@@midashq Yeah, when I was stationed with my family in Germany in middle school and high school, our Spanish teacher was also our French and German teacher. She was a local national.
It’s amazing to me how Waltz plays two completely different characters in Inglorious Bastards and Django, but did both so extraordinarily well that he won an Oscar for each. THAT is genuine range.
Not to take anything away from Waltz, he is easily among th top 5 of my favorite actors, but Landa and Schultz are (relatively) similar. Essentially charming wolfves in sheep's clothing. Their motivations are different, because of their role (secondary protagonist vs. main antagonist), but the way they carry themselves around strangers and enemies is almost identical. Schultz appears different because we see him show compassion towards people he likes, whereas we never see Landa interact with a person close to him.
@@SamRichardson1990oh yeah of course. Living in Germany for over 20 years now, I can count good movies by the fingers of one hand. And the characters are not so different, they're just on different sides of good & evil. Look how Dr. Schultz plays with the "sheriff" or the Speck Brothers
@@SuperCosty2010 Agreed, they're extremely similar characters. Both of them are nihilists who are willing to use their intelligence to exploit whatever legal system they happen to be in for selfish gain. Both of them think they can deal out violence without themselves getting hurt by it and both of them eventually get proven wrong on that count. The only real difference is that Schultz grows a conscious in the end. I genuinely think he was just as much of an unfeeling psycho as Landa throughout most of the movie, but his friendship with Django and watching the slave get ripped apart by dogs force him to learn some empathy.
TheJaviferrol he knew from the moment he walked in. Hence why he started the conversation about the strudel. The cream on the strudel is not a kosher product which is forbidden by Jewish Law. This scene is amazing.
@@ryanm9099 when you think about it, all the food served in all the restaurants at the time is not kosher because there is no kosher approval and they use the same dishes for meat products and dairy products.
@@lydialilybellevalley2297 Landa drank a glass of milk at the farmer's minutes before he ordered the SS to blast Shosana's family to pieces beneath the floor - if he at all suspected her at this point, he could gauge her reaction - if it's not her, no problem - if it's her, she's likely to flicker pain, anger or disgust at what is basically the biggest insult Landa could make at her expense.
6:38 which is confirmed by this moment...that hard stare as he says he has “something else to ask”...had things been different (he didn’t sell the Reich out for safe haven in the states), he would have done to her what he did to Frau Hammersmark.
@@tt-dc1hl He knows she is not a nazi at least ..or not sympathetic to the nazi cause ..he knows she does not like him and gets pleasure from forcing her to endure his company ..i don't think he knows more than that. She is just another victim ..another jew ...
6:31 that cold soulless stare is incredible. Like he’s talking with his eyes. He knows who she is. Christoph Waltz is on another level. Definitely deserved that Oscar. 💯
"I know who you are, and I will enjoy watching you torture yourself with the question of whether or not I do, and if I do, why I am not doing anything about it. I will do this because it will amuse me, and because I don't know just yet whether I would stop you if you tried anything."
@@perrycarters3113Landa let the burning of Nazis happen. He already know Nazi’s power is highly threatened and may be gone soon. So he tried switching sides, which is why he made a deal with brad pitt after he got him arrested. I feel like starting from this scene, Landa has already decided to flip; hence he let shoshana proceed with what she’s planning (He certainly knows it’s shoshana and certainly knows she’s up to something).
I don't think he does know. I think he senses he had other business with her but he can't quite bring it to his conscious attention and is frustrated by it.
@@jamieholtsclaw2305 Landa knows. He also knows she’s planning something. This is confirmed later when he made a deal with Brad Pitt for the annihilation of hitler and his circle of powers in exchange for his escape to America. Landa didn’t proceed with prosecuting shoshana as Landa already decided to flip and shoshana’s movie event is the key to his escape plan. Landa, being a very cunning and calculating person might have realised that the Nazi’s days are numbered. This is again confirmed when hitler insists on attending the movie showing despite the dangers as this will inspire his people, a needed propaganda as Nazi’s enemies are nearing and gradually taking Nazi controlled territories (he did mention that he needs to reconsider his position considering that the American forces are on the beach already). Which is why Landa decided to switch sides. This shows that Landa doesn’t really have a loyalty. He will support the strongest and quick to switch side if the current power is already threatened. A very clever character build up indeed. Which is why I’m not happy how they concluded the Landa character.
