How Fritz Lang Trolled the Nazis

[@komamaboas]

Fun fact: Mabuses eyes are actually Fritz Langs gigantic balls

[@ChupeTTe]

Still too smalls

[@mellow-mike]

I believe when you mention the "Yellow shirts" you are referring to the Sturmabteilung/SA which were called the brown shirts not the yellow shirts as you say

[@CinemaTyler]

Thanks for the correction. The story in this video is built out of a couple of interviews Fritz Lang gave in which he referred to them numerous times as 'Yellow Shirts.' Hopefully in context it will make sense.

[@CarlosGarcia-ii4zc]

Niall Reynolds makes perfect sense, no distraction at all.

[@lifeofbrian5092]

No problem here because I saw the clip with the men wearing 'yellow-ish' shirts in this video.

[@kyleshiflet7932]

@malkooth I guess I'm a socialist I dont really keep up with politics really

[@Galantski]

Wait, I thought you were pwning us with the "yellow shirt" references, a subtle wink as if to say, "This whole 'Fritz trolls the Nazis' story has about as much substance as a Mabuse fever dream" and if you were paying attention, you would have seen the clue I provided by deliberately getting the Nazis' shirt color wrong.

[@politykanazw2622]

"THE NAZIS" *demonetized* that was pretty nice

[@doctornobody611]

If the history channel run KZbin this guy would be the new Jake paul

[@gountzas]

Not the "N" word?!

[@Malumbrus]

Haha yeah, came here to comment, glad to see it's top

[@maverickhamza1696]

I know I am kinda off topic but do anyone know a good place to watch new tv shows online?

[@brentleylegend8964]

@Maverick Hamza i would suggest Flixzone. You can find it on google =)

[@mrunseen3797]

Spoiler alert....... I just realised, the people of the Sherlock Holmes series ripped the plot of "the Testament of Mabuse" for the 4th season.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

Mark Gatiss is a big fan of this type of horror.

[@apollomars1678]

i wanna point out, that ther eis a sequal. the return of dr. Mabuse

[@repulo]

Sorry but 'Herrschaft' (reign) is not the same as 'Reich' (empire) 2:37

[@CorbCorbin]

Főgler László Even if he intentionally put that line in the film, to "embarrass, or sleight the Nazis, he would've had to been boasting about it to people. As one line, that doesn't even use the exact phrase, would've just went unnoticed by most. I'm not saying he wasn't thinking about it, when he wrote the film, but one would have to know he had disgust for the Nazis, to see the entire "mad genius", as symbolic for Hitler, and his promise of the empire/Reich. You're comment makes it more apparent with how careful he was being. As he had the built in excuse, that he used the word herrschaft, instead of reich, as to not offend them. He did leave without much of his money, but I believe that was just because of the times, and the fact he would've been monitored. Taking a large sum, or transferring it, would've had him under the thumb of Goebbels, most likely intimidated to make propaganda for the party.

[@TheXeldrak]

Doesn't he say "Der letzte Sinn des Verbrechens ist es, eine beschränkte Herrschaft des Verbrechens aufzurichten."? So, a proper translation would be "The ultimate purpose of crime is to establish a limited reign of crime." I really don't see how you could translate it as "the endless empire of crime"

[@ciceroflyman]

Xeldrak He says „unbeschränkt“, that means limitless

[@Texasjim2007]

It's not really a significant distinction in terms of actual meaning except to rigid legalists.

[@edmonddantes3640]

Mabuse was a very popular villain in Germany, movies about him were made into the 60s, with Fritz Lang directing some. Many recognizable faces from German cinema starred in them, Gert Frobe, (Goldfinger) Peter can Eyck ( The Spy Who Came In From The Cold) and Wolfgang Priess (The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far.) Thanks, really enjoyed this.

[@alexanderpuschkin9958]

By the way, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is a fantastic movie!

[@robertwalton7565]

I was hoping someone would mention this.

[@AFox739]

Hell yeah :)

[@jamespiskorz8641]

4 hours and 27 minutes of joy except ghost mabuse he is TERRIFYING

[@hauntedbelle]

It really is. Fritz Lang is my favorite director for a reason. That movie was pure evil acted out.

[@matttucker3]

Well done sir, suspense and tension are high can’t wait for part 2 :D

[@TheInfamousJosh]

And the award for hairiest knuckles of all time goes to.... :)

[@CinemaTyler]

Hehe, I'm in a perpetual state of turning into a werewolf.

