Valkyrie: Hitler's Berghof

This scene is essentially Chapter 13 of the Valkyrie Blu-Ray disk - I in no way own the rights of this scene nor the mention of the film, it is Copyrighted to Director Bryan Singer and his associates from United Artists as well as MGM Pictures® 2009. This is simply for the pleasure of the KZbin audience and for viewing purposes solely - I in no way encourage the illegal distribution/copy of this scene or the movie itself. If this video is taken down, then I apologize for the inconvenience.
The scene shows Col. Stauffenberg of the Wehrmacht Army being escorted up the Bavarian mountains along with General Fromm to formally meet Adolf Hitler and his entourage at his Berghof estate in hopes that he will sign the newly rewritten (unbeknown to Hitler) Operation Valkyrie. The scene shows the eerie lifestyle of Nazi Germany's Fuhrer and of the personalities of top ranking officials in Hitler's Regime; notable men such as Reichsfuhrer of the Shutzstaffel Heinrich Himmler, Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, Commander of the Luftwaffe Herman Goering and a cameo appearance of Blondie (house dog). The men are seen conversing and laughing together as Col. Stauffenberg is brought in, the scene's suspenseful nature unfolds from there on. Under Hitler's nose, Stauffenberg succeeds in evading suspicion on the account of the rewritten Valkyrie plan. Hope you enjoy the scene!

[@dennishilbert8979]

Steiner's attack will fix everything for sure

[@wwallace0071]

lolol

[@Lord_Pilaf]

Steiner...

[@josephstalin7353]

Stiener couldn't mobilize enough men... the attack never took place ..

[@theunraveler]

@@josephstalin7353 These men will remain behind: Keitl, Jodl, Krebs and Burgdof

[@mingQWERTY]

@@theunraveler ... Das war ein befehl! Der angriff Steiner war ein befehl!

[@arthurrubio5129]

The crazy thing is almost everyone in this scene killed themselves or was executed.

[@mikeggg5671]

Indeed - Albert Speer was the only one to survive the war, and the Amerikan puppet Nurnburg trials.

[@angelusvastator1297]

Japan on the other hand...

[@jjns5600]

@@mikeggg5671 Although he did serve a substantial prison sentence, almost the rest of his life, in Landsburg prison. Life....essentially over!

[@jjns5600]

@pearlsnaredrummer77 The RAF did bomb the Berghof in preparation for a potential last stronghold from the S.S., which never happened. I visited the site three years ago, where also the Kehlstein house or 'Eagle's Nest' still stands. The bunker complexes, which survived the bombings, are available to tour as well. Beautiful country in the Alps and amazing history.

[@aureliaworx4592]

The guard ,driver maybe also survived the war

[@maxprince6680]

Whoever they got to play the dog did an incredible job

[@sammaniatis7039]

Nice one from someone with 2 dog names :)

[@upeast_ru502]

Yes the dog playing "Blondie" did an incredible job, I believe she was nominated for Best New Supporting Actor at The Golden Globes...

[@goldenmanuever1176]

Blondie.

[@merkcityboy834]

The way this world is I wouldn’t doubt it he’s prolly bani g all the German girls too.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Nazi dogs are the best

[@barkingstarz4730]

Behind the scenes historical context: Hitler was at his mountainside Berghof celebrating Herman Feigelein’s marriage to Eva Braun’s sister. The wedding reception was held at the Eagles Nest, above the Berghof (still in existence today as a restaurant). The celebration lasted for several days, meanwhile the allied invasion of Normandy took place. Hitler departed the Berghof in early July, never to return.

[@duniagowes]

I'm a bit confused here. Do you think this is Stauffenberg's first visit to Hitler in Berghof? From what I know, Hitler greeted Stauffenberg outside his house. The second visit, Stauffenberg brought a bomb but Himmler was not there. So he cancelled the mission.

[@tinomejia8396]

@@duniagowes Thanks for posting this......fascinating stuff (especially for a WW2 history nut like me).

[@ryanvelez6367]

This is how I feel everytime I go into my boss's office

[@3t6e6p]

LOL True man.

[@TangFiend1]

Every last one of us

[@CEOkiller]

Is your boss a Nazi?

[@edhoover996]

lawnboy repair

[@shirleybertrand7890]

Ryan Velez I was goin to up vote your comment till i seen you have a latino last name👎

[@Killjoy45]

- Reich Marshall Goering assures me that everything is under control. - Last time he told you that, the British bombed Berlin. - ...good point. Let me sign that paper.

[@garrysutters1835]

Tom Brice to be fair that's a myth that Goering was the man behind that.

[@maureenleat9127]

Killjoy45 and m

[@DataWaveTaGo]

Battle of Britain Note This says a lot: It was not until the Luftwaffe radio monitoring service and the German Post office set up their listening stations on the coast of France in July 1940 that the Luftwaffe realized it was up against something new and of vital importance. First the operators discovered that the ether on the 12 meter band was alive with signals radiating out across the channel from the tall and seemingly silent radar masts along the English coast. The second shock came as the Channel convoy battles developed. British voices could be heard on H.F. accurately directing formations of fighters towards unseen German raiders. The air was full of voices, calmly and systematically placing fighters here and there and guiding others back to base. It dawned on the listeners that this was part of a complex and smooth-running organization of great size. - Chapter 10 "The System" from "The Narrow Margin - The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power" Derek Wood and Derek Dempster (c) 1961

[@odysseusrex5908]

I like the look on Goebbels's face after Hitler says that, like he knows that just isn't so.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@ Yeah, they just won on three continents, while the Nazis lost on two.

[@StoryTimeZE]

Bruno Ganz gets all the press with his incredible performance in downfall. But the actor playing hitler here is incredible too. The hunched posture, the delusional and egotistical personality, and the deep baritone speaking voice. Not as iconic and brilliant as Bruno Ganz, but pretty slept on in my opinion

[@hoedemakerbart]

I think so. i have a real picture of Hitler in around 1942. And it's seems more correct. Brink ganz is also correct for the near the end Hitler where hè gained more weight due all the abuse

[@luisvaldes1568]

A. Hopkins played Hitler the best in 1978 TV movie. I saw it when I was 12.

[@diegogaray3091]

Pero no se puede negar que Bruno Ganz en exactamente igual a Hitler

[@victorbrunswick]

@@luisvaldes1568 Ian McKellen played Hitler in a 1989 TV movie called Countdown to War and I thought he had Hitler's inflections and speech patterns down pat.

[@Bazookatone1]

You wanna know a hum dinger? that actor played Mr Collins in the seminal BBC Mini series of Pride and Prejudice in 1995.

