Valkyrie: Hitler's Berghof

[@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!

[@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

[@Beppo85]

I think part of why Goering acted like a buffoon during the war was because he was drug-addled and also just playing Hitler's toady. After the war, weaned off of drugs, he was far mentally sharper during the Nuremberg Trial and actually nearly succeeded in momentarily derailing it.

[@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.

[@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).

[@jimmylight4866]

Invasion killed the party. Fun fact I banged Eva and Gretl, Gretl was a Freak.

[@cawfeecatt1553]

The allies bombed it didnt they

[@billb89]

@@cawfeecatt1553 Yes they did.

[@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.

[@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👎

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Judas_1989]

Dude that`s not Albert Speer, it is Martin Bormann. Speer never wore that armband because there was no point for him to wear it.

[@ajchovanec]

@@Judas_1989 It's Albert Speer. The actor is Anton Algrang. He's credited as playing Speer on the IMDb page. No one is credited as playing Bormann.

[@RONALDB62]

​@@ajchovanecWhile Bormann never left Hitlers side, Speer was in attendance at the Berghof during this timeframe so it would make more sense to show him in this group as opposed to Bormann.

[@benbarrett6069]

Speer actually speculated in his memoirs that Todt was assassinated by Goring (it being a plane operated by the Luftwaffe, and an accident that would be subsequently “investigated” by them) also Goring at the time had his sights on incorporating armaments under his command. As Speer tells the story, it was mere hours after news of Told’s death reached the Berghof that Hitler tapped Speer for the job, and just as he was about to accept Goring burst in the room asking Hitler to consider him instead. It struck everyone as curious Goring would have been so well informed of Todt’s fate so quickly, and have a comprehensive restructuring proposal at the ready to boot. Speer said Hitler reacted as though he was annoyed and seemed to expect the news of Goring’s arrival. No doubt he suspected Goring was likely behind it.

[@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”

[@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

[@Muzical-Man]

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

[@SlyJohn]

That german shepherd is so elegant

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

SlyRecon Blondi

[@bongobrandy6297]

Not for too long!

[@corinavirus2020]

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

[@corinavirus2020]

killer clone nah

[@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"

[@jody6851]

Yes, sounds like Biden's DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisting to Congress that the US borders are secure.

[@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.

[@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

[@Chris_NEM]

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.

[@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.

[@evo5dave]

@@cashewnuttel9054 I think it was BECAUSE it was a mundane task. It was a power-play on Keitel's part: suggesting that Fromm was beneath him.

[@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 . . .

[@Ambtran2023]

@@tusengwu5624 He's probably just a kid chill

[@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"

[@Underestimatedliability]

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

[@jandoever2727]

Rochus misch supervised the movie so yeah

[@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

[@AradSP]

In the Berghof he wore civil suits sometimes​@@juniormakovsky9206

[@natedeichton]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@cajunkeels]

Fromm: I don’t know what you’re brewing up. Stauffenburg: I know what you’re brewing up. Some fresh tea.

[@jw1731]

Valkyrie: the sitcom

[@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.

[@ZPerpetua]

Hitler: *Göring has everything under control* Everyone: *sideways glance*

[@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.

[@Itiskeyz]

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

[@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.

[@Fat12219]

Hitler was very evil, mad 😠 man 😮😢

[@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]

@Rockwell Rhodes 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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@LesiureBoy]

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

[@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

[@thomasmoncrief883]

A very underrated movie ..

[@Artey86]

What on earth are Pompey Magnus and Cicero doing in 1944

[@ODSTerrific]

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...

[@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"

[@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

[@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.

[@pantarei8382]

This scene speaks volumes of how incompetent Hitler became when the daily injections of amphetamine and morphine had been going on for awhile! The man was once sharp, crazy but sharp.. Also surrounding yourself with yes men never helps anyone!

[@KB4QAA]

Pr: Parkinsons Disease would also increasingly made him complacent and rigid in thinking. Don't underestimate its effect.

[@Emilia-ej7bn]

@ Yeah, how else would they reach that rank

@@Emilia-ej7bn exactly

[@turrican4d599]

Even in the last 30 days of the war he made many mistakes. He alsmost made the right decision regarding Frankfurt Oder, but then Goering ran into the room and spoke against a retreat.

[@athomicritics]

dont forget that bormann also was feeding his belief that everything was fine everytime Hitler asked him counsil

[@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.

