hitler was insane by this point , any rational man would have listened to rommel and ended the war, but by now it was to late, russia wanted revenge for all the carnage.
"Any rational man would have listened to rommel and ended the war." I wouldnt call unconditional surrender rational. Especially when you are surrendering to a totalitarian government. Hitler spent his entire life building the nazi empire. You really think he would just throw his entire legacy away because some tanks made boom? Russia would have wanted revenge either way.
He couldnt end the war. Unconditional surrender was worse than ww1. Remeber the germans lost ww1 without a single allied soldier on german soil. Had america not entered the war germany could of gotten a better deal. Ludendeoff just threw so many men to their graves with his pointless offensives. Over and over german troops gave their lives in a losing war. Than ww2 happens millions of nazi soldiers gave their life up in a losing war. War is hell. A soldier is willing to die for his comrades and country but to die in a losing war is heart breaking.
@@shashibhaskar9606 is true he couldn't end the war because the allies and the soviets at the yalta conference said that they only accepted unconditional surrender of Germany so if he wants to make peace nobody will make peace with him like the actor said in this movie
Under certain conditions and events a general peace or peace with the West could be achieved, but many concessions would have to be made, and Hitler would never accept them, it would be like Napoleon in 1814, he could have accepted the Vienna agreement but preferred to lose everything going back to square one
"Attack! ATTACK! Always ATTACK! The blacker things look, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!!!" As much as this series played up the melodrama (It's TV after all), especially with Steven Berkoff's crazy performance, it wasn't that far off either.
Bruno Ganz gave the definitive performance of the role of Adolf Hitler in “Downfall“. None of the clichéd snarling that we see here. Hardy Kruger, well…always wonderful.
Bruno Ganz gave us the performance of Hitler depicted in 1945 which he was already decline. The Hitler portrayed by Steve was an accurate portrayal in the 1941 to 1943.
@@scottgun His was not a great performance, but how can you call the whole series an "atrocity?" It reasonably captured a lot of dramatic nuances of decision making by key figures during the war.
The generals wanted to start the operation the first week of May 1943. Hitler insisted it wait until more Tigers and Panthers arrived at the front, which delayed it until July 1943. By that time the Soviets - who already knew of the operation's plans - prepared defenses 3 layers deep, and minefields.
Zeitzler, Jodl, and Guderian urged Hitler to call off Citadel but he went ahead despite growing reservations. [see Hitler: Downfall by Volker Ullrich (2020)]
It's usually paired with total annihilation as the other choice ie: you kill off every last man, woman and child. If the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren't used, then total annihilation for Japan was on the table as they weren't going to surrender otherwise and were quite willing to fight to the last man, woman and child
@@painfan476 first, it wasn't "most", second, they didn't joined, they've forced to, third, that's why the defeat of the nazis was total, the empires always fall because no one can impose their will to the others for a long time. At least the other empires in history lasted longer, even the empire of the US. Hitler was the biggest loser in empire's history (well, Mussolini was big loser than Hitler, but they were a team, so that doesn't count) 😁
@@enniodimarcantoniod.g.8388 Romania and Finland were not forced to do anything. They wanted revenge on the Bolseviks for taking their lands in 1940. And Hungary still held grudges for being forced under a communist dictatorship in the early 1920's. Italy weren't forced to do anything either. And yes it was "Most", Eastern Europe was a smoldering ash after the guns stopped.
@vas716 there is a private convo of Hitler speaking with the leader of Finland Mannerheim. He sounds totally different than you'd expect. You can find it on here. I'm sure Hitler could fly into a rage and being on drugs didn't help but he normally sounded nothing like most of the movies. Der Untergang did a good portrayal of Hitler.
I think closed to 1942 Hitler was still active, it wasn't until after the July 20th plot did his health decline. Otherwise Rommel did noted after meeting with Hitler, he was hysterical and screaming. Of course Hitler screaming was always cartoonish, outlandish, and over the top.
Hitler had to endure more trauma in his life than you probably ever will. How would you react if your entire legacy is about to collapse? You really dare to call him a coward? By that logic churchill would be an even bigger coward because he wanted a "good old brawl" between nations from the start.
Having read as much history as I have, I can comfortably tell you that much of Hitler’s logic made sense only to himself. Had he been less arrogant and more willing to listen to his generals, his empire might have persisted for a little while longer. Edit: I realize I don’t know nearly as much as I thought I did. Y’all’re much more educated than I am.
