Kelly's Heroes | "Showdown with a Tiger"

Scene from the film KELLY'S HEROES (1970) starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Karl-Otto Alberty

[@kjunova]

My Wife cannot grasp the fact that I have watched this close to 30 times. She just rolls her eyes and leaves the room. The best War Movie ever. Great Cast.

[@juanisaac5172]

You just have good taste.

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

the last tiger was made of wood

[@waynedutton3737]

Alway's with the negative vibes

[@WEBB-TECH]

You need a new wife

[@kemgreene8525]

"Dude, I watched it twice when I was 14 living on base in Germany I went to watch it on a Sunday then went back to see it again on Monday and didn't even let my parents know I had gone to see it"!

[@cuffzter]

"Kelly's Heroes.. Oh right. It's a war movie. Right?" "Mmmh. No, baby. It ain't. It's a heist movie, man"

[@kylestrainspotting1997]

I thought it was a western

[@1231231232972]

it's a black satire on Western society

[@kylestrainspotting1997]

@John Signs yes, I know Kelly Heroes is a Spaghetti Western style War Film

[@kylestrainspotting1997]

Actually I wonder if Kelly's Granddad is The Man with no Name

[@K4rt80y]

@John Signs Maybe the guys a Republican?

[@ganzano]

The way Karl's eye go wide open @ hearing the 16 million of gold...priceless. Timeless.

[@carlhawkins-tu9yl]

He played a German tank soldier in 1965 Battle of the Bulge, is in the background when they sing Der Panzer Lied.

[@rozzgrey801]

This is weird, literally 1 minute ago I just rewatched that very clip from Kelley's Heroes, and now I find this!

[@bigfoot163]

The hard cut to the door blowing up always gets me 😂😂

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

let me think about it....(one millisecond later)

[@SargentoDuke]

Its APHE ammo blweing up an armored two-layer door...

[@stevenblackwell4903]

No more dialogue needed 😅😂

[@MoeLaneIII]

@@stevenblackwell4903 "Show, don't tell."

[@faerieSAALE]

He was a reasonable German - He weighed his options, a wealthy early retirement in Switzerland was a most welcomed choice!

[@CrazyLeiFeng]

@外国人 German invasions were about immediate robbery, not about "lebensraum". If they hadn't started the conquests their economy would have gone bankrupt in 1940. The post-war West German economic miracle was based on capital robbed during WW2. They were lucky that Cold War came and the Allies needed them.

[@chonkachu671]

@外国人 the dude just made a harmless comment damn, a bit toxic dont ya think.

[@M.Aaltonen]

So true

[@MrAmerilias]

@@CrazyLeiFeng The same with Romans

[@dougwebb704]

I would have done the same thing if I was in his shoes.

[@TheNimshew]

Adjusted for inflation, $16 million in 1944 would be $231 million in 2018. A tidy sum

[@walboyfredo6025]

I recall in the movie each individual would get $800K. So by you're rate that works out at $11.5 Million in 2018, not bad at all!

[@thomashambly3718]

Also, things were a lot cheaper back then, even when you consider inflation

[@benjaminstorace6699]

Very tidy.

[@charlesbeal8066]

tanklord99 That’s kinda because even when adjusted for inflation, people made a lot less money than they do now.

[@kevin7rxxx346]

So you add a 0 minus the inflation...

[@marksasahara1115]

I love the call back to Clint's spaghetti western past and the jangling spurs as they walk into the jaws of the Tiger. That sound, mixed with Lalo Schiffrin's amazing music takes everything to the next level!

[@jimoncken6936]

Lalo came precariously close to ripping off Morricone, but he pulled it off!

[@benkersten1705]

I actually had to google whether or not Ennio Morricone did the music or not

[@brianallsopp69]

Same as that ,, but what a great Western that would have been with Eastwood, and Savalas,,,,

[@LASR71]

@@jimoncken6936 Especially from 2:10 to 2:13, lol

[@davidtaylor8002]

You know the music is from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", right?

[@kj3n569]

Oddball is still one of my favorite characters of all time. He sets the Luger in his holster for a quick draw. Against a tank. Beautiful, baby. Just beautiful.

[@andypeterson8013]

Positive energy, baby.

[@skipads5141]

Why does he have a Luger instead of a .45?

[@KipIngram]

This movie defines Sutherland for me, in spite of all the other brilliant work he's done. There will NEVER be another Oddball. I've even got an Oddball t-shirt.

[@Timmeh010]

@@skipads5141 because he is an oddball

[@jean-pierrechoquet2909]

@@skipads5141 Take at a german ?

[@grahamdunn7428]

The Good, the Bald, and the Hippy...

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

I don't think Telly Savalas EVER had hair! LOL

[@miketaterparker]

I know one time he did. The Twilight Zone episode The Doll with Talking Tina. (My name's Talking Tina and I'm going to kill you)

[@winddmmy]

lmao!

[@tonyrestaino1967]

Classic.

[@Super_Szn]

This comment made me happy :)

[@Ugh-Fudge_Bwana]

Still think it's hilarious how Kelly's Heroes and Patton were released in the same year, and only the comedy heist film made an attempt to feature period-accurate tanks.