[@TheInfamousJosh]

CinemaTyler you make it look good! 👏 👏 👏

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@@CinemaTylershave your teeth!

[@DanStevenson]

Apes don't have hair on their knuckles.

[@nicktosti7487]

I'd really love to see some conversation about "M" Fritz's 1931 film which also has some Nazi satire in it. I've heard that the Nazi's adopted the film as great until they realized that the gang in the movie represented them.

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

Interesting, I always interpreted the criminal underworld in the movie as anti-heros. Sure, they were thieves and beggars and so on. But they at least had enough honor to get rid of a serial child killer/rapist. I mean, the killer wasn't exactly the good guy of the film being oppressed or anything.

[@soulknight5330]

@@landofthesilverpath5823 fr

[@Mrs_Beanbag]

​@@landofthesilverpath5823 that just shows how amazing the Movie is. The Gang states that what they do (begging, stealing, what ever) is their job ("everyone got to make a living") and if cops/the police force is harmed in conflict they say that's what they (the cops) signed up for. They knew the risk. They gangsters are portrait in a relatable way. And get even more relatable when they state that murdering children (and making the police disrupt their business) is inexcusably! They are even offended that the police thinks the killer is one of them. So they decide to take things in their own hands. I think on that point everyone rooted for them and their chance of getting the murderer, especially after the police couldn't get him by then. But in the end, especially with the speeches given at the "trial" you see that they are not so nice guys after all. The language (I only know the German version) is heavily influenced by fascist rhetorics. Even if they look like a Court they are only a better organised lynch mob where the outcome of the trial is already clear the beginning. That's when the mask falls.

[@Mrs_Beanbag]

Relatable at first, and sympathetic for the "hands on" mentality especially compared to the inefficient police but nothing but a deadly lynch mob in the end. Maybe that movie is still relevant almost 100 years after it's release 😅😅

[@nicktosti7487]

@@landofthesilverpath5823 that's the interesting flip of the movie, the criminal is built up as a shadowy big bad figure but is the most pathetic person in the film. The mother at the end feels no justice has truly been served.

[@BipTunia_Microtonal_Cats]

"why would a storyteller tell a story??" Good video. Thank you.

[@davidmouser596]

You do know that the memoirs the Dr is ripping up is an analogy of Hitlers Mein Kampf. So its a middle finger to the fuhrers writing as well;)

[@vicenteortegarubilar9418]

So glad there is a new video from this channel. This history is great.

[@MakeStuffStudios]

Honestly my favorite channel on youtube. And that demonetization joke is perfection ❤

[@CinemaTyler]

Hehe, my prediction came true...

[@MakeStuffStudios]

CinemaTyler I mean, what do you expect when you do something disgusting like acknowledging the historical existence of Nazis.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Fun to see this dancing around the topic, when KZbin is telling you, 'Mein Herr, in this country, ve don't talk about De Nutsies... now show some allegiance with clips of Inglorious Basterds" KIIINDA makes you think about Goebbel's strong convictions, to this or that naughty word.

[@amberturdcoloringbook1733]

The most important dialogue in the film is when they are at the morgue, Doctor Mabuse is dead and the Doctor is praising him as if he was Hitler. Talking about how this world needs total destruction and only Dr. Mabuse could do it..

[@deadpan80]

5:10 if you could ever picture a snake smiling - this would be it

[@somegoddamnguy]

Cool video, but you should take it down and re-upload it edited with the correct term "brown shirts", you use the term "yellow shirts" a lot and it'll make anyone who's at all familiar with the lead up to WWII cringe

[@CinemaTyler]

Thanks for the correction. The story in this video is built out of a couple of interviews Fritz Lang gave in which he referred to them numerous times as 'Yellow Shirts.' Hopefully in context it will make sense.

[@a_lethe_ion]

pronouncing goebbels like gerbils is also pretty funny ;)

[@TTURBOVOLVO]

And Lang, like 'leng' in length.

[@TheOutlawed1000]

Nothing makes people more mad than getting stuff wrong about the Nazis.