It was his generals who urged him to march the Wehrmacht on Moscow in 1941 and it was them who urged him to attack the massive salient near Kursk in 1943. These were examples of when Hitler listened to his generals and look at the results (not that I wanted the Germans to win the war).
No it's correct. What Rommel's carrying was called an "Interimstab" a daily substitute for the more ornate (and a bit clumsy) field marshal's baton which would have been used only on formal occasions. .
If you are still alive and well, and I hope you are. Please can you explain what you mean about the " tedious Henry family" ? Who were they, and how do they relate with this miniseries? Thanks
I have seen a lot of great actors playing a despised dictator named Hitler like Bruno Ganz, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Carlyle, Alec Guinness, Noah Taylor, Michael Sheard, and now I just discovered Steven Berkoff. If Swiss Bruno Ganz can make a terrifying Hitler in Downfall, I wonder why British actors can also make a terrifying Hitler. What is it in them?
Impersonating the body language of hitler is the main thing ....any great passionate and sincere actor can do Hitler if he wants to do it Many actors interpreted Hitler in thier own ways...and by far the best is Bruno Ganz Oh...u forgot Udo Schenk he did hitler 3 times
@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 You might have also seen the third Indians Jones film, The Last Crusade (1989). There, Michael Sheard gave a good interpretation of Hitler on account of strict demeanor.
@@CrazeCreativesHQ After the war Denmark made ex German soldiers diffuse land mines (by hand and just because they were German). I also agree with Cool bro that you don’t really have a point.
I feel that Hitler should have sent Rommel to the eastern front after the fall of North Africa image what the battle of Kursk would’ve been like if Rommel was in command
Nothing. The Soviets knew the plans for Zitadel many months in advance. Just like in Africa, the British had already broken the Enigma, knew where Rommel would attack in late 1942, and setup on the best defensive ground to wait for him.
Steven Berkoff's performance is the best among the many actors who have ever played Hitler. In addition, his fierce performance as a USSR war fanatic general in 007 Octopus and as a Soviet special forces commander in Rambo remain strong impressions in his head. Hardy Kruger is too big in size and his characteristic strong impression is not suitable for Rommel, but Wolfgang Preiss would be better suited.
Steven Berkoff performance here is also should be noted that Hitler at that time in 1942 was at the height of his power until Stalingrad in 1943 and then after that year, he started making horrible and bad decision that led to bad prescription drug use and decline. Bruno Granz gave us a great performance of Hitler's portrayal for 1945 till his death as the Fuhrer was already on the decline and dragging the Fatherland down into oblivion. I've read in the post here people complaining how Steve's performance was outlandish, but we have to take into account of Hitler's health at 1942/1943 and 1945 which was a serious big difference. Also many generals and field marshals said the Fuhrer became hysterical and that lead a lot of bad decisions from miscalculating July 6 landing and became more crazy and paranoid after the July 20th plot.
Bruno Ganz gave us a great performance as Hitler whose health was already in serious decline and here, Steven Berkoff gave a great performance just when Hitler was still walking openly. Also the meeting with Hitler and Rommel did took place where Rommel's son disclosed Rommel confronted Hitler about what was going on by the S.S. branch. Of course that was he was in favor at one time, but then realize what S.S. did.
@@zhuangsaur227Well, Japan was practically the last remaining remnant in the world of a truly Spartan civilisation, one which Hitler admired without doubt, so I assume more than a few lessons were taken from the Samurai codes to form the Aryan conceptions of valour.
This is just a movie, but Hitler was truly a mad man. As things got darker, he got more daft. At this point he didnt even mind if the entire German nation was killed, as long as he had it his way...... And no one killed that psycho. They attempted it at the very end, with Rommel aboard. But it was halfhearted and ended up with the killing of Rommel himself. Rommel in his meetings--this one for example, could simply pull his gun and shoot the SOB dead. But none did, and procrastinated in the face of the madman. .
Incorrect on all counts. Nobody was permitted within Hitler's presence carrying any type of armament, all visitors to the FHQ's were subject to searches by the FBK and his personal team of detectives. The Valkyrie Plot was doomed from the outset by its utterly naive political manifesto which was predicated upon the assumption that the Western Allies would negotiate a separate peace which permitted a post-Hitler Germany to continue the war in the east. Rommel was a loyal acolyte of Hitler until mid-1944 and a direct benefactor of Josef Goebbels, the post-war whitewashing of Rommel is utterly disgusting.