I am pretty sure he recognized her. But since she played her role as a frenchwoman (read - not jewish) and her legend was decent, well... Landa could care less.
Favorite part is definitely the beginning. “Ah, Landa! You are here!” followed by an intense drum of a heart beat at a rate of a panicked adrenaline rush. Tarantino and his team are the best!
The fact that she eats that piece of strudel with the expression of having the "stomach closed" because of the nerviousness and anxiety, makes it a brilliant performance
I'm glad he got it as he is slowly coming to the end of his acting career age-wise. What a well deserved award except for that movie he starred in called "Big Eyes" yuck.
Don't know if you're aware but the music isn't original to this movie. It's actually from a 1980s horror flick called The Entity. In that film a woman is terrorized by a poltergeist that repeatedly rapes her. Every time the entity attacked her this music would play.
I’m amazed by Landa’s entrance in this scene, in no more than 5 seconds he puts everyone in perspective, he steals the scenario by simply being mentioned. His face wasn’t even showed in the first 3 seconds, yet the tension and terror of his prescience becomes palpable. The way the soldier turned to him, the music running threatening to introduce him, all in just 5 seconds. I can’t help but feel unease.
His hand on her shoulder. His piercing stare. Him ordering her milk and then later reminding her he forgot the cream knowing that she came from that dairy farm. Him putting the cigarette out in the cream. I’m sure I missed a couple other things but he completely ties her together and she is trying to wish that he doesn’t know who she is. Great scene.
The timing of the stare and the pause after Landa lights his cigarette is just enough to raise the hint of a threat without being too obvious. Perfect timing.
Django made me want beer Inglorious Bastards made me want strudel with cream Hateful 8 made me want stew Pulp fiction made me want Big Kahuna Burger Can’t watch a Tarantino movie without food.
You should watch his discussion about food in cinema and in his own films, he specifically goes over this scene in light detail. It's pretty interesting.
@Boondock Saint that's a pretty biased and shallow opinion. Its pretty easy to how different their styles are, especially when it comes to music, direction and dialogue. They are both great and you may be right in one way, but Tarantino and Scorsese take things from previous directors.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 Jackie brown is based off a novel which inherently follows a narrative that is similar to a Scorsese like screenplay. Tarantino's dialogue is what separates that film. Jackie brown is his most "mature" film in terms of style and i totally get what you mean. It's the subject matter of the story that does that affect mainly. There are so many movies a lot of films are gonna look and feel the same, it's up to us to decipher the differences.
There’s a cashier at our local grocery store named Shoshanna…… It’s always the highlight of my day when I’m leaving with my groceries, and I yell out for all to hear “Au revoir Shoshanna”
What? He excused everyone in the room to have the conversation, did you think he was going to forget the point of it because they brought the food out?
Though she hated the private but at 1:27 you can see her getting desperate for him to be there. The sheer panic she had wanting that guy to be with her...
That microsecond of a distinct lack of class when putting out the cigarette in the strudel just perfectly capped the whole scene. "I know exactly who you are and you are alive simply because I have allowed it"
The way he unceremoniously snubs out his cigarette into the strudel shows it was all pleasantries and a game to accomplish his goal of interrogating her through a fake front of formalities. He's hiding his cunning ruthlessness behind a polite veneer. He shows that side breaking through when he intentionally says "one more thing", he says it simply to watch her reaction if she's hiding something. We can see how menacing he really is when he's staring at her watching her reaction - look at his suddenly menacing face and feel the tension. Once he's satisfied with his ulterior motive, he drops the formalities and unceremoniously and rudely snubs his cigarette out into the dessert. The ruse and game are over. Even the cigarette was a pretense and part of the act, its not even halfway finished when he snubs it. That's Landa's whole thing; he's so nice, polite, and formal - a real gentleman. But underneath that is a cunning and ruthless murderer waiting to lure you in with a false sense of kindness before the monster comes out.