[@Yonsucker]

The editing and choice of scenes is just perfect

[@christopheraliaga-kelly6254]

Fritz Lang was half-Jewish, Eric Stroheim--the 'Von'-was assumed, was fully Jewish. Both were Austrian, from Vienna, while Hitler was also Austrian, from Linz. Peter Lorre was a German-speaking Hungarian and Jewish, originally called Laszlo Lowenstein. PS They are not 'Yellowshirts' but 'Brownshirts','Surm Abteilung'

[@Pyro-Moloch]

That damned Gerbels

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Damn good one, P.N.!

[@nikokaapa]

Perfectly executed comment

[@yp9511]

Gerbels...🤣🤣🤣. 6-

[@thenexus8384]

Damn Gerbels Nice name btw

[@Pyro-Moloch]

@@thenexus8384 nexuserians of all countries unite!

[@davecook8378]

The downvotes must be those yellowshirts!

[@rangoononline]

Thanks for making this video even though you knew it would be demonetized. I love all your stuff. Fritz Lang looks amazing with that eye patch!

[@lateinlifeleather6650]

Please edit and change “yellow shirts” to “brown shirts” for historical accuracy. Thank you.

[@jaysherratt8475]

Lateinlife Leather there was both yellow shirts and brown shirts, brown shirts were a higher up variation of yellow shirts, yellow shirts were a sort of ‘grunt’ so to speak.

[@jaysherratt8475]

Blank Blank i think they were referred to as the Gelbes which I think roughly translates to yellow lol

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

I still don't understand what that one scene had to do with the nazis? Is it that Mabuse was trying to establish something the nazis were against? Mabuse was literally promoting anarchy, whereas the nazis were obsessed with establishing order during the anarchic, nihilistic, and lawless, weimar era. Also: "yellow shirts," lmao

[@greyone40]

This came back up on my rotation for some reason, so I watched it again. Great video.

[@namaste91]

This is not only like a story out of a movie,this HAS to be a movie!

[@billyleroy2465]

Awesome!..thank you! I love the storytelling scenarios .. you're a great actor Tyler!

[@semperfi818]

I just subscribed, as I find value in your well-deserved takes on cinema...and hugs to your cat, BTW.

[@GaryDevore]

Glad we get to see and not just hear you, Tyler! Great vid.

[@kenkoopa7903]

Honestly, the Gurgles talk is chilling as fuck, especially the end where he outright admits "we get to decide who is an Aryan". He just gave the fucking game away; willing to use a political enemy to grow their influence and strengthen their grip on the nation already under their control, in the end, fascist leaders don't care about much more than their own power.

[@dickeymckay8289]

Love a lot of your vids @CinemaTyler. Great editing skills. I run a cinema club on social media, and will recommend your critiques and vids to peers in the group. This being a great example. Kudos to you my friend.

[@TheOutlawed1000]

Reality is stranger that fiction as it seems.

[@Spartan300001]

I know this sounds dumb, but excellent video, and thank you for the Bowie cameo right at the end there. Wasn't expecting it but it was nice, great work and research on the video. The use of adaptive fiction and tailor-making the video rather than talking against pictures was nice, great idea, good job.

[@karlhungus888]

genius work and editing! really glad i discovered your channel

[@princeeverlove]

Outstanding Channel...alive, vibrant, an obvious love letter to Classic International Cinema!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler is one of my 12 all time favorite films and I consider Lang to be the premier director of film noir. I love love love his appearance in Godard's Contempt, also in my all time top 12.

[@arthurhudson2]

Great work! Looking forward to the next one. I always loved the story of Fritz Lang.

[@Daniel-Rosa.]

Your narration is very pleasent to follow. Trying not to take praise away from the editing, but it's cool to know our best guns.

[@fabrileon7005]

You are telling the story as if it was a script and i love it

[@gasjebasje99]

I just learned of fritz lang through a short gag in family guy, of all places. Felt the need to learn about him! He has an eyepatch so I could tell he was a very important man!

[@TheXeldrak]

Doesn't he say "Der letzte Sinn des Verbrechens ist es, eine beschränkte Herrschaft des Verbrechens aufzurichten."? So, a proper translation would be "The ultimate purpose of crime is to establish a limited reign of crime." I really don't see how you could translate it as "the endless empire of crime"

[@insanebase8883]

UNbeschränkte Herrschafft

[@TheXeldrak]

@@insanebase8883 Also, ich habe mir den Abschnitt jetzt 10 mal angehört, ich höre da "beschränkte Herrschaft". Aber vll. bin ich auch taub...