@@harryricochet8134 Just look at the photos of Hitler mulling over field maps with his general, Meinstein and Gudarian, for example. They ARE all armed with a side gun (no, not an empty gun holder). Further, Rommel like all other members of the German general staff of the Wehrmacht, either did not care for Hitler, or loathed him (like the chief of the general staff, Gen. Halder, who eventually ended up in prison ready to be executed. The same was true of their Navy commanders. Some like admiral Canaris were executed early on. You confuse being loyal to Germany or dedicated to the war, with being a Hitler lover. Do not do that.
Have you seen his speeches? He's been known to have animated fits and would explode out of nowhere mid argument. The consensus is that he might've been on the spectrum.
So I had to look it up in the cast credits. The late great English actor Jeremy Kemp plays Gen Armin Von Roon. Which made me think, who? Never heard of a German Gen Von Roon. According to Wikipedia the character was fictitious, Herman Wouk used the character as a narrative device.
7:30 always knew schicky was a fairy Film dates January 1986 - September 1987. The definitive WW2 film directed by Dan Curtis (of Dark Shadows fame). Great depiction by Stephen Berkoff and Hardy Kruger as Rommel
I love Bruno Ganz’s portrayal, but I feel the criticisms of Berkoff’s work here is unwarranted. Toward the End of the War, Hitler got more & more irrational & unhinged. Like here,
I agree. Berkoff was an actor and his gig was playing Hitler. He gave the director and producers exactly what they wanted, a nutsy Nazi. When this miniseries came out (1988) it was too soon for a nuanced Hitler as Bruno Ganz gave us. Maybe Berkoff wanted to do more than a cartoon character Hitler but you don't argue with the guys who sign the paychecks.
Yes, von Roon was the GErman counterpart to Robert Mitchum's Captain Henry, a way to take us inside the high levels of command for an up-close and personal view. There WAS however, a German (Prussian) field marshal in the mid-19th Century named von Roon.
I am very much a fan of Rommel, and if the July 1944 assassination plot had succeeded, he would have been national leader to surrender Germany. He was deeply shaken when he returned to Germany in September 1942. Hitler blew up at him then, but I personlly believe he learned about the Holocaust then. If he had spoken out against it, he and his family would have been exterminated. Remember that when the plot failed, Rommel committed suicide to save his wife and son. I do not think he would have confronted Hitler about it like this. Where did the screenwriters get this idea? Did Manfred say it happened? If not, it was just a dramatic device. Berkoff's portrayal of Hitler is very well done, VERY realistic, from what I have read.
@@parloitaliano2 wow, well, it works for the part of a very tense dictator facing his last days (we have a case like this in my country, a guy who thinks he was a "president" because the US said so, now he's just a pimple face 😂)
I think this was a well meaning TV movie but the crap directing, over-acting, ridiculous fake accents all round, and Hitler's horribly fake Charlie Chaplin stash earns this effort 1.5 stars.
Lol most Germans knew about systematic extermination of Jews during the war. Nazi officials made little effort to keep it secret. Trains were going full returning empty
Prodromos P you’re saying trains full of Jews were seen by most Germans? What occupation of Germans? German citizens? Factory workers? German Troops? Front line commanders? Staff officers? all those guys one way or another saw trains full of Jews arriving and leave empty, despite at different locations, different posts, different areas of the front, different theaters of war, and they saw trains moving amid war and was able to figure it all out? I don’t think you’ve thought it through. Son
Few outside of those who were directly involved knew what was happening. There were certainly rumors and stories about what was happening. They knew about executions and forced labor, but the majority of the German military and government were not made aware of the true scope of the exterminations until after the war.
If this is a taste of this film then I am glad I have never watched the film. it looks utter rubbish, like a story concocted by a school boy, ill thought out and ill written, I empathise with the cast for having spoken that script.
He protec
He attac
But most importantly,
He tells Field Marshal Rommel to ATTAC ATTAC ATTAC
hitler was insane by this point , any rational man would have listened to rommel and ended the war, but by now it was to late, russia wanted revenge for all the carnage.
I agree there was no turning back the Russians wanted revenge, and body was gonna stop em.
"Any rational man would have listened to rommel and ended the war."
I wouldnt call unconditional surrender rational. Especially when you are surrendering to a totalitarian government. Hitler spent his entire life building the nazi empire. You really think he would just throw his entire legacy away because some tanks made boom? Russia would have wanted revenge either way.