[@SwaggerNauts365]

Even though they’re modified T-52s. They at least look like Tigers tho

[@justsam100]

@@SwaggerNauts365 T-34. T-52 isn't even a tank

[@thantzweaung9080]

Accurate? With MG-42 as bow machine gun?

[@jcb5782]

ikr. But maybe featuring Patton tanks in North Africa is just one big easter egg

[@kidofsteel0362]

I can’t even look at those painted tanks in Patton lmao

[@user-cm9pt8bo3l]

I pray to God every day that Hollywood does NOT make one of their "remakes" of this masterpiece.

[@Lyze]

I love how the german tank commander's eyes light up when he hears about the gold.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

I mean who wouldn’t?

[@jaymac6831]

I thought he responded like that because Oddball referred to him as sweetheart.

[@mr6johnclark]

he saw his out. a life of luxury in a switzerland with gold vs dying in a burning tank.

[@Shadx27]

"Nothing will stop me from serving the Fuher!" "There is 65 million marks worth of gold in that bank" "%*^& the Fuher, may he burn in hell! I hear American's have good ice cream, yes?"

[@stephenpowell5912]

My thoughts Exactly if someone told me this .😀😁😂😃😄😅

[@klatu1956]

First dead.usa will find you anywhere kraut lowlife

[@sweetballs4742]

@@klatu1956 the wehraboos wants to know your location.

[@P4R4D0X1337]

and delicious strawberry milkshakes, my favourite American thing!

[@rocistone6570]

The truth was that by this point in the war (Late '44 and early '45) many German soldiers felt *exactly* that way. The tank commander was SS, and they had a lot of fanatics, but even some of them had begun to see what was coming for Germany. That's one of the things that make the scene (and the story) work so well overall. The Reichsmark was soon to be as worthless as American Confederate money, But gold, taken a few miles across the Swiss border, held its value, and the Swiss asked no questions. It was, in a few words, a perfect crime.

[@ericbarash8496]

My late father-in-law‘s favorite movie.

[@stevenbos5206]

"I am a solid bank door" "I am an 88" The door left the building

[@InweTaralom]

With a bang no less.😅

[@LeftIsBest001]

"You, zee American Army" "No baby, we ain't..." Love this movie 😀

[@borrburison648]

Left Is Best so funny haha

[@Mrbimmer11]

IN THAT MONENT THE TANK COMANDER FORGOT HE WAS IN THE GERMAN ARMY😂

[@chiantozzo9341]

That German looks like Mussolini if he was born in Sweden Edit: Holy shit how did this stupid comment reach 3000 likes in a year

[@MayerAudax]

Can't argue with that, holy shit.

[@J-icentu]

When i saw his face i was like: *wait, wat*

[@dalesmart9041]

It’s Elon Musks Nazi Father

[@ScottieG59]

Chiantozzo German Born Karl-Otto Alberty, a former boxer.

[@davyjones5873]

He looks like a grouper fish bruhhh

[@jacklambert1521]

I love how the buildup to their conversation is one big obvious tongue-in-cheek homage to Eastwood and his Spaghetti Westerns. The boys are total cowboys in this scene. It's like the buildup to a duel!

[@DrRock2009]

Don’t forget the sound of spurs as they walk…🤣

[@r.g.o3879]

As a historian I have always loved the fact that they did make such an effort to make very realistic replicas of the great Tiger I tank. Along with the be Sherman's and half-tracks this was an amazingly accurate film. The wildly crazy characters and heist plot make it a classic film but this has always been my favorite part. All the way to where the waffen ss men load their share and pull out. I always wanted to see a sequel about how they made out afterwards and could picture them all having a reunion twenty years later,

[@lewcrowley3710]

I believe these same mock ups were in Saving Private Ryan

[@SparrowNoblePoland]

@@lewcrowley3710 Both were T-34s crying in shame for pretending to be the hated Tigers.

[@sagsfv3122]

At least it was way better than this Tiger mock up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYC7lH2PlLx5h7c

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

They filmed this in a country that was still using WW2 equipment for front line soldiers. It helped their logistics for putting the movie together

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

I'm surprised this film hasn't been remade... they have remade almost everything else. Of course, a remake could never be as good as the original

[@degenetron7590]

The tank commander's face looks like it got stung by 200 wasps

[@charlieross-BRM]

When I see him emerging and stepping down, it reminds me of Klaatu the robot making his entrance in The Day The Earth Stood Still.

[@ericdew2021]

He's the first person to get bee-stung lips.

[@ronaldshank7589]

Hmm... interesting observation. I love the look on his face when he actually gets cut in on the deal that they offer him...and, one tank shot later, he's 4,000,000 dollars richer! That has to be the most expensive shell shot in history!!!

[@thomasbummer4361]

@@ronaldshank7589 until railguns were invented LOL

[@TheErilaz]

@@ronaldshank7589 If not the most lucrative!

[@reneearnoux5910]

Love the "Spaghetti Western" styled opening shot of this scene.

[@dcanmore]

probably a sly joke to Eastwood

[@volvo1354]

Renée Arnoux showdown music

[@GodsMistake]

The sound of stirrups as they walk.

[@mrcockney-nutjob3832]

Clint Eastwood didn't like it and wanted it removed.

[@roddaman7545]

@@GodsMistake Spurs actually - not stirrups. But since they aren't wearing spurs, it must be fistfulls of gold coins in their pockets.