[@crabnebula1914]

Mubi is great and this video is fun, well done!!

[@dwc1964]

Masterpiece Theatre theme - I was half expecting Alistair Cooke to show up

[@GreyDingo]

Sorry, mate, you just look like Jim Jones when you do that suit & glasses shtick.

[@gernwind9262]

Yeah, Lang's report is highly questionable. And when we talk about smuggling subversive material in Mabuse we might also mention Hitler's favourite film, Die Nibelungen or Metropolises conclusion in the fascist handshake between labour and its masters... Now, I'm not claiming he was a fascist propagandist (if his political affiliations are relevant he held the usual conservative, deutschnationale - german-nationalist views common of his class at the time), rather it seems he was mostly an opportunist with a flair for the spectacle who had a congenial partner in his wife, an author of schlocky novels who provided him with the scripts for his big dumb schlocky movies. And as others have noted it's Braunhemden, not Gelbhemden.

[@CinemaTyler]

Definitely going into this in Part 2. It's very interesting considering his claims of always being anti-Nazi while his Nazi wife wrote the scripts for his films. Thanks for the correction. The story in this video is built out of a couple of interviews Fritz Lang gave in which he referred to them numerous times as 'Yellow Shirts.' Hopefully in context it will make sense.

[@gernwind9262]

CinemaTyler Looking forward to part 2. (I didn't miss your closing remarks, that there was maybe more to the story.) My reply is mostly based on what I've read about the subject from a German journalist who researched Lang's claims in the early 90s (? late 80s?), published in Der Spiegel I think. Before that, Lang's narrative had been swallowed as a whole not only in Hollywood but also over here in Europe and more specifically in Germany. It does make for a good story :)

thank you man, feel more alive right now. looking for chapter 2

[@EVEROSFP1]

"We decide who is Arayan " ..is like "The end justifies the means ..".

[@ambtenaar]

This is very well made! Great work!

[@michaelaldan6969]

well put together and a great effort..keep going !

[@vicaldama9314]

Great editing my man!

[@kylestclair471]

Great video, man

[@sinsofmemphisto7809]

Tyler, you are friggin' briliant! One of the best movie vlogs I've seen on youTube. Thank you so much for your scholarship and the obvious care you take in making your videos. Kudos.

[@pantslizard]

3:21, there's no such thing as "yellow shirts"...wtaf???

[@jonahsoldier9736]

They're usually referred to as "Brown shirts" which are a thing

[@TheAtZShow]

2:17 LMFAO

[@CinemaTyler]

I was right... hehe. Tubebuddy was like, "You sure you wanna put 'Nazi' in the title?"

[@MrGjcannon]

Have you taken the clip of the man walking down the corridor from 'Point Blank', the feet being those of Walker played by Lee Marvin?

[@oogaboogabrown]

Another great video as always. Always keep it up

[@lifeofbrian5092]

Great work as always!

[@skay1992]

This is my first time watching your videos Im immediately a fan. love it

[@Dellaluna13]

Hey, I've got that Jonesy shirt too. I've been a big fan of the Mabuse films for years, my original YT name even honored the series. I have a theory that the freaky ghost makeup FX on Mabuse partly inspired a particular toy from the 60's.

[@nickirmen6671]

what toy?

[@goodguy5595]

Yellow shirts. I thought they were called brown shirts ?

[@TheInternet12345]

touyube's demon etization algorithm is the real na zi

[@apc9079]

Just watched testament of dr mabuse on film struck, definitely some brilliance in there. Glad I watched.

[@bandicootcollector]

I have to know, where is the clip from 8:14-8:17 from? Thank you so much.

[@nateblack8669]

"Yer all Gerbles!" 😆 Sorry, couldn't help but think if that guy, hearing the name Goebbles. Subbed 👍

[@trayltank1015]

They were called „Braunhemden“ (brown) not yellow shirts

[@henkgerritsen1444]

They were called SA or sturmabteilung, braunhemden was sort of a derogetory term if you were SA.

[@theriffwriter2194]

When Eve asked "did you see the news?" I thought it was an old episode and she was talking about the attempt. It just never stops. Although I am elated! I personally want Gavin Newson. So much so I (almost. But not really) that I think I'm gonna pray for the first time in my life. 😂

[@technoviking3827]

Great video! Loved it!