He couldnt end the war. Unconditional surrender was worse than ww1. Remeber the germans lost ww1 without a single allied soldier on german soil. Had america not entered the war germany could of gotten a better deal. Ludendeoff just threw so many men to their graves with his pointless offensives. Over and over german troops gave their lives in a losing war. Than ww2 happens millions of nazi soldiers gave their life up in a losing war. War is hell. A soldier is willing to die for his comrades and country but to die in a losing war is heart breaking.
@@shashibhaskar9606 is true he couldn't end the war because the allies and the soviets at the yalta conference said that they only accepted unconditional surrender of Germany so if he wants to make peace nobody will make peace with him like the actor said in this movie
Under certain conditions and events a general peace or peace with the West could be achieved, but many concessions would have to be made, and Hitler would never accept them, it would be like Napoleon in 1814, he could have accepted the Vienna agreement but preferred to lose everything going back to square one
Rommel’s face shows him realizing that this guy is insane.
Because Rommel was a WW1 veteran, he knows the consequences of War,
Yes, the actor did a great job. You can see it in his eyes.
I can see why he tried to Kill Hitler in that assasination attempt
@@AbrahamLincoln4 he was more blamed for it than actually took part in it
No doubt about it.
6:46 "Attack... in the East?" I love how the actor playing Rommel has a look on his face that says, "ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!"
"Attack! ATTACK! Always ATTACK! The blacker things look, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!!!"
As much as this series played up the melodrama (It's TV after all), especially with Steven Berkoff's crazy performance, it wasn't that far off either.
Bruno Ganz gave the definitive performance of the role of Adolf Hitler in “Downfall“. None of the clichéd snarling that we see here.
Hardy Kruger, well…always wonderful.
Agreed. Hitler is such a cartoonish villian in this $105 million-dollar atrocity. Don't know how I made it through all twelve parts.
@@scottgun 10 parts; he was not in parts 3 & 8.
Bruno Ganz gave us the performance of Hitler depicted in 1945 which he was already decline. The Hitler portrayed by Steve was an accurate portrayal in the 1941 to 1943.
@@scottgun His was not a great performance, but how can you call the whole series an "atrocity?" It reasonably captured a lot of dramatic nuances of decision making by key figures during the war.
In reality hitler was against operation citadel saying “every time I think about operation citadel my stomach turns upside down”
The generals wanted to start the operation the first week of May 1943. Hitler insisted it wait until more Tigers and Panthers arrived at the front, which delayed it until July 1943. By that time the Soviets - who already knew of the operation's plans - prepared defenses 3 layers deep, and minefields.
Zeitzler, Jodl, and Guderian urged Hitler to call off Citadel but he went ahead despite growing reservations. [see Hitler: Downfall by Volker Ullrich (2020)]
apparently he agreed with his generals in the end
@@srujan00 you are right man
I can believe it, The kursk offensive was his all or nothing last roll of the dice in the East?
Unconditional Surrender means no peace, only absolute defeat.
It's usually paired with total annihilation as the other choice ie: you kill off every last man, woman and child. If the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren't used, then total annihilation for Japan was on the table as they weren't going to surrender otherwise and were quite willing to fight to the last man, woman and child
And that's what he's got, TOTAL DEFEAT!
@@enniodimarcantoniod.g.8388 not just him but most of Europe that joined the Axis.
@@painfan476 first, it wasn't "most", second, they didn't joined, they've forced to, third, that's why the defeat of the nazis was total, the empires always fall because no one can impose their will to the others for a long time. At least the other empires in history lasted longer, even the empire of the US. Hitler was the biggest loser in empire's history (well, Mussolini was big loser than Hitler, but they were a team, so that doesn't count) 😁
@@enniodimarcantoniod.g.8388 Romania and Finland were not forced to do anything. They wanted revenge on the Bolseviks for taking their lands in 1940. And Hungary still held grudges for being forced under a communist dictatorship in the early 1920's. Italy weren't forced to do anything either. And yes it was "Most", Eastern Europe was a smoldering ash after the guns stopped.
I think this kind of acting is called " over the top ".
Even I was openmouthed at his acting. Pretty welldone imitation of madness still.
This is King Olaf from Vikings
Probably pretty true to life. Hitler was known for throwing tirades like this.
Are you not thinking of the first world war?
It is impossible to over act just how crazy Hitler was.