@@Timmy2384 I agree. Giving her the milk, the cream, and the cigarette along with asking about her family was just to see her reaction. That fact that he remembered at all amazing but he needed to check.
But he has never seen her face? I don’t understand how he must know that she’s exactly that Jewish girl. He’s probably killed hundred of other families the same way.
I love the bit at 3:43 when she takes her first piece of Strudel and, despite the nerve-racking situation she is in, with that brief widening of the eyes still expresses how good it tastes!
If you notice the change in Landa's facial expression and the eye look he gives at Shoshana when he tells her there is something else he wanted to ask her, it's exactly the same with the one in the opening scene with the French farmer when he asks him if he is hiding the Jew family. What a brilliant way by Quentin to show to the audience that like he knew then that the farmer was hiding the Jews, he also now knows who Shoshana really is.
I just don't understand the reason he didnt compromise her. The only conclusion is that he either has respect for his enemies who have succeeded in evading him or he knew the potential she had to murder the Nazi figureheads. I don't think he knew.
@@ollybirkbeck8888 most likely because his plan was to escape the country and get to america, if he exposes her his chance of making a deal with aldo is 0
@@SkizVids his intension weren't to escape if I remember rightly it was to gain the gratitude that he craved and be a memorabilic figure in history. That's what I thought, but he wasn't aware of the bastards plans. He proactively devised that plan and certainly wasn't aware of shosh's plans.
Olly Birkbeck maybe it was that he came up with the idea of letting them finish the war and leave to the US with the agreement of making him look as an infiltrate.
I really liked at 6:24 the way she reacts to landa's pause, she is terribly afraid of what he could ask, and tries to keep calm, but one can feel her fear, really great acting
She is not great all the time. She have an enormous ego, ans his acting is limited. I have seen a lot of french movies with his actress (i'm french), and that is very average.
I remember hating Christoph Waltz that year for stealing the Oscar from my favourite actor, the Strudel. It delivered a magnificent performance. Shame on you academy!
This movie always reminds me of Gremlins because the plot is to get them all in the theater and burn it down so the Nazis are like mischievous monsters but some people liked them too I suppose.
The Nazis pretty much invented Good Cop, whenever they had prisoners of war they'd always try to make them feel as relaxed as possible and even seem friendly towards them in order to get them to relax and give them information. It's phenomenal acting and writing but it was also surprisingly realistic
@@malena5026 And his way to confirm he was talking to Shoshanna from the beginning.. Strudel at that time contained pork and that was against Jewish dietary restrictions.. and he made her wait for the creme, which was not supposed to be mixed at the time for said restrictions.. Which is rewarded when she takes a bite and realizes its absolutely delicious lol.. Dark but funny humor from Quentin always.. Like we all wear mixed fabric clothing and eat meat on Friday.. Not going to hell for bomb ass Austrian pastry lol Landa's fall is he respects his opponents.. When his opponents will stop at nothing to upend him..and have zero respect for him.. His only flaw, vanity from his peers..
@@antedote1 There is a high chance that this strudel is an "Apfelstrudel" - which contains apple, cinnamon, etc.There is no pork in it anyway. It's a sweet pastry typically served with cream, which is very common in Austria.
@@localoppboy7668 Pastries were made with animal lard (fat) in WW2, (do to rationing) the strudel would have been made with (most likely pork) fat. Jews can't drink milk (or cream) and eat meat as it is not kosher.. That's why he made her wait for the cream too.. as neither wouldve been kosher at the time, And thus when she tastes it with the strudel.. It blows her mind having the cream on top for the first time.. I shouldve specified the times so it was understood.
The moment he sit near her, he was already in control of the situation. The whole gravity shifted. You can literally feel his energy and interrogation. Phenomenal Acting by Christoph Waltz
"AH LANDA!" Christ, that's one of the scarier moments in the film just from the sheer delight on his face and tone at seeing Landa, especially considering we already know who he is.