[@darthroden]

The only ones who told Hitler the truth about the situation at Normandy were Generals Von Rundstedt and Erwin Rommel, but the little madman refused to accept the truth and his yesmen like Goreing and Kietel helped feed into his delusions. There was also the fact that the Germans believed the fake inflated tanks and alleged secondary "main" landing forces that were supposed to strike at Calais were being led by Patton, someone the German high command actually feared and respected as a military officer. They never conceived that Patton was the diversion instead.

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

​@@TopGunner1994well allied intelligence did an amazing job of convincing German command that Normandy was a diversion. They created a fake army. Thousands of fake tanks, aircraft, gliders. They had a couple of thousand men just producing fake radio chatter. What really sold it was that Eisenhower appointed Patton commander of that army. The germans were convinced that Patton would command the assault and not Monty and Bradley.

[@GaylaKenney-i2f]

@@TopGunner1994it’s pretty close to accurate, probably about as accurate as you can get. I don’t think you can get something 100% accurate, now if it was 30% that would be different.

[@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

[@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.

[@BryonLetterman]

It really is unfortunate that so much of that was destroyed in the bombing raids. History, even the darkest parts of history should be preserved for future generations to learn from

[@danf4447]

you are a little too into it my man. one of the most cruel darketst times of human history and you are all worked up about a bedroom.

[@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.

[@apurvakmr]

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

[@ManoliGreek2640]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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

[@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. 😂

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@CertifiedAmen]

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

[@ΜικηςΖεζας]

ha ha ha

[@kudraabdulaziz3096]

😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@phoebebaby4609]

Relatable

[@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. ;)

[@lyonvensa]

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

[@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]

🤣🤣🤣

[@1991Shailendra]

After watching downfall, everything else looks fake

[@almighty5839]

Ikr

[@ManoliGreek2640]

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.

[@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.

[@Jordan-rb28]

2:10 this is probably the best representation of Hitler's real speaking voice. If you listen to the only recording of him in the train car, it's big and low like this.

[@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

[@miroslavtomic2681]

There are several serious historical mistakes in this scene. I will only point three most obvious ones. First of all, during the entire war, Hitler never wore anything but military uniform and there was no way, per Nazi military code, he would receive officers without his uniform on. Second and more importantly, Hitler is shown looking at document handed to him by Von Staufenberg without his glasses on. In real life, this would be impossible. It is historically known fact that Hitler suffered from rare case of extreme far-sight and he couldn't read any text (except if it was in very large font) without his glasses on. Third of all, Hitler's retreat Berghof is shown standing at the top of the hill with larger mountains miles behind it. In reality, Berghof was built on the side of the mountain, about halfway to the top, with thick forest directly behind it on hillside.

[@miroslavtomic2681]

However, since Hitler barely looked at the document, it is possible that he didn't read any of it and just trusted "his hero" without needing his glasses. Esspecially, since Goering convinced him it isn't neccessary.

[@spolachs1251]

Let me just respond 5 moths later Point out the biggest mistake. That this scene is complete fiction and that, Operation Valkyrie was made in Winter 1941, in case of a civil war/ riots or a sudden naval Invasion.

[@mannixflinn6227]

Miroslav Tomic get a life. Watch, enjoy, leave. Simples.

[@shimonvictoria9332]

good observation on the mistakes, mate :D.

[@Marcus280898]

Actually Hitler frequently wore civilian dress (suit, tie and hat) when he was at the Berghof during the war, check out Eva Braun's homemovies, he's wearing a suit and tie in many of them.

[@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.

[@naderaymantalhouk6489]

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

[@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

[@alextaylor8776]

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

[@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

[@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

[@odysseusrex5908]

This scene does a magnificent job of conveying Hitler's evil, and yet also showing the weird personal magnetism he had that could pull people in and make them believe in his ideas.

[@DarkAlan2]

except he wasn\t evil, you're just too dumb

[@faceripper77]

@@DarkAlan2 i bet if your family was uprooted and gassed youd change your edgy perspective

[@markmitin7397]

@@DarkAlan2 Ohh look an edgy kid here.

[@handsomejustin]

Too bad if you know history, you know who the real bad guys are.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@markmitin7397 I don't know what you mean.

[@shauntaylor6040]

Every time you view this scene, you can feel the tension in the air.

[@englandshope689]

indeed

[@mickeypopa]

You can? How does it feel like? I'm curious.