This cartoonish portrayal of Hitler is gag material.
yeh I never understood all the praise for Steven Berkoff. The guy is a stiff.
a slight improvement over the 'scenery chewing' Gunter Meissner in 'The Winds of War'
@vas716 there is a private convo of Hitler speaking with the leader of Finland Mannerheim. He sounds totally different than you'd expect. You can find it on here. I'm sure Hitler could fly into a rage and being on drugs didn't help but he normally sounded nothing like most of the movies. Der Untergang did a good portrayal of Hitler.
I think closed to 1942 Hitler was still active, it wasn't until after the July 20th plot did his health decline. Otherwise Rommel did noted after meeting with Hitler, he was hysterical and screaming. Of course Hitler screaming was always cartoonish, outlandish, and over the top.
actually all the evidence points to Hitler being exactly like this.
Some people cannot accept that reality
hitler kept screaming attack,attack. he should have been on point , he wanted to fight so bad, he was a coward
Because he born in this world only like to murder people that all he wanted until his last breath
He fought in the trenches in WW1 and was awarded medals for bravery and for being wounded. You're an ignorant coward.
@@zakijunaidi9150 He wanted to be a priest
when he was young
Hitler had to endure more trauma in his life than you probably ever will. How would you react if your entire legacy is about to collapse?
You really dare to call him a coward? By that logic churchill would be an even bigger coward because he wanted a "good old brawl" between nations from the start.
Yeah he should have picked up a rifle and gone to the front an attacked.
Rommel did not like that, but was careful on what to say.
I have the Winds of War and War and Remembrance here. Was watching them again the other day.
Moral: "Even if you ever thing to conquer whole world,atleast do it properly"..
Madman. Hate is a powerful man
so is syphillis
@@mottthehoople693 And Parkinsons.
Well he is a Evil Maniac.
And meth
Agree
Finnally I'm famous
🤣
Bruh
Ja.
@@bradanklauer8926ya
Nein Herr General sie waren immer bekannt
Somehow always suspected Cpt. Picard's brother was a Nazi.
2:33 Since when did Hitler have a third eye on his forehead?
Illuminati confirmed lol
Having read as much history as I have, I can comfortably tell you that much of Hitler’s logic made sense only to himself. Had he been less arrogant and more willing to listen to his generals, his empire might have persisted for a little while longer.
Edit: I realize I don’t know nearly as much as I thought I did. Y’all’re much more educated than I am.
It was his generals who urged him to march the Wehrmacht on Moscow in 1941 and it was them who urged him to attack the massive salient near Kursk in 1943. These were examples of when Hitler listened to his generals and look at the results (not that I wanted the Germans to win the war).
@@bradanklauer8926 Ah, things I’ve overlooked. Thank you. I should reread my history books, see what I’ve forgotten.
@@bradanklauer8926 - That is true. In some cases, HItler's generals misled him badly. But, ultimately, the decisions were his.
@@stevensenator4804 True. Ultimately, Hitler brought the destruction of his Reich and his death upon himself.
False narrative. Hitler wanted the oil. Generals wanted Moscow (WTF?)
No oil Germany doomed.
He looks nothing like Rommel.
What a copy cat
@@erwinrommel5283 omfg it's the real rommel
Bruuuuh
Rommel fit and slim not fat
@@kazer353this guy is not fat.
The Marshall baton is way too long,it's supposed to be around 18 inches long
No it's correct. What Rommel's carrying was called an "Interimstab" a daily substitute for the more ornate (and a bit clumsy) field marshal's baton which would have been used only on formal occasions. .
There were some great historical scenes in this mini series and its prequel. Shame we had to put up with the tedious Henry family between them.
If you are still alive and well, and I hope you are. Please can you explain what you mean about the " tedious Henry family" ? Who were they, and how do they relate with this miniseries? Thanks
WHAT activities are you referring to?
I have seen a lot of great actors playing a despised dictator named Hitler like Bruno Ganz, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Carlyle, Alec Guinness, Noah Taylor, Michael Sheard, and now I just discovered Steven Berkoff. If Swiss Bruno Ganz can make a terrifying Hitler in Downfall, I wonder why British actors can also make a terrifying Hitler. What is it in them?
Impersonating the body language of hitler is the main thing ....any great passionate and sincere actor can do Hitler if he wants to do it
Many actors interpreted Hitler in thier own ways...and by far the best is Bruno Ganz
Oh...u forgot Udo Schenk he did hitler 3 times
@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 You might have also seen the third Indians Jones film, The Last Crusade (1989). There, Michael Sheard gave a good interpretation of Hitler on account of strict demeanor.