What are the German words he says after that, for "you are here"? I've put it through Google translate a couple of ways and can't a complete match for what he says.
When you put it like that, I think of Lalo Salamanca from better call Saul. Endlessly charismatic, so much it would be easy to forget for even a second, that one word out of place will have you six feet under within the hour
It’s so creative because of how he carries himself, he seems like a nice guy yet he expertly hides his treacherous intent on the inside. Imagine meeting landa and not knowing he was a nazi, you wouldn’t think there was anything suspicious about him. The uniform gives him away
I've met Tarantino before and i had the opportunity to say all of his movies are masterfully crafted with little details and how he made 9 of the best movies.
Everyone talks about the strudel but look and listen to the beginning of this video. It's an absolute masterpiece. I would say it is one of the best introductions I have seen. Goebells saying: "Ah Landa, you are here.", soldier immediately standing up, Shoshana looking slowly up, camera intensily showing Colonel Landa and this absolutely, ambient, absorbing, intense music. This is absolute masterpiece of cinema's history. It feels like he is the final boss, absolute badass. I love it.
spot on! I still remember when I first watched this scene, the music resembled my heartbeat, which went over the roof. I think this is Tarantino at his best here *chef’s kiss*
His French is just amazing, the words he chooses, the tonality.. everything is made for playing with her emotions. He’s perfectly mastering the language, very impressive. The majority of French people can’t even do that with their own language
I think he recognised Shoshana.... He needed her for his act to surrender.... That glass of milk is what gave it away... He talked about milk n has a couple glasses himself before getting her family killed. I doubt it's a coincidence he ordered milk for her.
It's from the film 'The Entity' - track is called relentless attack from the film's soundtrack.. The film is about a entity/demon who terrorize's a woman violently.
she cried because her family was killed by his men when they were hiding under the basement of Monsieur le paddite. She escaped. Hans landa took aim but let her go.
0:39 Love this directing choice of just focusing and slowly pushing in on Shoshana's face as they're about to leave. You see an array of feelings and changing mental states for almost 60 secs. Superb stuff.
It's not just that the slow zoom in as the others speak while she remains quiet it conveys the concept of her as a victim someone not important to the discussion happening around her. Notice how there is very few addresses to her in that section, it amplifies her(And our) uncomfortableness
6:30 his expression inflicts terror upon his target and he enjoys doing it. He savor every last bit of the moment, restraining himself from catching his prey because he knows that this premiere have to happen if he'd ever get his chance for survival. He knows that German is losing the war and unless he plays a part in this whole secret plan, he'll never be able to escape the trial. To be able to create such a beast, Tarantino really is insanely good with his art. And to be able to act out such a beast, Christoph Waltz really deserve the oscar he received.
Waltz is one of the best actors I have ever seen, and the fact he won in two original portrayals makes his impact on Hollywood even more legendary- I will never forget him
Even talking with a very light german accent.The guy is so "french"in the way he embrace french behavior and language.. this make him scarier ..absolute genius of an actor.
6:41 I love the symbolism of the cigarette in the strudel looking like the cottage he found her at after saying he forgot what he was going to ask her. Such great screenwriting and cinematography
For me it's symbolic, Landa can find something incredibly beautiful and precious, even talk highly about it as he did about the strudel, but he does not have any problem ruining even the thing he loves. He didn't even hesitate for a second to put that cigarette into the food he was eagerly advertising just a few minutes before. He's chaos reincarnated 🤣
@@prof_jesus Have you even watched the scene? He explicitly says he finds the strudel just above average in that place. "Pas si mauvais" in French heavily implies that the strudel is decent for a French place but bad next to German standards. He's nowhere near advertising it eagerly.
yes because when you pay for cream you want it all apart from which this was the 40s during a war so indulgences were scarce and thirdly that was a german officer he just short changed so he would've been in trouble.