[@leslielaverick-stovin8823]

In May 1991, my wife, young son and I stayed in what was once Albert Speer house just down the main road from the Berghof. Our room was indeed Albert and Margaret’s bedroom. Each morning we sat and had breakfast on the balcony and looked down to Berchtesgaden and surrounding area, stunning. Had lunch in the Platterhof (General Walker Hotel) and would venture down in to the bunker system. A few years ago returned…all gone apart from the museum. SS barracks, diplomats house (near the Berghof) Goerings house and so on, so much history destroyed. Now a huge car park…

[@erikbouma9408]

They are now doing the same thing with confederate statues. Destroying history doesn’t delete it. So sad.

[@PriestOfOn]

I'm looking into stay in the area, which house is Albert Speer's house?

[@Mark-yy2py]

Yes, we were at the general Walker hotel the week before it closed forever (Sept 1994). They gave us a great tour of the area to include all the bunkers underneath. There were a few tunnels that have been locked up for 40 years that they managed to open up and explored them as well. Unforgettable.

[@danschneider9921]

I like the fact that they got hitlers speaking voice correct. His normal everyday voice was actually low and clear

[@FreGZile]

Yeah, it's a change from cartoonish representations of him in most movies

[@timburr4453]

that is true. Everyone has it as more high pitched with an unstable...frantic pitch. even when speaking normally. It was low and steady

[@stevencoardvenice]

Makes it scarier

[@antichristcountersignaler9061]

Yeah thats probably the only thing they got right

[@georgecampbell9638]

It sounds just like his real voice, if he spoke English.

[@publius6004]

"Normandy? That won't be necessary, Reich Marshall Göring has assured that everything is completely under control." Goebbels: Uh.....

[@Beppo85]

Publius lol, in his diary Goebbels loathed Goering

[@Governor2310]

Beppo85 quite a few people loathed him.

[@arifakyuz7673]

That Morphinist!

[@PanzerCrewman]

Crazy to think Goring had far above average IQ of 138

[@Tuga_Cel]

ken van IQ in fatness.

[@ajchovanec]

Here's a neat little detail: At 1:37 you can see that Albert Speer is wearing an Organization Todt armband. Organization Todt was a civil and military engineering firm that was founded by Fritz Todt. Speer succeeded Todt as the head of that organization, and also as the Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions after the latter died in a plane crash in 1942. Speer was originally supposed to be on the same plane. It has been suggested but never proven that Todt was assassinated on Hitler's orders, because he had previously recommended that Hitler sue for peace with Russia. Todt's production figures also suggested that the German economy could not support the defeat of Russia.

[@MagnusElpron]

Few small inadequacies: -The Berghof was against the slope a mountain, not on top as we see at the beginning - Himmler was very rarely at the Berghof, all 3 at the same time even more - The round table with the globe where they sit was actually on the right in the room, not the left

[@juniormakovsky9206]

- From September 1939 on, Hitler only wore his green uniform jacket with black tie and pants.

[@gustidu]

Also Hitler had very bad sight. He couldn't sign a document without using glasses.

[@DarianMusallah]

Not only was Himmler rarely at the Berghof but he was not a member of Hitler's "inner circle" which we see here. He did not belong to the clique which contained Goerring, Goebbels & others, which regularly associated exclusively with Hitler. In fact for a long time he rarely met with Hitler himself at all, so it's very unlikely he would ever have been here

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

​@@juniormakovsky9206he wasn't one for suits much before either

[@thegrass7199]

This is how i feel when asking my parents for money

[@alexanderwalle3568]

An eye is great for stress, something to do with and play with the hands, but not with some knucklehead watchin' ya it ain't.

[@javieranguiano4654]

Then find a job or learn how to manage money better.

[@tusengwu5624]

Relic22 Get a job you bum

[@filimongalogavros5301]

Uneasy . . .

[@Ambtrannight2023]

@@tusengwu5624 He's probably just a kid chill

[@ancalites]

Guy playing Hitler plays him like he's one heartbeat away from having a stroke.

[@lust4power]

ancalites that's how Hitler health was towards the end of the war

[@nigelrequiem]

LOL! According to the official version of events!

[@thedavescloop]

^ there's no eye roll on earth powerful enough for this guy.

[@BAMAVADER]

the worst portrayal ever

[@davidekstrand8544]

Robert Schmidt I certainly think Goebbels look a hobgoblin especially in that tan jacket.

[@LightningJackFlash]

Tom Cruise did a terrific job here portraying Stauffenberg. Respect.

[@lepetitchat123]

Wish he could speak German 😂

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

He did well on this . But the whole casting of this film was excellent as well as the acting. They knew exactly what they were doing

[@cashewnuttel9054]

You know what I don't respect? Falcone looking upset at the guy who requested for some fresh tea to be brought in. Why would he be upset at such a mundane request? He was leaving the room and could easily pass the word on to the staff.

[@LightningJackFlash]

@@cashewnuttel9054 That's really interesting because I haven't noticed any upset on Fromm's face after Keitel asked him to care for fresh tea. If you notice any upset then congrants on being so discerning or astute.

[@maxazzopardi7446]

"Goring has assured me the Luftwaffe can halt the attack on Normandy and supply 750,000 cut off German soldiers in Stalingrad by air. Also Goring has assured me the Luftwaffe will be able provide our U-Boats with the necessary fuel by dropping barrels into the ocean. Goring is also my acid my dealer"

[@DeltaSniperZRR]

Tom Cruise really looks like von Stauffenberg, amazing.

[@NYG1991]

He did such a great job in this movie.

[@sacitmanav]

+Lt Col Speirs sir can get a cigarrette

[@DeltaSniperZRR]

sacit manav My pack of cigarettes is empty after all these years.

[@sacitmanav]

+Lt Col Speirs i heard some strories about cigarette is that true sir ?

[@IronPiedmont]

Tome Cruise did an amazing job.

[@nathanpilgrim-howe3238]

Lesson: Don’t sign anything you haven’t read first. 😂😂😂

[@darthjarjar5309]

Wells that’s what all our Ivy League educated politicians here in the US do. They vote and usually sign laws that are hundreds and sometimes thousands of pages long without ever reading a quarter or any of it.

[@Jemz35]

@@darthjarjar5309 Yep like old man joe, haven't read a bill he signed they just told his to do it. smh

[@florinivan6907]

Minor detail even if he had read it there's no guarantee he would have realised the implications. All that would show is that the new plan doesn't include the SS. Assuming he remembered what the original plan said there's still no certainty that he would put two and two together.

[@iratepirate3896]

Very classic. Still, it would have been difficult to comprehend the altered plan given the subterfuge involved. It's a contingency plan.