@@MultiJames95 Yes...he did marvellously there...I still hear his dialogues in my ears
I think German actor Gunter Meisner did just as good of a job playing Hitler in The Winds of War.
I always thought Berkoff was an overrated shitty actor.
As if he hadn't already tried to make peace.
@Kira k history is on my side so blah blah boohoo
@Kira projecting I see. Typical
In 1940 he did. But was rejected by Churchill. Halifax wanted peace and got exiled to Canada.
They declared war on him too
He didn't want peace. He invaded the Soviet Union which was a criminal act.
And this folks is why you should never do drugs.
😁😆
Can you post the Furhrerbunker scenes from War and Remembrance?
I think is Hitler's not here furherbunker.
Hitler's is there at North Africa.
Did Rommel really speak out against the concentration camps? Genuine question here.
Probably. He was a practical soldier. He knew that the Holocaust was militarily unnecessary and was horrifying the world.
He made Libyan Jews walk on landmines . He was an anti Semite
@@CrazeCreativesHQ German POWS in Norway was also made to walk on minefields after they "cleared" it out to make sure. whats your point?
@@CrazeCreativesHQ After the war Denmark made ex German soldiers diffuse land mines (by hand and just because they were German). I also agree with Cool bro that you don’t really have a point.
@Anthony Account War Crimes are a part of war (US generals have also committed them)
I feel that Hitler should have sent Rommel to the eastern front after the fall of North Africa image what the battle of Kursk would’ve been like if Rommel was in command
I don't think Rommel would have changed much except the fact Hitler put the Desert Fox in command.
Nothing. The Soviets knew the plans for Zitadel many months in advance. Just like in Africa, the British had already broken the Enigma, knew where Rommel would attack in late 1942, and setup on the best defensive ground to wait for him.
@@bradanklauer8926 Manstein and Guderian were just as capable as Rommel
By May 1945 there were 24 women to each German man in der Deutschland.
nice
@@kurvitaschthedictator?
Nice
😢
The real Hitler is probably watching this from his grave and saying, "Am I a joke to you?"
Just image if hitler had obtained atomic weapons, he would have used on russia
It’s a scary thought. He wouldn’t hesitaste to use them.
First choice would be Britain, not Russia/
Didn't the Germans discover nuclear fission that they could have used, but Hitler discarded the idea because he thought it was a "Jewish" science?
Actually Hitler was opposed to atomic science. He thought of it as “Jew science”
Absolutely Kino
7:40 what building is that in the back?
Steven Berkoff's performance is the best among the many actors who have ever played Hitler. In addition, his fierce performance as a USSR war fanatic general in 007 Octopus and as a Soviet special forces commander in Rambo remain strong impressions in his head. Hardy Kruger is too big in size and his characteristic strong impression is not suitable for Rommel, but Wolfgang Preiss would be better suited.
Steven Berkoff performance here is also should be noted that Hitler at that time in 1942 was at the height of his power until Stalingrad in 1943 and then after that year, he started making horrible and bad decision that led to bad prescription drug use and decline. Bruno Granz gave us a great performance of Hitler's portrayal for 1945 till his death as the Fuhrer was already on the decline and dragging the Fatherland down into oblivion. I've read in the post here people complaining how Steve's performance was outlandish, but we have to take into account of Hitler's health at 1942/1943 and 1945 which was a serious big difference. Also many generals and field marshals said the Fuhrer became hysterical and that lead a lot of bad decisions from miscalculating July 6 landing and became more crazy and paranoid after the July 20th plot.
I think the actor who played Rommel also played a German general/officer in A Bridge Too Far. Either that or they're really similar in appearance.
You are correct. That is him in ABTF yes.
I've just realised this actor Steven Berkoff even has the same name as Hitlers Bavarian mountain retreat! Lol
No he doesn't Hitler's Bavarian residence was 'The Berghof'.
Bruno Ganz gave us a great performance as Hitler whose health was already in serious decline and here, Steven Berkoff gave a great performance just when Hitler was still walking openly. Also the meeting with Hitler and Rommel did took place where Rommel's son disclosed Rommel confronted Hitler about what was going on by the S.S. branch. Of course that was he was in favor at one time, but then realize what S.S. did.
7:13 hope to find meme about this XD
All of The German Generals Realised That When the War was Lost Adolf Hitler Was a Lunatic
5:45 Hits hard.