[@vg4100]

When Donald calls german tank commander baby and a sweetheart, kills me every time!😂😂

[@OGMaverickGaming]

52 years since this film came out. I've watched it's hundreds of times over my 27 years, never once got tired of it. Film is just as fresh now as it was then, so is The Good The Bad & The Ugly. Only now when I watch them, I long to relive the past 22 years.

[@KipIngram]

I'd roll it all back to 1980 in a hearbeat if I could. Great days, man.

[@fuzzyhair321]

Jesus it's 52 yrs old as someone born in the early 90s this just doesn't seem right haha

[@robotech]

I remember taking my son to watch this movie in the theaters when it came out. He thought it was the best movie ever made. Last week, his grandson Micheal was born. How time flies.

[@gregp103]

You spelled Michael wrong. I hope they don't put you in charge of decorating the birthday cakes, Grandpa.

[@AudieHolland]

*robotech* BEWARE ZE SPELLING NAZIS

[@KingKhanate1997]

Congratulations on being a great grandad sir!

[@1973Louis]

@@gregp103 Please, go ahead 10 more time.

[@rebekahbullivant4616]

Congratulations a little late 😀

[@tinman3586]

I didn't know Benito Mussolini drove German Tiger tanks.

[@capie44]

Hunh. They should've made a movie just for this actor to portray Mussolini.

[@Kelly14UK]

Good sight, dude.

[@malongsserve4735]

Tin Man The tank commander is also in the movie "The Great Escape" he plays an SS officer. I told my grandpa he looked like Mussolini when I was watching "The Great Escape" haha.

[@HotCuppaCoffee]

Tin Man - Actually, he didn't. Mussolini preferred to ride an armor-plated Tyrannosaurus Rex into battle. (Look it up.)

[@stupidburp]

+HotCuppaCoffee Checked and verified.

[@thomasdjonesn]

That bank blowing up gets me laughing every time. Such a well-crafted scene. It just now occurs to me that this movie was made 35 years after the time period it was set in. Thirty-five years ago was 1986. This movie is fifty one years old. My grandparents lived through WWII. Strange what we remember, and what we forget.

[@davidbarker7938]

1970 was 25 years after the war ended.

[@lisatoronto7265]

Most of the actors were veterans, they knew what went on.

[@amtha9077]

I don't care what anyone says. It's the greatest scene in movie history for me. When I first saw it at 8 years old, when it ended, I cried for two hour because the movie ended. I was inconsolable. My mother offered me every treat imaginable but it did nothing. Eight year old me just wanted to be back there hanging out with Savalas, Eastwood and Sutherland. And also the German SS guy! One of the great movies that don't happen anymore sadly...

[@RudiW1510]

I feel you. That's how I felt with Conan the barbarian. The greatest works of joy only last for so long. But that's the beauty of VHS, betamax, dvd, BluRay and streaming services. We may not be able to relive the same joy. But we can enjoy the works again and again and again. :)

[@davidkeeton6716]

2 hours, inconsolable, that's called having it bad, and at 8 years old. I am impressed. (In my best Slim Pickens voice)

[@murraywestenskow2896]

You must have really enjoyed Porky's - when it came out.

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

I watched this movie in 20 minute segments during lunch break in High School. They would show it in the auditorium.

[@pz3j]

Yup. It was the same for me brother

[@Frank-ex2pb]

Love this Film because the German is not a Idiot and takes the Gold😁😁👍👍👍

[@doofkos]

I love it, how he is first -_- and than O.O He was the first walking Emoji.

[@humbertoflores2545]

most Germans are not idiots.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

3 and a half years on the Russian front will do that to a German.

[@erikakreutz4456]

Mikhailia Gacesa It would be the Eastern Front, as it wasn’t just Russia Germany invaded, but the Soviet Union.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

Technically; but all Axis soldiers sent there(such as the one in the movie) called it the Russian front.

[@Revan2908]

No matter how many times I watch the movie, I still laugh whenever the door just explodes.

[@markuspfitzner6958]

Yeah, me too! The tank-commander doesn't need time to think about that offer.

[@brentkrohn4731]

Absolutely! That scene is classic!

[@moneymic524]

He did it too slow for me😂 as soon as he said Theres 65 million in that bank I would have said “Well shitt lets crack that baby open”

[@steves6823]

Its all in the timing

[@mombaassa]

Yes it's funny, but there's another reason to laugh at this scene. The tank is supposed to have blown in hole in the door, so that they could get into the bank. The derbis however, is flying the wrong way... i.e. the actual explosion was from inside the bank.

[@tonyscates1884]

I remember watching this at the theater, still one of my all time favorites! The cast is awesome, truly underrated movie!

[@rickreid81]

This was one of the best movies ever made in my opinion. The cast, the location, everything is excellent! I am lucky my wife really loves to watch this movie with me. And she doesn't yap through it either.

[@angeljohnson4970]

The fact that Sutherland buys the Tiger from the German after they split the gold just seals it !

[@stevem2323]

Friking perfection.

[@stephenle-surf9893]

Always with the negative 🙄 ways angel 😇

[@sluggerfish2455]

"It's a beautiful tank."

[@RadeonX0X]

Sutherland's character probably wasn't aware what a nightmare those things were to maintain.