Great acting and masterful directing. Her body language is perfect to show she is repressing something. Her expressions when Landa ordered milk, how she put cream on her strudel and how she never touched them again afterwards, and the way her expression changed when he said he had another thing to ask. He had got all the proof he needed, so he proceeded to 'taunt' her by putting his cigarette off on the strudel which he complimented minutes ago. It's a subtle way to say 'gotcha'. Tarantino is such a brilliant director.
I think this is a scene where people tend to analyze well but draw improper conclusions- yes all those hints were there and well placed but there's no real indication that he knew she was that Jewish girl who escaped all those years ago. He wouldn't have carried on with the cinema plans if he had. The ambiguity just builds dramatic tension
@@nimeshsingh4943 No he WANTS her to burn down the cinema. That's why he offers her a cigarette. He makes sure she knows that he knows. The menacing look he gives when he pauses after musingly saying he had something else to ask her is his way of making sure she knows, and once he's sure, he returns to his whimsical tone- that he forgot. He puts his cigarette out, and walks away- letting her finish hers and think about what she's going to do about it. Also, he got himself a cup of coffee, but ordered her the hunter's drink- milk. He's inviting her to hunt, playfully at first and then more strongly with a threat. He puts the cigarette out in the German desert he praises so loudly but moments before. He's done with the Reich and he's urging her to finish it.
Y’all should see the uncut version of this entire scene. It’s pure magic. 14+min of pure uncut, dialogue between these actors in two foreign languages. The fluidity of the scene is just outstanding. THIS is film at its finest.
I could watch Landa eating all day. I know it’s strange but there’s just something about the way he carries himself that’s satisfying for whatever reason
Amazing acting and directing the moment when Landa appears to question what is going on and the camera just stays fixed on the girl, simply superb work.
that long stare at the end- it’s JUST like the “you are sheltering enemies of the state, are you not?” scene… Landa had that whole casual conversation but he knew the truth the whole time. that’s what this scene is for, too, in my opinion.
It's such a clever scene. Everyone knows that Landa has discovered she was the escapee at the beginning of the film. Even Shoshana knows, the fact that he orders her a glass of milk, her little eye raise confirming she understands the situation. Landa is such a well written character, he must already know by hosting at this cinema he is setting the wheels in motion to end the war.
Correct. It seems he never cared about the Nazi's goals, he was just good at his job. But it seems like he was used to being the smartest person in the room and felt he was severely underpaid, and was never going to get the recognition or compensation he felt he deserved, so he decided to let the plot unfold for his own personal gain. It worked. He outsmarted everyone and made a deal with the Americans. But Aldo couldn't just let him get off that clean, which is why he carved that Swastika into his forehead.
@@alonelypotato2788hoshana was raised on a dairy farm, so ordering milk and cream for her shows he already knows who she is. Stabbing the cigarette into the cream maybe signifies the symbolic death of Shoshana at his hands. He could have killed her had he wanted to.
@@alonelypotato2788also watch a video called “why villains drink milk” or something along those lines It explains that milk apparently makes people look more psychopathic
This is what we can call a masterpiece of cinema. Perfect acting, directing, sounds editing, lighting, tension... My God, if only movies could always be of that quality, we would flock back into theaters in droves. But not everyone is Quentin Tarantino.
Melanie Laurent did not get nearly enough credit for this film. Her performance was just as strong as Waltz’s and she was such an emotional anchor for the film.
Dude the industrial-core sounds when Landa walks in gives me goosebumps every time. What a perfect way to encapsulate an unstoppable and incomprehensible machine is entering the space.
The way he kissed Shossana, exactly how he kissed the farmer's daughters, the ordering of milk (why do you think he offered the same wine to Apache when he caught them and was interrogating them) and also mysteriously forgetting the question, simply shows he knew it from the start.