[@kbcarroll]

@@florinivan6907 exactly. He didn't understand the implications of the document in front of him in spite of reading it; because it had been drafted by a beaurocrat with the express purpose of obfuscating it's true intentions. The textbook definition of virtually all legislation now. They even give them cute names like "Patriot Act"

[@HigHrvatski]

Cruise played Von Stauffenberg very well. Notice when the children exit the room his head movements as he tries to use his one good eye to take in their full picture.

[@andoni1987]

When I watched this scene the first time, it was really tense for me because I thought that when Hitler was reading the document, he would notice the changes in the document that'd be used against him. Now, the more I watch it, the more I realise that when he opened the folder and started reading, he was actually clueless and started talking about Wagner and the Valkyries to try and disguise the fact that he didn't have the slightest idea of what was in front of him and signed it anyway whilst hiding his ignorance about it.

[@the_j_machine2254]

Wait seriously?

[@ImperialKnight86]

Do you know what the document said? What was changed and what was the original text?

[@usayeed727]

More likely it was the fact that being such a long and large file he skimmed through most of it and didn’t bother analysing it in detail. He just knew the broad strokes of what the document outlined.

[@PainfulHail134]

I knew it. I had a feeling that Hitler wasn't reading it at all. Only probably the first paragraph and nothing else. He was already thinking of something else, that is why he signed it to get it out of the way

[@jdee8407]

Well Hitler signed it irl so yeah makes sense.

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Are we just going to ignore the *GENIUS* of the camera focusing on Himmler with the words "choosing who will live and who will die..." Next-level directing. Amazing movie.

[@reflection8578]

I can’t see what you mean.

[@monarch2834]

Damn.....that was brilliant ! I didn't notice that, well done.

[@IrishCarney]

Fits in many ways. Not just because Himmler was the central figure under Hitler for the Holocaust, but also because of the leading Nazis under Hitler Himmler was the most into German mythology and pagan mysticism, and also because Himmler and his SS were responsible for internal security and thus the real key obstacle and target of the Valkyrie plan.

[@UnRu1eD]

Himmler... The fucking coward.

[@rickglorie]

I like the whole atmosphere. The idyllic landscape and stilish Berghoff, the eary music contrasted by the chuckling madmen, the inner strife that was signature nazi stuff. Well done.

[@rajiandaigonmei3274]

German military dress is an art

[@ajinkyatarodekar9099]

Made by Hugo Boss

[@stewpid41]

They did look sharp

Ajinkya Tarodekar the Nazi SS uniforms were. However most of the German Wehrmacht uniforms in WW2 were modified versions of the German Imperial uniforms from WW1 and Hugo Boss just produced them.

[@MyDavidlynch]

we were told we were saved from Hitler but could it have been a bigger mess than now ?

[@briansmith2739]

The Inspiration for Zeon Uniforms in Gundam 0079 was actually based on the Nazi's.

[@georgiapeach3109]

Amazing scene, such tension, such ambiance, such atmosphere. I believe at 3:20, when Hitler says that Normandy is of no consequence, Staffonborg knows he has to go through with this. There is no choice. Hitler is delusional and his top cabinet are afraid to tell him anything that he doesn't wish to hear.

[@TopGunner1994]

Indeed. A well-made movie, though not 100% accurate. The issue of Normandy, for example. Pretty much every German thought that what was happening in Normandy was just a diversionary force and that the real invasion was about to happen soon in Pas-de-Calais. I think I’m correct in saying that it would take two weeks for Hitler to realize that Normandy is the real deal. Still, the filmmakers nailed this movie. One of my favorites.

[@UKsoldier45]

The actor playing Hitler here played the Rev Collins in the wonderful Pride and Prejudice arrangement in 1995! (The Colin Firth adaptation). Who would have thought! Excellent casting!!

[@SlyJohn]

That german shepherd is so elegant

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

SlyRecon Blondi

[@bongobrandy6297]

Not for too long!

[@castillo33brandon]

Because it’s the best breed in the world

[@killerclone1786]

Actually that's a Czechoslovakian Shepherd there's a big difference a German Shepherd will normally have mostly Brown around its face except for except for its mouth and it's a nose a Czechoslovakian has an all black face

[@castillo33brandon]

killer clone nah

[@possumGFX]

Such a german thing that a revolt has to be signed by the leader.

[@1CE.]

Like 69 Nice

[@morrisheinersz2005]

i thought the very same thing.

[@aleksanderbajko7037]

they cant do nothing without befehl, even today

[@stevencoardvenice]

Very bureaucratic

[@attilaamihan6196]

What Happened To His Eye

[@Roshand-pl9tn]

When i heard cruise was making this movie i wondered if he could pull it off. This scene proved he did. The actor playing hitler gave me the bumps he was sooo good. Probably should have used him more.

[@scottianson5133]

I thoroughly enjoyed Valkyrie. It was tense and well made, and the uniforms and architecture are beautiful.

[@natedeichard1261]

Fun fact about the germans in WW2: They didn't speak English.

[@richtea615]

After WW2 they kind of had to.

[@JustANervousWreck]

This is so people can actually understand them

[@zauberbaum1830]

@IMxYOURxDADDY and 0,1% of russians.

[@aishahdzol7916]

It's just a movie. Even Schindler's List speak english.

[@crysis_pyscho9386]

No fucking shit smartass

[@MrJoec2010]

Hitler, Goering, Himmler and Goebbels all in that room laughing and relaxing. Yet such a tense scene. Lets face it, that scene does look pretty cool.

[@tarekneloy1140]

And field marshal keitel was there too, standing. Such intense

[@MrJoec2010]

Zip Zenac wow, didn’t know they didn’t get on. Does that go for all of them?

[@MichaelBrown-rg8oi]

@Zip Zenac If he would have hit towards Moscow faster... (You can always go into the what if's but an obvious mistake)

[@D88111]

@Miscellaneous Stuff Nah, Goebbels was a loyal follower of Hitler so was Himmler

[@D88111]

@Miscellaneous Stuff Goebbels was definitely the most loyal but I’m pretty sure after Himmler surrendered to the Americans by the permission of A.H, they didn’t know it was him at first and just before he killed himself he said “I’m Heinrich Himmler loyal follower of A.H”

[@brucetucker4847]

"One cannot understand National Socialism if one does not understand Wagner." How true! One cannot understand how badly Hitler and the Nazis understood Wagner if one does not understand Wagner. The same goes for Nietzsche as well.