[@kellymccartney659]

there you go with those negatives waves...lol

[@thomasbriody3012]

Donald Sutherland’s eye roll and Karl Otto’s reaction to news of how much gold is inside... they really make this scene. Eastwood is so smart- he lets the other characters do their thing. Just perfect.

[@spikespa5208]

Rickles' character had the German tank commander pegged. ".....make a deal deal! Maybe he's a Republican!"

[@jaymac6831]

I thought the German officer reacted like that because Oddball referred to him as sweetheart...

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

@Ban this youtube Yep, AND in that 1945 economy right after the war. Opportunity Galore. Just one of those gold bars could have earned you a fortune if you invested it right. Imagine having bought Lockheed shares back then.

[@iceswallow7717]

came here just for the German’s eye open lol

[@leonkleber5009]

@@jaymac6831 ahahaha wtf

[@RFEUFF]

One of the best war movies 🎥 ever made. I could watch 101 times and never gets boring. This scene is one of the best parts, love this cowboy show down👍🏻

[@johncooper7694]

Telly will always be one of my favorite actors.

[@yamax1]

Karl Otto deserves big credit for this incredible scene !

[@stephanearthaud8308]

You're right. I know what you mean. I might have been purchaded for nazisme apologie ! Even if o bviously not. M'y dad told me stupidity was even more dangerous than... Anything else. And that's true !

[@nickbeats1195]

GOLD. The real universal language.

[@nicholasmiller872]

Best war film ever, serious yet with a bit of good humour thrown in 👏👏👏👏

[@bamarine247]

"You know what's inside that bank, man?" "- -" "There's $16 million worth of gold in that bank sweetheart." "0 0"

[@jeremy28135]

Lol

[@jaewok5G]

ಠ_ಠ

[@Tzilandi]

I love that transition, from suspicious "What are you up to?", to shocked "HOW MUCH MONEY?!", back to suspicious "Why are YOU telling ME?"

[@Jupiter.141]

He could've mow them down blow up the entrance get the gold on his own

[@TheThewulasvegas]

That’s just good fucking acting

[@mikefromwa]

"You are zee American Ahrmy!" "No baby, we ain't."

[@carbidegrd1]

YES! we saw it

[@richardvillafana7743]

Brilliant scene, Brilliantly written, acted, and ESPECIALLY scored. A perfect spoof and tribute to Clint's Spaghetti Westerns.

[@mikeprevost8650]

The spaghetti western music really makes this scene.

[@airsoftworldltd6846]

Just last weekend we were at an annual Kelly’s Heroes re-enactment in the Croatian village of Vižinada, where the movie was filmed. It’s a weekend airsoft affair starting Friday and finishing with impressive entertainment in the village hall on Saturday night. I thoroughly recommend attending, even as a spectator.

[@sluggerfish2455]

Probably one of the greatest movies of the last century. Packed full of amazing actor's, paced just right, and never takes itself seriously. "We have special shells, they are filled with paint, it paints pretty pictures, scares the hell out of em"

[@gregp103]

actors*

[@gavinedinburgh]

Also a movie where the number two billed actor totally, wonderfully and comprehensively steals the show from the number one!

[@gregp103]

@@gavinedinburgh Kojak

[@gregp103]

actors*

[@1973Louis]

@@gregp103 Please, go ahead 10 more time.

[@0hvist]

The only time I ever saw a WWII scene where a tank was involved and it didn't result in the tanks' destruction.

[@memadmax69]

Partially destroyed ^.^

[@patrickkruger5310]

Hey two out of three got it! Not bad odds!

[@1231231232972]

this movie is not about the 2nd WW, it's about capitalism and what it makes with people

[@M50A1]

@@1231231232972 set in ww2.

[@benspeedschannel888]

Oddball wasn’t going to let it get blown up, “it’s a beautiful tank”!!

[@throneroom4270]

This movie was filmed in Yugoslavia, my father was a young boy living there at the time. Kelly’s Heroes was shown subtitled in theaters there before it was premiered in the US, and he was able to see it. He grew up hearing of the horrors his parents and others around him survived during the second world war, and at the time he was a kid, buildings in his town still had bullet holes from when German soldiers would murder people against them. Watching this has a special place in his heart he said. It has since been his favourite film of all time, and he showed it to me when I was 10; it’s also my favourite film. We’ve watched it together probably more than 200 times on a VHS of it he bought before I was even born. Even now when I visit him, we’ll pop it in and watch it he have some time. Everything from the all star cast, to the cinematography and writing, to the bond I have with my dad makes this movie something special to me, and something I‘ll have to keep his memory alive when he‘s gone someday. There really is nothing better than a work of art that can instill so much meaning in someone.

[@richyasi7424]

Karl-Otto was great in The Great Escape, too. Love the scene when he captures Richard Attenborough… “Your arms - UP!”

[@brianfergus839]

If not the greatest, definitely a top five Nazi actor

[@sartainja]

My favorite scene in the whole movie is when Oddball tells the Tank Commander that there is gold in that bank, and the eyes of the German grow really wide and you see the whites of his eyes. Classic.

[@ClovisdeCruz]

I think that's over-acting. It would be better if he stared back emotionless or maybe with a slight twitch of a facial expression.