[@shauntaylor6040]

​@@mickeypopaidiot.

[@mickeypopa]

@@shauntaylor6040 Dumbass.

[@agenttheater5]

2:37 Nothing like insulting everyone in the room by praising one man in particular and knowing that they can't protest against your criticism because you're basically their boss (plus I think to a degree they're all terrified of him because they know he's mad even though he doesn't realise he is).

[@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...

[@bitterlemon13]

Tormenters, in their secluded delusion.

[@JackalEtheriasu]

​@@AmericasChoice Oh shut up werhboo

[@jeremy28135]

5:08 Speer actor looks alot like Speer

[@saeedafyouni619]

Very good observation. You're right....but it's crazy to see him sitting with Goebbels and Goering....unusual

[@kornburg14]

I thought He had more hair

[@monroec2317]

@@saeedafyouni619 EXACTLY. DESPIT HIM LOOKING LIKE SPEERS, ITS SUPPOSED TO BE REICH SECRATARY MARTIN BORMIN.SPEERS WAS RARELY AT THE SHINE DIG GET TOGETHERS

[@saeedafyouni619]

@@monroec2317 very good point, they didn't like one another, and Speer especially was not fond of them

[@tobalaba]

@@monroec2317 no, it's Speer. He is even using the Organisation Todt bracelet.

[@ryanhunter226]

2:31 he was the best actor to play Hitler in my opinion as well as Bruno Ganz. He looks like he is dying and losing his sanity as Hitler did. He looks completely indifferent and Apathetic as well as calculating. His appearance is nearly perfect and he has Hitler's voice too. it's a shame he was only in 4 scenes that I remember and should have been in more.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

I agree. They treated Hitler's character like something we should only see sparingly. In his first scene, his face only sees the camera a couples of times till the Berghof scene. He's also the only character allowed to have a German accent. Smart filmmaker choices.

[@simonwolfe529]

My favourite scene too , The Burghof looks detail perfect, and Bamber's Hitler is spot on too - well done Bryan Singer and Tom Cruise, I think is the best accurate movie portrayal yet.

[@philsterthephilster]

the Berghod is close to how it was but the surrounding Hotel Zum Turken isn't in the digital reconstruction. It his still there today but the Berghof isn't.

[@keithbrown8814]

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

[@arandatony9482]

03:30 when you need to deliver your final proyect to profesor and your expect approval

[@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 ;)

[@RedArrow73]

Bruno Ganz just nails it, sorry.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

@HQ I think it was to emphasise his paranoid rants and losing touch with reality.

[@johnny1max113]

bruno ganz plays the cliche that everyone expects. we know how he talked due to one tape and he speaked normally

[@JoHn-if6wy]

Wrong. Best actor for Adolf was Robert Carlyle featuring in "the rise of evil. Hence the 7 emmy awards. The rest of actors in different movies all sucks donkey ballz.

[@randalcook325]

This is one of my favorite scenes from this movie. The tense vibe in this room, trying to be covered by simple relaxation with the Fuhrer, is palatable. The actor playing Hitler did a fantastic job of showing the actual covered tension. I would imagine that if Hitler were not in the room, the extreme dislike or hate among those top of the food chain murderers.

[@johnbertrand7185]

Excellent movie. Well acted, tightly paced and stays pretty close to the actual history with some very small exceptions. Highly recommended both for entertainment and a nice history lesson.

[@NYG1991]

One of the best scenes in the movie.

[@MobySlick]

Agreed.

[@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

[@miroslavtomic7038]

What most people do not know is that when conspirators made a list of future cabinet members, name of Albert Speer came up and was put on the list. While some of conspirators, especially older ones like Gordeler and Beck, wanted Speer to be included, the younger ones did not trust Speer enough to do it, but agreed to contact Speer only if the plot succeeded. While Speer's name remained on the list that Gestapo found, there was a question mark by his name. This was most probably what saved him from arrest and certain execution.

[@doctortabasco]

0:19 He literally "keeps an eye on him" :v

[@JamesBond-fi8ci]

Lmaaoo

[@jabbyjabjo]

Berghof looked amazing,wish it was still up to visit

[@attilaamihan6196]

Jared Leto In A Not Shell

[@marie2274]

Visit the Eagles Nest, that place is amazing. The views are spectacular.

[@firefightergoggie]

This movie turned out to be so much more than I thought it would be. I'm amazed that the director could create such a sense of tension and suspense over events that actually happened and to which we already know the outcome. That's brilliant film making. Well done.

