Evil".

[@abola2121]

They kinda did. The HBO movie 'Stalin' (1992).

[@vedranr.glavina7667]

That IS NOT POSSIBLE! RUSSIANS WON THE WAR...AND THE WHOLE EAST EUROPE PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS FOR 50 YEARS.. "WE FOUGHT THE WRONG ENEMY " -GEN. PATTON

[@kerryberger985]

There are plenty of documentaries and books on the subject of the NKVD. Better to watch real life testimonies than a Hollywood re-creation of the era.

[@moustachio05]

@@vedranr.glavina7667 fuck both of you nazi and bokshevik extremists

[@johndavies1506]

@@vedranr.glavina7667 He was nuts as well

[@ErikaLioness]

Love these old movies

[@veseyvonveitinghof7088]

it's funny how time is relative. Calling a 1985 film old does'nt seem "old" to me. But then when i was a kid, there were still Civil War veterans alive....

[@88scottsman]

David Warner Is so good at playing villains.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

He played the villain 'Sark' in Tron, voiced the villain Ra's Al Ghul in Batman the Animated series and the protected agent in Titanic. No too hard to recognize that voice he has.

[@jankusthegreat9233]

I remember this movie. I watched it as a kid

[@rbilleaud]

I think this documentary hit one thing right on the head in its portrayal of Reinhardt Heydrich. Heydrich was not one of those who believed in the mythology of Nazism, he was in it strictly because he saw the political advantage of being a Nazi in his quest for more personal power. He was pretty smart in that respect. I've always believed that it's easy to allow oneself to be blinded by political ideology when it appeals to us on an emotional level, but the smart move is to take emotion out of the equation and determine what will actually best serve our own self interest.

[@rbilleaud]

@xirsamoht x it did ... right up to the point where he was assassinated.

[@rbilleaud]

@xirsamoht x one thing that will forever interest me is how much the leadership of the Nazis (or really any autocratic regime) buys into the party ideology and how much of it is just mouthing the slogans to advance their careers. Unfortunately, we'll never get a straight answer because they all use the "I was never really a Nazi ..." defense to minimize their actions during the war.

[@mr.l7471]

I saw only part of this film on the history Channel years ago, glad I was able to find it. Although there are only a couple of historical inaccuracies, but I can forgive this film for that.

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.

[@TheAnthoula14]

Love that. That quote deserves more recognition.

[@paulettemaximun2505]

Profound!

[@LBREWER0011]

AN EXCEPTIONALY GOOD AND TOUCHING FILM

[@douglasmilton2805]

Good God! Bill Nighy was once young. I thought he’d been born looking haggard and louche, like one of Jeffrey Bernard’s illegitimate sons 😅! Excellent film, thanks for posting. Strongly recommend watching the German WanseeKonferenz, available on KZbin with English subtitles - brilliantly acted.

[@JB-wv9jo]

May not be 100% factual but still a damn good movie

[@Daniel-fq5vq]

That was a crazy movie. What a historical piece. That's some crazy stuff right there.

[@jeffreymcdonald8267]

His vaunted foe....unarmed men, women, and children. Real tough guy this Heydrich.

[@williamdonovan7867]

Very good film with The scene of the box carriage at night with the hands coming thru the gaps chilling

[@deneshbhaskar3944]

Great film. Gotta give it up the heydrich and Himmler

[@aliagetaqi1793]

This is a deep and informational movie with dynamic actors.

[@ginajoseph8776]

Great movie!

[@israelbishop9296]

I can't believe they just skipped entirely over Kristallnacht.

[@briseboy]

The movie emphasized the dissociation of individuals from what they were doing. The culture was one of a militaristic society, until reality was established. You will remember also that 30 million Russians died, that it was so ingrained since the 1300s for Jews to be demeaned and dehumanized. Every scene was about the experience of the brothers, including their absence from much of the major occurrences. Even by then the turn of century Russian pogrom against Jews had been forgotten, as last week is forgotten by the people here in the US, after continual mounting of atrocious behavior each day, without end. John Stuart Mill, delivered an 1867 inaugural address at the University of St. Andrews: “Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.” Although the historical effort to remember the Holocaust, which word actually means All-consuming-fire is immense, I had to search the internet very recently to understand the extent of it. We humans encompass things insufficiently in a few words - Auschwitz a heuristic for at least seven major extermination camps, should indicate to you that NO verbal or, by extension, videographic communication can contain a remote conception of what we do when we choose to do ill. The title of this film seems bombastic and was no doubt chosen just so as contrast with the seeming naivete' and innocence of the players just following orders.

[@paigetomkinson1137]

Kristallnacht is such an important event to this history, I don't know how they could not include it.