[@hugobarrett63]

Yes for Wagner, but not for Nietzsche. Nietzsche was not a pan-Germanist or a Jew hater. On the contrary, Nietzsche broke with Wagner due to Wagner's anti-Semitic ideas that Nietzsche tells in his essay "The Case of Wagner". In Nietzsche's "Ecce Homo", Nietzsche harshly criticizes German people and he mentions his disgust with anti-Semitic people saying "I even shook hands with an anti-Semite, then I washed my hands." The reason Nietzsche is associated with Nazism is his sister's support for Hitler. She misinterpreted Nietzsche's ideas such as Übermensch, taking it as if it was about the superiority of Aryan race, and telling her brother Nietzsche would absolutely support the Nazis if he were alive, which was untrue as there are many proofs from Nietzsche's own writings.

[@attilaamihan6196]

Letters To Iwo Jima Valkyrie Pearl harbor Hacksaw Ridge

[@wulfsorenson8859]

No the one who doesn’t understand Wagner is YOU judging by that comment

[@KiriakosVilchez]

@@hugobarrett63 I agree that Nietzsche had a general antipathy concerning German nationalism and reviled anti-Semitism, yet it's also worthy of note that he's considered the father of post modern nihilism in theory. As a nihilist, while he definitely wouldn't have had any desire to be supportive of the Nazis at all, he probably wouldn't have gone out of his way to stop Hitler either. A nihilist is not exactly the kind of person who will put their own self-preservation on the line for the sake of altruism.

[@hugobarrett63]

@@KiriakosVilchez Dude, Nietzsche was not a nihilist. This is a big misunderstanding about Nietzsche. He saw it something to overcome rapidly. Rather, Nietzsche favored existentialism.

[@lyonvensa]

Legit one of the most suspenseful and tense movie scenes I've ever seen. Hitler does look unhinged and he might snap anytime.

[@fastdak25]

3:10 I think what everyone over looked in this scene is Goebbels' look on his face right after Hitler says everything is fine (with Normandy). Goebbels knows it's not, but you see his fear to speak up.

[@beccalowry6437]

fastdak25 I caught that too!

[@B_B463]

fastdak25 I thought so too at the beginning, but later I assumed that he got a bit irritated by Stauffenberg for insisting too much.

[@punk952]

@fastdak25 I'm sorry but your comment is very cringe inducing. 1st this is a movie and everything you witnessed was written by the person who wrote the script. Yes the meeting did happen in real life but do you really expect the writers to reenact it verbatim? not to mention the movement of the actors, the mood, the facial expressions all of that is scripted. 2nd If you think Goebbels knew about Normandy and did not speak of it because he was "afraid" of Hitler then I'm sorry but you're a dumbass. You would think he would tell Hitler since they're on the same side, and both want to win the war? That's why people in general have meetings to work things out if there is an issue? In this case a WAR TO WIN? but I guess you wouldn't think about that you idiot.

[@Luthies]

@@punk952 Living up to your username I see. Also read a history book from time to time before typing out your thoughts.

[@punk952]

@@Luthies I could say the exact same thing about you.

[@qefta626]

Hitlers speaking English. But his voice is correct. Look up his REAL normal voice. He never had a light scratchy voice like he did in rants. His real voice was buttery as hell

[@yummyyum36719]

Low baritone. He used the break, which on that voice type is lower than say a tenor like Franklin Roosevelt would have been, in order to sound like he was at the end of his rope emotionally. I can't think of a speaker who exploited getting his voice to crack on purpose any better than Hitler. Bill Clinton's scratchy "I feel your pain" is perhaps a very distant 2nd.

[@attilaamihan6196]

If They Listen To Hitler They Failed

[@kittylionmeowroar7572]

smooth & silky

[@carpenoctem775]

The actor who portrayed Hitler did a great job. My favorite scene in this movie.

[@kittylionmeowroar7572]

was TomCrewze

[@GregoryShtevensh]

That was Eddie Murphey, showing his ability to do numerous roles like in the Nutty Professional Socialist. He pulled this one off perfectly

[@flisko123]

what actor? they used real hitler

[@juhannusruusu]

tf, that's david bamber u dumbass@@GregoryShtevensh

[@Boxingbear]

This is such an amazing scene. And even more so for viewers who are familiar with the men in this room in their full historical context.

[@kittylionmeowroar7572]

K-9blondee

[@alexanderlyon1215]

No kidding. Showing the 'inner circle' of the Nazi regime in the same room and how they look really close to their real life counterparts makes this scene even more tense.

[@Bazookatone1]

The one thing we can credit the Nazi's for is having a leadership made up of men who were like Dick Tracey villains, between Hitler's moustache, Goering being morbidly Obese, Himmler's creepy spectacles and haircut and Goebbles looking like a mummy, it makes casting them in films easy, just put on enough prosthectics and bobs yer uncle.

[@larrylopez2479]

Hitler's German Shepherd could sense Stauffenberg is an enemy.

[@Vara91391]

Her name was Goldi

[@pudsrus2]

PFG - 45 Ag. 042-IO Blondie

[@brunostiglitz7535]

actually blondi

[@Vara91391]

holy crap you guys are right, the article I read, in hand, says Goldi, but in many online articles, Blondi. Probably typo.

[@brunostiglitz7535]

watch downfall as well, intro of the movie blondi is complemented by hitler

[@mallardcutter7209]

The set designer did a great job !! This looks exactly like the real residence I’ve seen the photos of.

[@FreGZile]

Except it was not built on the mountain top but on its flank therefore you couldn't seen the mountains peaks behind like depicted here

[@SuperNevile]

Yes, but the seating area was to the right of the window, not the left as seen here, and the fireplace was at the back of the room rather than at the left of the window. They obviously went to a lot of trouble getting the set as accurate as possible, so this was probably done for cinematic reasons, maybe power better being seen coming from stage left or something like that, and the fireplace needed to be in shot for other symbolic reasons.

[@whoknowswhocares885]

Hard to reference considering the place was destroyed.

[@dalepeto9620]

With a World War being lost I doubt the scene would be so light hearted. They are meeting in the middle of a light purple carpet. The carpet to me symbolizes them awash in a sea of blood.

[@duniagowes]

Count von Stauffenberg described this meeting : "...the atmosphere was degenerate, and fatid. He claimed that he found it hard to breathe . Of his fellow participants he noted, only Albert Speer gave the impression of normality. The others were psychopath. " (Dr Mark Felton)

[@lucasgrey9794]

Mark Felton is an idiot.

[@colstephens76]

What a swanky pad. I couldn’t be bothered with war if I had a place in the mountains like that. The skiing would be awesome.

[@Bahamut3525]

Hitler precisely went there to get out of the madness of Berlin chancellery and German cities where he could not focus as well. Berghof was off the grid in nature so he could breathe calmly and make decisions. In Germany itself, he was constantly hounded by thousands of people, even outside the chancellery, and inside too by all the employees. If you've been to the mountains compared to the cities, you can understand. It's a different life.