I wonder Hitler thought of the Japanese Bushido code....
@@zhuangsaur227Well, Japan was practically the last remaining remnant in the world of a truly Spartan civilisation, one which Hitler admired without doubt, so I assume more than a few lessons were taken from the Samurai codes to form the Aryan conceptions of valour.
@@PeoplesProtector yet the Japanese refused or ignored Hitlers requests regarding the Final Soluti....
@@PeoplesProtector Hitler was said in the First World War to already have the mindset that it was duty and glory to die in battle ....
"Nothing in Germany escapes me."
"Except victory."
He Couldn't Win He got Lucky in France and Even if he dealt with Britain. Russia would always be they're Neighbor
This is just a movie, but Hitler was truly a mad man. As things got darker, he got more daft. At this point he didnt even mind if the entire German nation was killed, as long as he had it his way...... And no one killed that psycho. They attempted it at the very end, with Rommel aboard. But it was halfhearted and ended up with the killing of Rommel himself. Rommel in his meetings--this one for example, could simply pull his gun and shoot the SOB dead. But none did, and procrastinated in the face of the madman. .
There are some things... "honor and dignity" - things you had not heard of, scum.
You think assassinating Hitler is that easy? Hitler has guards everywhere if Rommel shot him I'm sure he would be dead in minutes.
Incorrect on all counts. Nobody was permitted within Hitler's presence carrying any type of armament, all visitors to the FHQ's were subject to searches by the FBK and his personal team of detectives. The Valkyrie Plot was doomed from the outset by its utterly naive political manifesto which was predicated upon the assumption that the Western Allies would negotiate a separate peace which permitted a post-Hitler Germany to continue the war in the east. Rommel was a loyal acolyte of Hitler until mid-1944 and a direct benefactor of Josef Goebbels, the post-war whitewashing of Rommel is utterly disgusting.
@@harryricochet8134 Just look at the photos of Hitler mulling over field maps with his general, Meinstein and Gudarian, for example. They ARE all armed with a side gun (no, not an empty gun holder). Further, Rommel like all other members of the German general staff of the Wehrmacht, either did not care for Hitler, or loathed him (like the chief of the general staff, Gen. Halder, who eventually ended up in prison ready to be executed. The same was true of their Navy commanders. Some like admiral Canaris were executed early on. You confuse being loyal to Germany or dedicated to the war, with being a Hitler lover. Do not do that.
Only delusion would make you think you can take on the world, twice!
Germany didn't start the first war and wasn't trying to take over the world in the second
Why do they always make him such a cartoon?
Have you seen his speeches? He's been known to have animated fits and would explode out of nowhere mid argument. The consensus is that he might've been on the spectrum.
Who was the other General at the beginning and end scenes seen talking to Rommel?
So I had to look it up in the cast credits. The late great English actor Jeremy Kemp plays Gen Armin Von Roon. Which made me think, who? Never heard of a German Gen Von Roon. According to Wikipedia the character was fictitious, Herman Wouk used the character as a narrative device.
@@alexfromboston8303 interesting
Captain Potzdorf got a promotion
Omg the actor who plays as Hitler I recognise him as the corrupt Russian General in James Bond's Octopussy. I am pretty sure of it.
2:42 - it’s Hardy Kruger.
Is he okay?
7:30 always knew schicky was a fairy Film dates January 1986 - September 1987. The definitive WW2 film directed by Dan Curtis (of Dark Shadows fame). Great depiction by Stephen Berkoff and Hardy Kruger as Rommel
I love Bruno Ganz’s portrayal, but I feel the criticisms of Berkoff’s work here is unwarranted. Toward the End of the War, Hitler got more & more irrational & unhinged. Like here,
I agree. Berkoff was an actor and his gig was playing Hitler. He gave the director and producers exactly what they wanted, a nutsy Nazi. When this miniseries came out (1988) it was too soon for a nuanced Hitler as Bruno Ganz gave us.
Maybe Berkoff wanted to do more than a cartoon character Hitler but you don't argue with the guys who sign the paychecks.
I wonder how modern Jewish people react to 4:58
With joy probably
I don’t recognize Von Roon at all. Was he fictional in this movie?
Yes
Yes, von Roon was the GErman counterpart to Robert Mitchum's Captain Henry, a way to take us inside the high levels of command for an up-close and personal view. There WAS however, a German (Prussian) field marshal in the mid-19th Century named von Roon.
More cheese anyone?..