[@Tommykey07]

I agree. You have this sense of "They might just pull this off!" If only the meeting had not been relocated to a room with the windows open, which weakened the force of the blast.

[@omerbrooklyn8716]

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

[@VanlifewithAlan]

I stood on the ruins this year. It was quite strange after all I had read about it. I think they got the side of the window wrong in this otherwise excellent film.

[@dontobby89]

Alan Heath there are no ruins left

[@HopliteWarlord]

Alan Heath I agree, I have been studying photos the real Berghof and the got the arched doorway (the one Staffenburg and Frohm walk through upon entering the Great Hall) on the wrong wall and they got the fireplace wrong as well. (In the real Berghof there is a wall rug where the fireplace is behind where Himmler is standing, and a large doorway to his right) The arched doorway and fireplace were on the same wall opposite the large window. Can't believe they made such a huge blunder, considering the great job they did to recreate the Berghof.

[@timmyymmit615]

+dontobby89 There are. The rubble is still there and so are some shafts. Also the wall to support the hill is still there.

[@rare6499]

I have to visit thy site one day! Would have loved to have seen this incredible building.

[@LPlFan81]

There is only foundations and some retainers walls left. I visited there last year. The place is easy to visit, but for obvious reasons they don't advertise it (a lot of people have misconception that Hitler lived in the nearby Eagle's Nest). Some history: during the last days of the war Berghof was bombed, ruining and burning much of it, immediately after the war there was widespread looting, allied soldiers drank all the wine and booze they got on their hands, they took mementos (even such things as Eva Braun's undies). Local people scoured anything useful left, like furniture, materials. In early 1950s ruins were blew up to prevent it become a nazi shrine. However some of it still stayed up, such as garage (which was under the Great picture window. Speer thought it showed Hitler's lack of understanding of the practical architecture, because fumes of fuel and car exhaust permeated inside when window was opened). Garage was torn down 1995.

[@locoHAWAIIANkane]

I dont remember this scene but man, talk about intense! And the set is AMAZING! I’m assuming the shot of the residence was computer graphics but even the interior bears a striking resemblance to the actual Berghof!

[@kittylionmeowroar7572]

I Know I was There At time

[@locoHAWAIIANkane]

@@kittylionmeowroar7572 😲 You worked on set of this movie?!!

[@napguy9951]

“Have some fresh tea brought in will you” the most quintessential British line ever......

[@moebarragan1681]

I know right. Why would they have that guy say that in this movie if they are suppose to be Germans.

[@ciaranbrk]

It’s an insult to Fromm basically saying he is nothing more than a servant of tea lady. That’s why he tells the col he would appreciate if Keitel was dealt with after his plans whatever they are.

[@rubedogg6969]

RIP Tom Wilkinson.😢

[@hansgruber6455]

Till just now, (google search) I didnt know he had passed away. He was a great actor. RIP sir.

[@edmoser7577]

The Devil's den. Quietly captures the menace, tension, and infighting at that place. Great scene.

[@IrishCarney]

I forget who it was, maybe Stauffenberg himself, who said that he was extremely disturbed at such a meeting, feeling that none of the men in the room but himself were psychologically normal. I would think Speer would have been though. And it's interesting that even in this clip it shows that Goebbels knew how crazy it was to say that the situation was under control. Fanatic though he was, Goebbels was rational enough to constantly struggle to prevent the propaganda (some of which was not under his control but instead came from the military or the Party rather than his government ministry) from being unrealistically positive.

[@gamwsas]

hitler's dog loyalty reminds me of my current german shepherd.

[@ge2623]

Blondie. Unfortunately Hitler had her killed too.

[@bitflux2]

i think the dog deep down knew the monstrosity his owner really was, he had her shot

[@thesilverreich3947]

@@bitflux2 he had her poison not shot

[@ge2623]

@Lactose Tolerant Only No.

[@TunaTheMiner]

I didn't know Nazis had British and American accents.

[@thomaskole9881]

Well most actors aren't native Germans or know how to properly speak German.

[@TunaTheMiner]

Thomas Kole I know, I'm just kidding.

[@georgea.567]

Tuna I'm just happy they didn't try German accents

[@KiloByte69]

Movies like this make you wonder what it would have been like if it was the British who were Nazis.

[@MrLukasboys]

You can easily watch a German version of this movie.

[@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.