[@EmperorEric]

I love how worried everyone looks in this scene, Geobbels knows of the struggle that awaits them, Reich Marshal Göriñg looks tense probably because of the drugs he’s on and immense pressure of his luftwaffe to repel the red army and Normandy landings.

[@santiagomachado7378]

Goebbles looks like he would shoot either of them if they spoke too far out of line, Göring knew that the Normandy landings were most certainly out of control for the Wehrmacht and just feigns confidence, Himmler looks like he's analyzing Stauffenberg to determine what he's really up to, Keitel is there just to annoy Fromm and Hitler still retains some semblance of normalcy, because by early 1945 he would already be suffering a breakdown. Speer is rather quiet

[@KB4QAA]

EA: Actually, his drugs would have relaxed him.

[@anonops1980]

Goering was addicted to morphine. Hitler was also addicted to Pervitin, a metamphetamime.

[@bpdbhp1632]

Goring always thought that the luftwaffe could be at all places at ones and that they could do more than was realisticly possible of an air force in that time. If they had a good leader then the second world war wouldve been entirely different

[@florinivan6907]

@@bpdbhp1632Even with good leaders you can't have more planes or ships or tanks than the resources you have. Considering the awful strategic situation of Germany they got pretty much the best they could possibly hope for or about 90% of what was realistic.Everyone talks about how much more the germans could get few ever talk about how Germany could have lost it all in 1939 or 1940. Germany getting to Moscow in 1941 was plausible. Germany winning the entire war before the US got the bomb not really. The germans had a very weak hand in 1939. Considering the circumstances they got about the most that was plausible. The more they won the less plausible it got for them to maintain that winning streak.

[@ZPerpetua]

Hitler: *Goring has everything under control* Me: *sideways glance at history*

[@yw9113]

@Stxr KillerX still doesn't make the above statement less true

[@MK-rw1on]

@Stxr KillerX actually wrong many nazis survived the war and told lies that went into the mainstream.

[@oneandy2]

Goering was constantly giving Hitler bad advice. From the threat of Allied strategic bombing, to the development of long range allied fighters, to the threat from the west the Allied landings posed. I don't know if this exact scene played out like this in real life but it encapsulates Goering's role in the whole thing perfectly. A drug addled buffoon living in a dream world, elevated to a position of power and influence solely because of his loyalty to Hitler.

[@nicholask7173]

The reason Hitler trusted Göring was because he was the best german General during world war 2

[@oneandy2]

​@@nicholask7173 You should read up on him. He was a 100% political appointee. Early supporter of the Nazi party, long before it had power. And he was an aristocrat with money, so his early support really meant something.

[@jaymeister4850]

Goebbels and Göring passing that sly look between them. Priceless

[@dxwallace55]

Himmler looks Asian......

[@MrLive2win]

Great movie. I haven't seen any comments here about Brad Davis film version of this same story. Yet Bryan Singer directed this one wonderfully.

[@a_23656]

This scene does tell it all. The underlying depression, the discomfort, the fear, living in germany in times of war.

[@alexfromboston8303]

And a war that was all but lost by that point.

[@hriscubogdan2292]

You can see that in Goebbles' and Goering's fleeting glances when Hitler faces Staufenberg.

[@Steve992.1]

No it doesn’t, it’s a movie scene not real life. By the way Germans weren’t speaking English in WW2

[@MT-qt9mw]

Depression and discomfort? Those are the things that the Nazis got rid of before the war, including poverty and suicides. Hitler was pretty much elected chancellor by the people before he assumed dictatorship. Apparently he fulfilled all promises of better and happier Germany following the Great Depression.

[@Tx66]

@@Steve992.1average redditor detected

[@donniemontoya9300]

Shockingly similar to Hitler's actual voice. There only exists one known recording of Hitler's speaking voice during a small private meeting. It was a conversation that was recorded in secret. The man's actual indoor speaking voice was very methodical and deliberate. He had a very low pitch voice. He had excellent control over his voice and how he presented himself in different contexts and different audiences.

[@AlderaansRanger]

Are you referring to the recording of him on his personal train and him talking?

[@mithunkartha]

Mannerheim's bday.

[@letsgobrandon8101]

@@rockwellrhodes7703 its just the video. Super quiet

[@eksiarvamus]

Didn't it also reveal a rather lower class speaking style?

[@Joe-xd3ur]

Great observation. He had a very deep voice. A lot of actors gave him a high pitched squeak

[@omerbrooklyn8716]

Amazing acting from the dog, I felt that it definitely carried hitler in the movie

[@naderaymantalhouk6489]

Ironically while hitler was explaining about valkyrie saying who will live and who will die, stauffenberg was staring at himmler😅😅🤣

[@thegreek2640]

Shameful that the movie “Downfall” was NEVER mentioned nor recognized at the Oscars.

[@balwc147]

One of the best movies

[@DannyBoy777777]

Bull shit. It was nominated for several awards. Moron.

[@alexm566]

afaik it has to be shown in the US to be nominated 🤔

[@DannyBoy777777]

@@alexm566 it was nominated for an academy award. Best foreign film.

[@alexm566]

@@DannyBoy777777 shame it didn't get it then

[@Agent1W]

2:04 General Lord Cornwallis at it again, still serving His Majesty across time with his uncanny spy skills.

[@jjrj8568]

Lord Cornwallis shaped the last 4 centuries of the world; only a few selected individuals know this; where he hides now,we don't know

[@Agent1W]

@@jjrj8568 Not even Dr. Who figured out the mystery.

[@CoderShare]

Don't forget Lord Cutler Beckett was an undercover agent first as the Führer's secretary.

[@millaz26]

Give me the horse blanket! 😂😂😂

[@dalepeto9620]

The adjutant was King George III in John Adams. Powerful scene

[@alexfriedman2047]

Crazy how they made it look exactly like the real bergoff which was destroyed!! They did a really good job.

[@humbertoflores2545]

It was not destroyed.! It was taken by the 101th Airborne Regiment of the US Army.

[@bryanenglish2303]

@@humbertoflores2545 Easy Comapny, 501 Parachute Regiment of the 101st Airborne DIVISION not regiment

[@eduardop.z.2220]

​​​​@@humbertoflores2545 The one you are referring to is called the Eagle's Nest, and it was another of Hitler's proprieties. The one depicted here, the Berghof, was indeed destroyed.

[@remivoulon9535]

The scene in the room with Hitler and his....pack of wolves gives me the genuine chills.

[@AmericasChoice]

You think the men in Washington, D.C., London, Moscow, Rome and Tokyo were any better? Crack open a book or two...

[@bak33v92]

It's impressive how much detail they put into the glass eye and only making one of his eyes move

[@gutzzgutzz6795]

I was wondering why he wasnt wearing his eye patch if it was a blooper..