I am very much a fan of Rommel, and if the July 1944 assassination plot had succeeded, he would have been national leader to surrender Germany.
He was deeply shaken when he returned to Germany in September 1942. Hitler blew up at him then, but I personlly believe he learned about the Holocaust then.
If he had spoken out against it, he and his family would have been exterminated. Remember that when the plot failed, Rommel committed suicide to save his wife and son. I do not think he would have confronted Hitler about it like this.
Where did the screenwriters get this idea? Did Manfred say it happened? If not, it was just a dramatic device.
Berkoff's portrayal of Hitler is very well done, VERY realistic, from what I have read.
I find that Stephen Berkoff steals the episode. He shows more charisma than his predeccessor in "The Winds of War".
So you're saying... attack.
Poor Germany wanted to stands as equal as Britain, USA, Russia, France, ended up getting more and more enemies
lesson learned: don't ally with Japan and you'll be okay
Its just that Hitler was a madman
How uncertain Hitler looks at Rommel 😂
Hitler was so nervous that got pimples on his face 😂 (or makeup artist mistake 😂)
That's the actor natural pimple
@@parloitaliano2 wow, well, it works for the part of a very tense dictator facing his last days (we have a case like this in my country, a guy who thinks he was a "president" because the US said so, now he's just a pimple face 😂)
@@enniodimarcantoniod.g.8388 🤣
I heard if you press on it his tongue rolls out.
Adolf Hitler is rumored to be one-quarter Jewish - While going on a Anti-Jewish rant. Ironic.
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@Kevin Bourke who
Is that Steven Berkoff? Ugh, one of the most overrated actors I've ever seen.
5:40 Me when playing call of duty..
O ator americano Ed Harris é a cara do Raposa do deserto(GENERAL ROMMEL)
Exactly!!!!!,
I wonder if in reality Hitler did yell and scream at his commanders...
As the war started going against Germans it became more frequent but there were allegedly instances way earlier pre-war when he would lose his temper.
5:37
Jesus, who pissed in Hitler's cheerios?
do not look at me, i did not relieve myself in Adolf Hitler's Breakfast Cereal
Well a Caricture of Hitler like a Dalek in DR WHO and well played by mr Berkoff there i think in all honesty.
I can't find myself in any of the characters, they don't look alike, they speak fking english and their whole way of being is different
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Cacasus roadtrip sounds gut
@Stephen A. Smith I always look like an angry Hitler
This so did not occur
Those who spoke out of line in the H mans eyes was dismissed.
lol the end tho
There's no such thig as a good nazi - Rommel was just trying to save his own skin
Scrapping Visarian-like. Feh.
This never happened politically correct Hollywood.
Sisily then Italy 🤙🤙🤙
Nice office
One mad lunatic very worse human
5:24 rommel knew
I think this was a well meaning TV movie but the crap directing, over-acting, ridiculous fake accents all round, and Hitler's horribly fake Charlie Chaplin stash earns this effort 1.5 stars.
The best are dead anyway
I guess Im famos now
Rommel.... so in regards to ending the war....that’s a no ?
From what we know about the Fuhrer that's a pretty accurate portrayal
Did Rommel notice what Himmler's doing to Jewish and other innocent people then?
Most German field officers don’t know about it, let alone Rommel who was busy down in Africa the whole time.
Lol most Germans knew about systematic extermination of Jews during the war. Nazi officials made little effort to keep it secret. Trains were going full returning empty
Prodromos P you’re saying trains full of Jews were seen by most Germans? What occupation of Germans? German citizens? Factory workers? German Troops? Front line commanders? Staff officers? all those guys one way or another saw trains full of Jews arriving and leave empty, despite at different locations, different posts, different areas of the front, different theaters of war, and they saw trains moving amid war and was able to figure it all out?
I don’t think you’ve thought it through. Son
@@Richard68434 www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/17/johnezard
you should read this article
Few outside of those who were directly involved knew what was happening. There were certainly rumors and stories about what was happening. They knew about executions and forced labor, but the majority of the German military and government were not made aware of the true scope of the exterminations until after the war.
Stop the illingkay of the Ewsjay
Lets get Poland 🤙
Ridiculous tv movie nonsense.
troll fuck off
Better than any show or movie you worked on.
Unterganger
If this is a taste of this film then I am glad I have never watched the film. it looks utter rubbish, like a story concocted by a school boy, ill thought out and ill written, I empathise with the cast for having spoken that script.
bad acting