[@CarbonatedLithium]

How could you make a mistake like 'Yellow shirts'? Makes me question how well this was researched.

[@patrickmccormack4318]

"The ultimate purpose of crime is to establish the endless empire. A state of complete insecurity and anarchy founded upon the tainted ideals of a world doomed to annihilation." - Izan Erutluc

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

"trolling" is fairly ineffective in the face of mass murderers invading multiple nations

[@christianamerican473]

You mean the Soviets?

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

@Dan Francis Insisting on changing the subject to different country than the one under discussion -- Fritz Lang is from Germany, moron -- is a fairly clear sign that you wish to minimize the crimes of the Nazis. Why would that be?

[@alexkrajci]

The Only Version Of 1933's The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse That I Prefer Is The Restored Version In It's Original Foreign Language (German) With English Subtitles (124 Mins).

[@sirlordhenrymortimer6620]

M is a fantastic movie

[@JosephSantoro]

Wait: Is this the inspiration for Gotham's Joker origin story?!?

[@waywardcalifornian3516]

Wow, man. What a total trip. Do you think Fritz Lang knew Fritz Leiber?

[@duantorruellas716]

Cinema Tyler , you're the best , I wish you did an analysis on the occult symbolism of the film Dr.Phibes.

[@RENEDU2]

06:09 your cat going nuts 😆

[@LizVerkannt]

Mr Lang we decide who is an Arien.... omg. Goosebumps

[@UkuleleVillain]

Aren't yellow shirts called SA tho?

[@joshuas.986]

StationaryParticles they’re also called “Brownshirts” not “yellowshirts.”

[@Alagboriel]

Your make up and costume design as the presenter looks like a thinner Mark Chapman, dude. =O I loved your Kubrick series, man, you got me hooked. I really would like to see you doing a review on "The Man Who Fell To Earth" any of these days.

[@gehtdichnichtsan5211]

Wait... police officer Lohmann? Like in 'M'? Did Fritz lang build a cinematic universe?

[@SC1089]

Where is part II?

[@Azliz721]

Great info!

[@alexkrajci]

R.I.P. Fritz Lang (1890-1976)

[@johnlinley4375]

I have never heard of a German group called the yellow shirts. There was a Russian group of revelationaries called the yellow shirts a little before this time. There were German brown shirts, and black shirts. Are these the ones you are talking about?

[@frogdeity]

People are so liberal with the word "troll" nowadays. fleeing from someone isn't trolling them.

[@assassindelasaucisse.4039]

He did both, though. Can't you multitask?

[@racshade6646]

That's not Mabuse's ghost. Mabuse hypnotized the psychiatrist.

[@davedogge2280]

Fritz said to the Nazis: "Shake your Lang, owww Do what you wanna do I can't tell you how to catch a groove It's your Lang (It's your thing) Do what you wanna do I won't tell you who to sock it to"

[@DavidAndersen84]

Cliff hanger! Tyler, you're getting crafty!

[@lucasoldwine1130]

It's pronounced Gebbels not Gerbels, great job btw I really enjoy your vids

[@yerabbit]

can this be a movie please?

[@mohammadkarim4285]

What's the music at 1:35 from?

[@spiderswing108]

What are your sources for these claims?

[@needleconsumer]

won't lie, thought this was about a famous yodeler by the same name it may not be him. But very interesting video!

[@Adam_Dot_Com]

that ghost must have been terrifying back in the day

[@fazrirachman5980]

9:17 what movie is it ?

[@CinemaTyler]

North by Northwest

[@fazrirachman5980]

@@CinemaTyler thank you

[@MikeJohnson-yh4lg]

What is the background music you used?

[@danosaurus5281]

Great video, both parts. Did you produce the wonderful creepy music during the hallucination scenes? If it's from an existing soundtrack, i would love to know where from. Brilliant choice underlying the whole presentation. I'm a big Lang fan and didn't know much of this. Hope you don't mind the music question? Thank you. I'm now a new subscriber. Glad I found you. :-)

[@GrafOrlock93]

Oooh! Really loved this one! :)

[@sludgefactory241]

Know no one will see this doesn't or may not pick up what I'm throwing down, but if Hollywood were to make a biopick on late 70s early 80s Stephen king, you my friend would be a ringer. You're welcome

[@Coolio_Ash]

dude that ghost is going to haunt my dreams