[@attilaamihan6196]

Why He Has An Another Eye

[@Gamma_249]

@@attilaamihan6196 his eye was badly damaged during a strafing run in Africa earlier in the film, and it couldn't be saved. Now he has only one eye, while carrying the damaged one with him in a little box out of sentiment I guess

[@DeffoSpaniel]

You can see Tom Cruise squinting his eye, looking in another direction very slightly as well. Very nice acting

[@LesiureBoy]

Just finished watching Valkyrie, holy shiiiit, what a terrific movie. Tom Cruise was great along with every actor. Highly recommend.

[@Immortal__]

Steve Kimble S. What is it about?

[@Saul_Bueno]

Black Book is also an Incredible WW2 movie. It's about the Dutch recistence.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Immortal, Is that a serious question? It is about the attempt, by German officers, to assassinate Hitler, take over Germany, and stop the war on July 20, 1944.

[@harleyokeefe5193]

El Gefé I’d also recommend anthropoid, a brilliant movie about 2 Czec agents sent by the British to assassinate Reinhardt Heinrich in 1942.

[@Rumblingbelly]

@@Saul_Bueno Yeah i was positively surprised about how good black book was

[@culturalivrosetc5259]

This is so visually beautiful. Beautiful movie.

[@58christiansful]

Wonderfully shot and very atmospheric. Wunderbar!

[@borrburison648]

Hitler in real life is taller then Tom cruise (cruise is 5'7) and Hitler is 5'9

[@borrburison648]

***** True

[@Eshayzbra96]

5'9? Lol Hitler wasn't allowed in his own Body guard during the early years haahhaha

[@Henri_Ikari]

Yes but stress and old age caused Hitler severe back problems.

[@thedavescloop]

Is? At this point his ashes measure quite a bit shorter.

[@borrburison648]

Krypteia Maybe he escaped

[@chrisnem3725]

in that circle...notice Albert Speer was the only one to live past the Third Reich...well he got 20 years in prison....

[@TheTrickster923]

He was probably the highest ranking Nazi official to die of natural causes in his own bed.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

By pointing his finger at his former comrades and inventing the most ridiculous story about trying to kill Hitler himself ever.

[@isaned]

He was an architect, and really didn't do anything that directly killed anyone. Van Braun who invented the first ICBM rocket that the nazis used to kill thousands of British was taken to the USA, pardoned, and received 2 PRESIDENTAL AWARDS for his work in rocket science! Let that sink in.

[@nathanfugate8210]

That's only because he pled guilty and threw everyone under the bus at Nuremburg. They deserved it, but he was CYA all the way.

[@petetube99]

@@isaned Excellent point. Britain was crushed economically after the war, and was still paying its war debts to the US until the 1990s. My parents generation in the UK grew up AFTER the war in utter poverty with rationing. West Germany by contrast was drowned in US dollars and became the ecomomic superpower of Europe. Makes you wonder why we fucking bothered.

[@amazingle7431]

man the tension is real

[@rubedogg6969]

RIP Tom Wilkinson.😢

[@SturmiHD]

the Hitler Actor doesn't look really authentic .... I like Downfalls Actors

[@SturmiHD]

***** When you search up the film: Downfall ,you will see that there are many chances to get a more originally looking one

[@SturmiHD]

***** yea thats true. just my opinion ;)

[@RoosterMontgomery]

Sturmi I think he looked second best to Ganz as a pre-bunker Hitler. He has the height, mellow demeanor, decent accent, piercing eyes and his hair isn't a wig.

[@Beppo85]

Sturmi Bruno Ganz is hands down the best movie Hitler IMO. David Bamber is adequate considering he doesn't have to do much.

[@josiahrecords92]

You can't beat Alec Guinness. Obi-Wan as Der Fuhrer was entertaining.

[@Artey86]

What on earth are Pompey Magnus and Cicero doing in 1944

[@159tb]

Weirdddd I watched this movie and read Julius Caesar today ....

[@anonUK]

ReaIly The English don't make much whisky and we certainly don't make whiskey.

[@shivavenkat3534]

..and Lord Cornwallis n Lord Beckett doing either??

[@haunleyvictoramil9698]

@@shivavenkat3534 HAHAHAHAHA WTF MATE

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Maarten - Clearly time-travelling Scientologists under the tutelage of T.C./v.Stauffenberg...

[@keithbrown8814]

Loved it when Keitel (sneeringly/ almost jeering) asks Fromm for fresh tea to be brought in!!!.....wow

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

I'm impressed how much the actor for Hitler actually looks like him, it's uncanny

[@CertifiedAmen]

how me and the boys be sitting in the principles office after getting called up 0:45

[@user-og8zx2fe4n]

ha ha ha

[@kudraabdulaziz3096]

😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@hanisaad460]

3:13 Goebbels he knows the situation is not under control. . . .

[@keenansmith2509]

Lewis Taylor the point hani saad is alluding to, is Goebbells was alive to the consequences about to occur and ‘realised’ them, Hitler fell into his own bubble of hysteria and left his close ministers to deal with the rest, especially Martin Bormann who C. Fest describes as ‘more powerful than Hitler’ in 1944.

[@777jones]

Lewis Taylor they were all failed artists so they didn’t know much.

[@packisbetter90]

they all did except Hitler

[@IrishCarney]

I don't know if this scene is accurate or if the others were all this deluded, but it is true that Goebbels, fanatic though he was, was rational and realistic. He constantly struggled to rein in the over-optimistic and over-positive propaganda coming from the Army and Party which were outside his government ministry, because he knew they undermined the credibility of the regime with the masses

[@IrishCarney]

@@777jones Goebbels - failed novelist. Himmler - failed (?) chicken farmer. Speer - architect but not exactly failed. Goering was a famous war hero from WW1, a fighter ace, commanded the Red Baron's squadron, and won not only the Iron Cross but also WW1's top award, the "Blue Max" which Hitler (not being an officer) was ineligible for.

[@junechua6549]

“I don’t care what you plan to do to hitler….but when the music stops…..I’d be obliged if Keitel found himself without a chair”

[@TheTrickster923]

Keitel did find himself without a chair! The Americans kicked it out from under him after putting a noose around his neck.

[@athomicritics]

i was surprised to see Keitel being in that room , i was expecting the movie director to put bormann instead as Keitel is generally forgotten when speaking of the Nazi Inner Circle in movies that show it

[@alexcopland6257]

For long years, I'd thought of Cruise as a lightweight actor. Valkyrie, and von Stauffenberg gave him something to get his teeth into. Perhaps being surrounded by the cream of British workaday actors brushed away that Hollywood sparkle and brought out the artist in him.