[@UserNotFound-mw4hp]

It was prefect

[@studinthemaking]

Jeff Sartain I like how eyes slowly widening. As he realize what he was just told about the gold.

[@zacmcgrady2020]

His eyes look like he's high

[@stephenpowell5912]

Gets me all the time When Alberty's Sergeants Eyes gleam in shock at how much is in the bank he has his orders to guard 😀😁😂😃😄😅

[@fozzy1004]

The international language of money and gold never fails.

[@digimaks]

Yeah, don't give a fuck that Fascists invaded dozen of countries, burned towns and villages, sent civilians of all walks to concentration/death camps, killed few million soldiers on West and especially on East front, caused so much suffering, hunger, death and destruction - just care about money and gold... Round applause to that American logic.

[@fozzy1004]

@@digimaks Just because I made a factual statement about most low lives on this world does not mean I agree with it (do you believe in people thinking freely), and I'm NOT american. Would like to point out that greed is not an american thing, greed has been around for as long as the human race. That is actually a very racist comment you made as I have met many very generous and caring Americans personally, labelling a whole nationality in this way is as bad as the fascists.

[@picollojr9009]

@@digimaks congrats, you arent different from them

[@n1thecaptain965]

@@digimaks yes, that logic is very American **cough cough** **points at pirates, thieves, kidnappers and such shit that have been around since before England was a country, let alone the United States** **cough cough**

[@colinp2238]

And greed.

[@philipkruger563]

This movie was great on so many levels and hardly anyone talks about it, severely underrated

[@robertlonghi7949]

This scene is just fantastic. The opening seconds are obviously dedicated to Sergio Leone as the music pure spaghetti western. And what about those fabulous actors!! The smirks on their faces are magic.

[@dkangelmichael]

Telly Savalas "Cigarette?" German tank commander "No smoke. We have gasoline all over the place." Telly Savalas "Isalright." [ lights cigarette ]

[@annescholey6546]

The same officer who nicked Dickie Attenborough in The Great Escape. Herr Bartlett

[@howardcoles3537]

@@annescholey6546 I didn't know that. Well spotted ! I must watch the Great Escape again. This is one of my favourite scenes from " Kelly's Heoes", ! in fact the whole film is one of my favourites , - great entertainment !!

[@davidferrara1105]

@@annescholey6546 What a wonderful face he has for this character

[@MegaMkmiller]

@@annescholey6546 ''You're German is very good. So, I am told is your French. Your hands UP!''

[@charlietullos6726]

He never lit his cig just stuck it in his mouth

[@m.a.118]

Karl Otto Alberty is the legend of unsung German WWII extras.

[@Salamander6969]

And he's still alive, aged 86 in 2020

[@annescholey6546]

One of the last from the days of Diffring Preiss and Blech.

[@howardcoles3537]

@@Salamander6969 Wow ! That's good to know , I think he is a really good actor, and his performance as the Tiger Tank commander in this film is great I think !

[@Salamander6969]

Howard Coles Herr Alberty has had some great roles

[@studinthemaking]

You are correct sir.

[@Gamble661]

One of my all time favorite movies! Never get tired of watching it. I remember seeing it as a kid and asking my uncle who'd been a tanker in WWII if it was accurate. He must have laughed for a full minute. He loved the movie too though and this was our favorite scene.

[@sprinter1832]

The Yanks NEVER met Tiger tanks in Normandy, after D-Day Patton went South towards Vichy, the only Tigers the Yanks met, were 3 damaged ones on a railway flat car, going back to Germany for repairs! All the heavy tanks were congregated in one area, between the two expected landing beaches, Normandy and Pas de Calais!

[@SanitysVoid]

I met a guy who was in Nam on the rivers in the boats like Appoclypse now. I asked him the same thing and he said god no it was all professional and very business like. In anorther video on this movie a guy commented he knew a WWII taker who said the tank crew drinking sangria was painfully accurate.

[@xxxx-dk1vi]

Donald Sutherland Should Have Won Best Actor Oscar, great acting.

[@cotteredwards3498]

So it's a heist comedy, wrapped in a WWII epic, wrapped in a spaghetti western

[@jaewok5G]

I think it's more of a caper, wrapped in spaghetti, wrapped in Patton … but the world may never know

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

It's Kelly's Heroes. The run through the German held town in the jeep sold it to me. 2001 has nothing on this.

[@bigfoot163]

Exactly !!

[@0_Ka-Bar_0]

no it's more than that...It's Kelly's Heroes

[@tonyweaver2353]

Either way dont see that everyday.

[@VladiSSius]

At first the German tank commander was like -_- and then he was like o_o when he heard the amount of money he has to "defend" :D

[@RedThebigOne]

+VladiSSius YES those little eye slits into O-O huge $ eyes!

[@oldrocker74]

+RedThebigOne Wunderbar!!!!

[@jeffg1524]

+ VladiSSius: So agree. Just the expressions of everyone in this scene is priceless. One of my all-time favorite movies in any genre. Woof Woof!!

[@Doogie769]

That is the most detailed comment I read!hahha he was like -_- but than o_o and than $_$

[@nodnerbhu]

id betray a "1000 year reich" for that kind of cash exde

[@johnnyedge9594]

IT'S SO FREAKIN HILARIOUS...., IMFO, LOL....!!!!!!! ONE OF THE GREAT 👍 MOVIES....!!!!!!!