[@alexcopland6257]

Apologies, I'd pushed the wrong button and approved my own post. Mea Culpa.

[@EricWilke1141987]

Watch The Last Samurai. That movie is excellent.

[@growlanser5600]

EricWilke1141987 Masterpiece.

[@EventHorizon_Alex]

Watch "Born on the 4th of July" and you'll get to see Cruise do a real dramatic role very well.

[@visionist7]

He's great at playing a nihlist in Collateral

[@knowsmebyname]

Say what you will about Hollywood. But they sure know how to capture a mood in a five minute scene. When they want to, they do incredible work.

[@yourtub8705]

+knowsmebyname i.e. some directors are good some arent

[@pheinix123456789]

Yes, an excellent propaganda source

[@hoedemakerbart]

der untergang is better

[@slimjimmy149]

The absence of music often makes a scene more intense. i.e. No Country For Old Men

[@steft7903]

for the a mount of fucking money they pour into their films, you'd hope they do a bloody good job

[@charliefreeman947]

This scene is utterly immersed with amazing subtle details that are historically spot-on, but the one that I love the best of all is the implicit references to Hitler's love of Wagner. When Hitler goes into that brief soliloquy describing the Valkyries and the role they serve, you can feel the emotional connection he has to the Wagnerian opera that features them. It's the approximate equivalent of a Trekkie fanboying over an official procedure named in honor of the Vulcans. It also serves to say a lot about Hitler's personality: an idle dreamer who relates to the world, not through real-world relationships or terminology, but through what he gleans from particular works of fiction that suit his fancy. What an excellent film.

[@Burningwhisky96]

all persons are played very great in this scene, goering arrogant, adolf thinking he got nothing to worry about that the war is won in his view, goebbels worrying about the present situation(normandy and russia) and himmler stiff and on point all the time

[@1991Shailendra]

After watching downfall, everything else looks fake

[@almighty5839]

Ikr

[@thegreek2640]

Facts

[@wrestlingfan]

In this movie there is two actors from downfall

[@okidokiliteratureclub706]

@@wrestlingfan der traitor..his jumping from movie to movie to escape bruno hitler

[@SunriseFestival]

That's because Downfall was actually filmed inside the bunker in 1945.

[@Sheehan1]

No way would Himmler, Speer and Goebbels all be drinking tea in the Berghof the day after D-Day!

[@Beppo85]

It's just for narrative convenience to get the whole hierarchy a cameo. But they did all have their own villas in close proximity to the Berghof, and were all competing for influence with Hitler.

[@Beppo85]

Goebbels also despised Goering too.

[@CastorDeEuropa]

Beppo85 Goebbels only started to dislike Göring in 1945, when he was ordered to be executed, it was another shot to get popular with Hitler, it worked, just not the way he wanted, since he was chancellor with no choices.

[@DrJones20]

wrong

[@CastorDeEuropa]

No, it's not, it was another power grab like the others in the inner circle. Martin Bormann did the exact same thing to Heinrich Himmler.

[@melissasalasblair5273]

🌬So great in a myriad of ways 🪟 Thanks for sharing this 🧊

[@apurvakmr]

The guy who played goebelles steals this with his expression of the impending doom

[@franzivan4567]

I frickin' love this movie, not only because it is historically accurate, but it also has BALLS to show the swastika and an accurate portrayal of the german uniforms and as well as all the actors' makeup which is also quite close to their real life counterparts

[@Saintinthecity-wh9nl]

It did whitewash Stauffenberg's rather complicated history with Hitler. He was never an opponent of Hitler in the early days. He celebrated the invasion of Poland and also the defeat of France. He showed little sympathy for the Polish people who were massacred. It was only really after the war seemed irrecoverably lost that he joined the plot to kill Hitler. He was a hero however as he took it upon his person to kill Hitler. Another issue with the film is that the plot (in reality) didn't come close to succeeding. Kershaw writes that 'Conspiring to arrange a coup d' etat in a police state is scarcely a simple matter. But even in the existential circumstances prevailing, much smacked of dilettante organisation'. The film doesn't portray this. Paradoxically, the film is so well written and gripping that the viewer may actually believe that they will kill Hitler. Even when we all know how he met his demise!

[@thunderbird1921]

@@Saintinthecity-wh9nl Maybe so, but it is known that he was disgusted with the treatment of Jews and from what I've read saw the horror of the invasion of the Soviet Union (and how the Nazis treated the captured areas). Stauffenberg wasn't a perfect hero, but he was a man who came to his senses and I believe tried to do right from then on.

[@Saintinthecity-wh9nl]

@@thunderbird1921 Yes, that is correct. He did come to revile the methods of the Nazis and he deserves enormous credit for taking it upon himself to carry out the assassination.

[@karanshandilya4366]

its not SWASTIKA its HAKENCREUZ which literally translates tp Hooked Cross . Attempts to equate Christian Hakenkreuz with Hindu Swastika have still not stopped, it takes huge amount of BALLS to live with that arrogance and ignorance

[@johns1625]

@@karanshandilya4366 You're out here trying to correct most of the Earth and everyone who doesn't speak German so I'll correct you and say it's not just Hindu but also Native American and Shinto and Confucianist and Buddhist and basically every other culture has also used that symbol at one point or another. Smartass

[@woodyallen8997]

If I had to face Hitler like in this scene my 1st response to him would be: “I’m sorry for crapping my pants......my fuhrer”.

[@nerdianz8081]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Zachariah_]

The guy who played Cornwallis from the patriot and Lord Becket from POTC in the same movie is cursed 😂😂

[@EricWilke1141987]

Give me the horse blanket.

[@RegentOfGreece]

I actually think Himmler knew what Stauffenburg was up to, by the look he had

[@pwgearedturbofan2348]

I love the look Goebbels makes when Hitler says Goering has everything under control. Goering was the Allies' secret weapon. Him and Italy, lol. 😂

[@papadoc230]

The guys in the room, starting in 1:35: Joseph Goebbels, Wilhelm Keitel, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring and the other one with the brown jacket is probably Albert Speer

[@fabianfuchs1402]

Ruben Martins It is Speer, definitly

[@flyawaytodie]

"I don't know what you're brewing up, but I don't want to know. But when the music stops, I'd be obliged if Keitel found himself without a chair." Had he survived the purge, General Fromm would've undoubtedly been happy to know that Keitel did indeed find himself without a chair. Just not a German chair, an Allied one.

[@GK1976A]

So many great actors of our time in this film. It’s right up there with ‘A bridge too far’ and ‘Conspiracy’ for films with the best actors available.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Adolf Hitler apparently possessed a kind of personal charisma and magnetism that drew people to him and made them want to follow him without question, no matter what he said or told them to do. Speer tries to describe it in his book but cannot quite put it in to words. I think that this scene, in the combination of Bamber's performance and the eerie music, manages to capture some sense of what it must have been like. It creates a mysterious, mystical emotional response in the viewer, quite uncanny.

[@specialagentorange4329]

He just has power. Men and women find that attractive and magnetic

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@specialagentorange4329 He has power at this point, but I think he had that magnetism long before he gained power. It was a big part of his political success.

[@D88111]

Well he did take a party of 60 members and turn it in to a party with close to 20 million voters lol

[@Hero59469]

Fear

[@mythrandir8118]

Even until now if you say hitler's name, people still can feel the charisma through it

[@DrWHAle-zl5eo]

Visited the Berghof in January of 2020. You can still explore the tunnels built beneath it, as almost all the original structures above ground have been destroyed.

[@gambigambigambi]

who destroyed them? the russians?

[@DrWHAle-zl5eo]

@@gambigambigambi no, American and British bombers obliterated most of the buildings just days before the war ended. Needless destruction, they knew Hitler and the top brass weren't there. Then the French occupation troops rolled in, raped and looted the civilians of the area.

[@gambigambigambi]

@@DrWHAle-zl5eo Damn

[@turrican4d599]

@@DrWHAle-zl5eo Those rapers shuld have been hanged in Nürnberg.

[@AdromedaJoel]

Very underrated movie. One of TC bests, after Collateral imo

[@onurdemircan6781]

Nice to see Pompey and Cicero doing well

[@alextaylor8776]

Followed by a heart attack. Talk about being in the Lion’s den, Himmler just glaring wondering what Stauffenberg was really up too.

[@mawel1955]

Major mistake here. Hitler never wore civilian clothes once the war started. In solidarity with the troops, he vowed never to take his uniform off until victory was achieved. Obviously the director was looking at some of Eva Braun's home movies taken at the Berghof before the war that show Hitler wearing a suit similar to the one he's wearing here.

[@madsam9403]

cool didn't know that

[@RoosterMontgomery]

I can forgive the clothing mistake but what I'm tired of seeing is party members wearing the large NSDAP badge on civilian clothes. Conspiracy (2001) got this right.

[@keenansmith2509]

machinewrecker finally, someone well read!

[@wwallace0071]

But there is real footage of him wearing civilian clothes in between Poland and Russia invasions? At the Eagles Nest here!

[@nathanielleack4842]

@@RoosterMontgomery conspiracy is my favourite film when it comes to the portrayal of the nazis. Not just visually but the acting was spot on. The way they discuss the destruction of the Jews at the Wansee conference as if its literally just another political meeting over champagne and caviar. Utterly chilling. Stanley Tucci playing Adolf Eichmann was great aswell

[@martinsoublette95]

R.I.P. Tom Wilkinson (1948 - 2023)

[@TMLCentral]

This is one of the best visual depictions of Hitler there is to date.

[@yusoph-kirammamaiii3872]

Yep, more accuarate in comparison to the clown they had in Inglorius Basterds and another clown Taika in Jojo Rabbit

[@ryancampbell5039]

second to Ganz in Downfall. That is the best portrayal of Hitler ever.

[@ge2623]

Ok we get it. They are speaking English. They're also all ACTORS too. How inaccurate!

[@eb1247]

If Germany won we might all be speaking German, this is a fun way to get back at them

[@tobalaba]

That Hitler guy isn't even the real Hitler.

[@sussy_6998]

I know! A historical movie with such outrageous inaccuracies ! Shame !

[@lejenddairy]

I can understand the English part, I just can’t understand why the actors aren’t putting on German accents if they are going to speak English while playing German characters? It’s the same for other films as will.

[@lucketravis5623]

@@lejenddairy i can’t imagine they could all pull off good German accents. It might sound too cartoony

[@CodaMission]

Fun fact: General Fromm would be executed for letting the conspiracy go ahead. Keitel, despite surviving the Fall of Berlin, was tried at Nuremberg and hanged. The executioner fobbed the whole thing though. Keitel hit his head on the trap door on the way down.

[@skollybob]

I believe a lot of them did, they built the trapdoor too small and the rope was not the right length leading to one of them, might have been Kietel, taking 15 minutes to die. Of course this could be a exaggeration.

[@turrican4d599]

@@skollybob Some ropes were to long and the conviicted ran away. ;)

[@renatovicenziofrancesconis4476]

Este breve segmento - desde que la cámara enfoca a Hitler y sus invitados - es absolutamente fantástico... Es de la misma línea magistral de cuando el Führer, aterriza con su comitiva en el aeródromo de Smolensko. La tensión, se puede cortar con un cuchillo. Esto es sólo una muestra, de la sublime maestría de Bryan Singer.- 🤗☺️😁🤤🎥🎞️📽️🎬🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻🤝🏻👏🏻🇨🇱

[@Stevieboy74]

Great scene, full of tension! I like the panoramic shot of the berghof at the beginning of the scene, looked very accurate. CGI I presume?

[@osman4552]

no they built it up again

[@osman4552]

@HourglassShrugged thanks man but i was not serious :D

[@thechesshistorian]

Despite the historical inaccuracy, one has to admit that the raw cinema makes the scene flow quite well.

[@johnsmith-mk3zq]

Historical inaccuracy? Thats hollywood in a nutshell

[@rrp7983]

What do you expect? It’s a movie.

[@manjack235]

watch a history channel for historical accuracy , this is a movie and movies are meant for entertainment purposed

[@thechesshistorian]

@@manjack235 We definitely can't have both ;)

[@Orion3741]

Even Rommel the Desert Fox was an accomplice. In the end, he chose to commit suicide, by ingesting cyanide. He was given a state funeral. And his wife and child were spared.

[@megabolt5898]

"When you're in a den of vipers, it becomes very clear that the tension is thicker than the worst days covered in fog"

[@bag3lmonst3r72]

Man, Hitler had a sweeeet holiday home. That's a million-dollar view of the Alps out the window right there.

[@ruhri0411]

After the war, the estate was completely removed, only a few wall remains and the large retaining wall behind the Berghof, which supported the slope. I have already been there twice and stood where this large hall with the panoramic window used to be, it is always a strange feeling. The two roads that led up from the main road to the Berghof are also still there. But they are overgrown with greenery, so you can't walk on them any more. This famous vantage point, where the dictator often liked to be photographed, is also still there. He walked there every day with his entourage and then took his afternoon tea in a specially built teahouse at this vantage point. All that is left of this tea house is some rubble and the entrance stairs. Some of my photos: www.flickr.com/gp/73944665@N07/40y113