[@BobBuschor-tx5mg]

The one thing I miss about cable TBS Thanksgiving Clint Eastwood marthons

[@8fox261]

LOVE how they're pimping spaghetti westerns in this scene, complete with music!

[@dandyjesus]

Early Quentin Tarantino.

[@craiga2002]

Ennio Morricone takeoff.

[@hectorheathcote9495]

That music was an homage to Eastwood's spaghetti western days.

[@glennrobbins2372]

Definitely a nod to Sergio Leone there.

[@artokautiainen]

Awesome 😀 really Cowboys again👍

[@nickgur3984]

German commander's eyes opened when he heard how much gold was there😂😂

[@stephenpowell5912]

🤣 😂 😅 I love that scene from 😑to 👀

[@trentdawg2832]

Yea they did....he went from high nigga pie to sober as fuck when he said 65 million mark's

[@MegaMkmiller]

He forgot about his loyalty oath when he joined the Waffen SS pretty quick!

[@lepathewarrior4445]

@@MegaMkmiller well, his followed his orders, the funds didnt fall to american army :D

[@MegaMkmiller]

@@lepathewarrior4445 Yep! And to think Oddball bought the Tiger tank! ''The fuel system leaks all over the place it's a piece of junk!''

[@geoseward]

Karl Otto, Heidelberg scar and all was the perfect character for his role.

[@oldgoat142]

Hands down, one of my all-time favorites. I suffer from Narratum Verbatim with this flick. Proved it to some friends of mine when I said name the scene. They couldn't believe how I just spouted the lines word-for-word. First watched it with my older brother when I was 10 years old at the Crossbay theater in Queens, N.Y. Went to a Wetsons for a hamburger afterwards. I had a little toy race car in the bag as a prize with the kids meal. Great time to be a kid!!

[@TheOneandOnlyDuck]

Best part is when the German tank commander's eyes go wide after Sutherland tells him about the gold. Love it.

[@calibre97]

It's the epitome of the "You son of a bitch...I'm in!" meme. Dude weighed his options, thunk a thought or two..no more than...and came to the right conclusion. Boom goes the door. Divvy up the spoils and Bob's yer uncle.

[@jaymac6831]

I thought he responded like that because Oddball referred to him as sweetheart.

[@geo_ashburn]

This is an example of "War is War but Business is Business".

[@Timmy2384]

@@jaymac6831 it's because there's 16 million dollars of gold in there. That's why oddball also says "mmmmhmm" after seeing his realization even though he's trying to hide it. That's also why the next scene is the bank being blown open, he's so on board - zero hesitation.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@Timmy2384 That's $277 MILLION in today's money!

[@lookatthepicture4107]

when Clint Eastwood have a stare contest with a tank... the tank blinks

[@timothyball742]

And this tank has no eyes, fun stuff except for the Americans died in the land mine field.

[@TaintedMojo]

Doron Stauber unless it was a tiny Asian tank

[@JV-bj4kx]

Just look at the picture that makes me happy when i am alone and think will i die alone

[@retardcorpsman]

Timothy Ball Those minefields would commit suicide before they can touch Eastwood. He’s too glorious to step on them.

[@Wildstar40]

@Doron Stauber The Eastwood/Norris Stare Off has be ongoing for 30 years now.

[@star_friend]

German sergeant: "There are two kinds of people, those with Tiger tanks and those who don't have them... You don't have"

[@retardcorpsman]

Anatolii Moskalenko Clint Eastwood: ““I have a very strict armoured vehicle control policy: if there's a tank around, I want to be in control of it.”

[@star_friend]

@@retardcorpsman This phrase would sound even more great if Monco said it to Angelo from a hatch of Tiger tank in final duel scene "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly"

[@retardcorpsman]

Anatolii Moskalenko Lol XD

[@margaretkaluraq4905]

hahaha but they still win and they talk smart to win over the German . peace

[@KipIngram]

This scene still blows my mind just as much as it did the first time I ever saw it. Who would even THINK of dropping a Western showdown scene into a World War II movie? It's just beyond surreal, but it WORKS. And the look on Alberty's face when they tell him about the gold... oh my God. Classic.

[@PhamtomKnight101]

The badassery of this scene was too much, My computer blew up.

[@kubel83]

PhamtomKnight101 my head exploded 😅

[@digimaks]

I think it's not badass, it's rather corny.

[@Sorter_123]

Badassery 😁 what a noun !

[@Captain_Lockheed]

🤣

[@immockingu3510]

@@Captain_Lockheed my bedroom door exploded

[@skymaster9484]

Nobody could have played OddBall like Sutherland his expressions in this movie is priceless.

[@geo_ashburn]

My dad called Oddball "The First Hippie". 😂

[@zherean42069]

@@geo_ashburn lol

[@vincethepartypower]

BEST EVER WW2 MOVIE , with an top cast, actors, top story by Clint Eastwood , now 92 Years old. What a actor mr Clint !! one of the greatest movies of the last century. full of amazing actor's, paced just right, and never takes itself seriously. 6500000 MARKS private job ! hahaha Monuments men 2023 may!

[@RollTide1987]

I love how this scene pays homage to Eastwood's western days.

[@ecklecticgal7009]

Best scene in the movie. Well, anything with Donald Sutherland, and playing a 60s-style hippie in the 1940s makes it even funnier. I love how Clint plays it straight surrounded by a bunch of characters. The juxtaposition is what makes it so funny.

[@210clevenger9]

The most Western styled War Film I have Ever seen.

[@KrillLiberator]

Not surprising, The core plot device is taken straight from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (learning of stash of gold from dying / crazed officer and then going on journey through war zone to nick it).

[@boomerrob9223]

Even after all these decades the sound of spurs still cracks me up.

[@DemonWarp65]

This is the only movie that could have a character that's essentially a long hair hippie, and theme song that is one of the most peaceful songs you could ever listen to, and still make it one of the most macho movies ever made.

[@mikehileman9476]

There you go with those negative waves again. It was a beautiful tank.

[@ayzy5010]

Mike Hileman are you talking about the zimmerit? Those waves are there to deny enemies from sticking magnetic charges onto the tank.

[@n1thecaptain965]

@@ayzy5010 Ok, so that's what those are for. I've seen them before and always thought "why make your tank look like this? What's the purpose of these lines?"

[@JG-fe1gx]

Woof woof woof. That's his other dog impression.

[@johnnyguitar6639]

@@ayzy5010 Does it work? :oP

[@ayzy5010]

Johnny guitar German tanks had them and it worked fairly well. You can look up accounts of them

[@blujazz10000]

The first time I saw this scene I laughed for 5 minutes straight. Just hilarious !!! One of the funniest movies ever made.😂😂🤣😋

[@tylerwarden1208]

Best Clint Eastwood western scene!

[@jbrown1169]

Thank God they didn't take Moriarty, no telling what kind of bullshit negative waves he would have carried into the showdown.

[@patrickkruger5310]

Moriarity went on to Captain his own ship! I suppose he bought it with his share of the gold and called it the Love Boat. [Gavin McLeod (sp) was the actor's name]

[@theashpilez]

It was his idea to chat up the Germans and make a deal...wounded and still squaking

[@steventemple3636]

LMAO!

[@rune.theocracy]

there you go again with your negative waves.

[@ronaldshank7589]

Yeah... he'd of ruined the whole deal, baby! Always with them negative waves...shut up, Moriarty! Learn to think positive!

[@aidjunkie9142]

Great casting of the German. Remember how everyone gasped when they saw him in the cinema.

[@floridanative7105]

U, The American Army ??.No, Baby We, Ain't !! Love The Positive Vibes Man, WOLF - WOLF !!!

[@arkrazor354]

One of the things I'm most appreciative of in this scene is that 3 of the 4 actors are still alive as of 5/17/22!

[@thedarkwolfsif1750]

While the Tiger tank is clearly not a real tiger, you have to truly appreciate the length they went to stick to detail. The cannon mantle is almost perfect. The guns conical shape and muzzle break are accurate. Front space is accurate. Even the commanders hatch is spot on. While T-34-85 (The tank prop used) commanders hatches open 2 ways, with half of the hatch opening and the other half can stay closed, this one opens the entire hatch and to the side, just like a real Tiger. The amount of detail on these props are truly incredible. Almost perfect recreations, save the obvious reductions.

[@SparrowNoblePoland]

But anyone knowing about tanks will always recognize proportions and characteristic pattern of T-34's tracks.

[@scotttracy9333]

Props also to the key logo on the tank, marking 1 SS Liebstandarte , and the tank commander having the Iron Cross 2nd class ribbon and 1st class medal. Looking at the tank commander you can assess he must have seen plenty of experience on the eastern front what with scar as well

[@joekuul8769]

Clearly...

[@swaldron5558]

False turret on top?

[@sluggerfish2455]

100%, quite a bit of movies that portray Tiger I and Tiger II, even the Panther Tanks are so cringy because It doesn't even look similar "I am looking at you a bridge too far." The only movie I can think of that does a great job other than Kelly's Heroes is Saving Private Ryan, and obviously Fury, because they used the real " Tiger 131" in all of the scenes, even driving it through the English Countryside while shooting. The FX crew of Kelly's Heroes is great, they even took the time to add Zimmerit in the correct locations, and used cardboard and plaster in order to make the glacial plate meet the turret authentic. The FX team also went very far by making the rear of the tank look like an early generation Tiger I Austaf G adding the underwater exhaust and intake attachments the later generation Tiger I and Tiger II had removed.

[@johnrodriguez7742]

Rogue Soldiers, an SS Offizier, and $16Million in Gold. What's not to love about this WW II movie, eh?!😆

[@BadMoonRising92]

John Rodriguez it’s one of my favorite WW2 movies and it’s so far from being historically accurate lol really is a great movie

[@troycuh]

Because it's not even close to being historically accurate because that 34 on the tiger would of lit them up and they used a 42 instead of a 34

[@Coolhand24_]

RekedekIsGay nobody gives a shit

[@MrRugbylane]

Funny to think that the actual Gold Heist carried out by US soldiers (In Bavaria) was about $5,000,000,000,000 worth.

[@retardcorpsman]

WaterStukov “Greed goes a long way from loyalty. Even the most loyal armies can be swayed away with a gold tongue.”

[@TheGrayfrog100]

The more I watch this film, as I get older, the more I see. Amazing Film. PS. Woof!

[@qetoun]

The way the German slowly opens his eyes and closes them again. Says it all.

[@0ddba1l]

One mother of a movie!

[@chromosomecrusader4448]

+Oddball glad your back man... tell me... whats your name irl oddball?

[@oddballsok]

+Oddball don't hit me with them negative waves..

[@0ddba1l]

+ODDBALL SOK Woof Woof Woof!

[@Kelly14UK]

+Oddball I liked you in Citizen X and Bodysnatchers too.

[@kellysheroes7891]

+Oddball woof woof lol...

[@mikekell9889]

Used to watch this with my grandfather as a kid. Still love it. Dirty dozen, a bridge too far, the great escape, and all the other 60s and 70s ww2 classics.

[@nixonvanegas8715]

The best movies ever

[@heresytoburn3358]

you forgot dambusters.... tut tut but a bridge too far has to be one of the best ever made, along with waterloo

[@Heegaherger]

If you liked the Great Escape, I would seriously recommend the book that inspired the movie and written by a guy that was there. I found it in the WWII section of my HS library and it was the only thing I have ever knowingly considered stealing. To my surprise (and joy), it has been reprinted and is available on Amazon.

[@northlightartists]

Pretty much was the golden era of WW2 movies.

[@shooter7734]

The Bridge At Remagen, Night Of The Generals and early 60s Hell Is For Heroes So enjoyable

[@kreemkrackered3755]

Love how this one guy can drive a tank and be the gunner and loader and have a badass scar all at the same time..

[@donaldstinnett5630]

He wasn't the only member of the tank crew. He was the commander and stepped out to talk to Kelly and Big Joe and Oddball. The others are shown later, as they collect their gold and move out. The sergeant even says he and his men are ready to leave and salutes the Nazi way, giving Kelly a bit of a shrug.

[@gartwilliams3347]

Karl-Otto Alberty! Classic German Actor!

[@prisonerofthehighway1059]

Easily one of the best made movies of all time. The cinematography, acting, music, sound design, all fantastic.

[@balazspetho5070AgroGO]

Karl Otto Alberty really was born in Germany and he was a boxer. When he appeared in a film, the film was so good :)

[@thewarwagon5649]

He was also the officer who captures Roger Bartlett at the end of "The Great Escape."

[@jduff59]

What's interesting was Karl Otto was also in "Battle of the Bulge" which was a film about Tiger tanks among other things, but the Tiger mock-up in Kelly's Heroes" was half decent, and in Battle of the Bulge they used Patton tanks with no modification other that a cross painted on the turrets. I always thought that was beyond lame, but kudos to Kelly's set designer to at least fool us to think it was a Tiger tank (not an expert, but at least someone who knows a bit about what they should look like.

[@DjordjeDjurkovic]

Gringo This movie was shoot in cooperation with Yugoslavia so Tigers are very good in this movie (made on t 34 base), because they have unlimited budget, it will be later used again in Yugoslav partisan movies, and Yugoslavia didn't care about money.

[@TheBalls55]

The War Wagon Heer Bartlett your German is quite good.

[@patrickmcshane7658]

when his eyes open up when he hears about the gold.

[@bluefire37]

I've been watching this movie for years, but Turks don't know much about this movie, but when I watched it in English originally, I realized that our voice actors matched the mood of the movie perfectly :)

[@rogertroja4400]

I agree totally that this is one of the best war movies ever and that this scene in particular is so classic. I am surprised that no one else has mentioned the sound of the spurs inserted whenever they are shown walking down the street together... such a great homage to the 'westernness' of the scene. Subtle, but soooo important. EDIT: OK, so I just read deeper into the comments and one other person did mention the spurs. I will never forget when I first saw this move (in a first run theater when it was released) and I heard them. So perfect.

[@drpapa26]

We never got to see a Spaghetti Western scene with Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland together. But this awesome scene will do.

[@jeffg1524]

+drpapa26 Yep, complete with the Spaghetti Western-type music playing in the background. Gotta love it.

[@Dabhach1]

First saw this movie with a bunch of kids from school when I was 12 years old. For the rest of that year, everyone wanted to be Donald Sutherland.

[@svenblackwell4550]

Joe Francis same here :-)

[@boomerrob9223]

I still do!

[@glennbond8266]

Love this scene. Great. The German guy’s eyes opening up is great when he hears about the money.

[@samanthab1923]

One of my top 3 WW2 films. The Great Escape, Dirty Dozen & Kelly's Heroes. The best. I often think who they would cast these roles in today.

[@natelav534]

*points mg at them* "what are you waiting for? Fire!" "Sir... its Clint Eastwood" "swivel the cannon around...NOW!"

[@benjaminschabel4847]

hahaha xD

[@jaewok5G]

"when you have to shoot, shoot. don't talk"

[@murphy13295]

A perfect scene . Score ( spurs , a beautiful homage to the " man with no name " ) ,facial expressions , mannerisms . Telly nonchalantly resting his hand in the barrel of the Tiger , Odd Ball enjoying the irony , trying to keep a straight face . Every bit down to the chicken and the rat alongside the building . Perfection .

[@tomhearns143]

rat?

[@Eldarion72]

I love the way Oddball smiles briefly, just before the conversation starts, as if thinking "Man, what a situation..."