He did but he spared her because he knew 1. The Nazis were going to lose the war 2. Landa knew Shossana was up to something that would greatly affect the Nazis and she was his way out 3. If Shossana by some weird coincidence wasn’t going to do anything he knew that the Aldo and Bastards would take advantage of the movie premiere if given the green light by their superiors and keeping Shossana alive was important. By coincidence both Shossana and the Bastards were planning to destroy the high command unknowingly and separately so Shossana being kept alive was essential since it kind of led to Landa negotiating with Aldo and later the Americans
I'm french and used to live and work 15 years in Bavaria. It came to a point where I spoke fluently German and more specifically the Bavarian dialect of my region with my mates, although I could never completely hide my french accent, which is a real part of myself though. I love the way Christoph speaks so perfectly and fluent french with his typical German accent, which is exactly that happens in the real life, and make this scene part of the most incredible ones ever. The degree of mastering of the french language is absolutely stunning, we are in a very high level of expression that, if you are french, reveals implicitly all the double meanings of his questioning, which is unbearable for Shoshana, not knowing if he already knows who she is really. A masterpiece. I love that film too because of those four spoken languages in it I have had myself the chance of learning during my lifetime, allowing me to watch this film (again and again) without any subtitles. Most of the actors are natural speakers in the language they're assigned to, except for those who are multi linguists, but always speaking other foreign languages with their own accent, which sometimes will betray them (like in the scene in the "bistrot"). Working now in Switzerland, I can also pretty immediately tell where a German speaker is originally from, because each region has its own dialect. Languages are marvelous and determinate who we are, how we think and mostly the way we see the world. Speaking other languages allows you to see the world differently.
@@SNEAKJOB With pleasure. Let's take the very first simple allusion to the past which is immediately made with "Et pour Soshana... ce sera... un verre de lait"... "Soshana will be taking... A glass of milk". He wants to show her he plays the music and the choice of the glass of milk is his way of getting her back to the past. If you remember the visit of Lambda to the Lapalisse into their farm, he asked for a glass of milk and Soshana, who is hidden under the floor, hear that. This kind of very fine allusion to their first "meeting" where he let kill all her family, is the way Lambda plays and could already signalize her he exactly knows who he's dealing with. The best part of it is that we don't exactly know too, his choice could be a simple hazard. He speaks very slowly, very gently and in a perfect manner, like a gentleman, but he's very directive, giving her mostly orders: What she gets to drink, the Strudel which is typically a German dessert, wait for the cream", meaning we have plenty of time... "You were starting to explain where you came to get the cinema". I'll carry on later on, there are plenty fine allusions which are beautiful and make this scene so incredible good.
@@rufuspipemos There are several good books that describe studies how bilingual capacities reroute your brain, the way you see the world and even the way you act, because each language conveys its own symbolic, which you learn over the year associating sounds with meanings. I love languages, German and English are very closed to another, like Italian, Spanish and French in the same manner. French is complicated an so subtle, it has this very good sounding because all word are getting nicely into another and people speaks quickly (and it makes its difficulty to comprehend for a non native) you can play a lot with sounds and words changing completely the meaning of what is meant (especially good for jokes!) you need a whole life to come into the secrets... I imagine at at a certain point it's the same for all languages, it's the mirror of the country and the culture it comes from. For me, abilities to speak foreign languages have made a important part of my professional and private life, and I'm still learning each days, simply because I used to live 15 years in Bavaria and speak the dialect... It's fascinating. I particularly appreciate German because it's a very direct language which allow to speak very precisely, shortly, you don't need to talk a lot, and the big advantage is, you pronounce it like you speak, so if you pronounce good, you write it good too. On top, German is a language with so many resources worldwide on the web, it helps very much. cheers from France.
This character and the acting is definitely one of the strongest performances ever. Like you cannot take your eyes away from watching the movie. Unreal. Tarantino must have been so proud after he watched this, thinking what a powerful character he created and how good of a choice he made when he chose Waltz for this role.
I go through life and on occasion I have an urge for strudel and fresh whipped cream, all because of this scene. This is how this movie impacted my life, it made me fat.....
"I had something else to ask you but I can't remember" he had nothing to ask, he was giving her another clue that he knew that she was Shoshana. The milk. The cream. The statement that Hans asked the farmer at the very beginning. He knew. He had to have done.
Seronu I think he wanted to see how she would react with the cigarette, you see she pulls it away from her face and twitches her fingers when he asks. I think that tells him she’s very nervous about what he might ask.
This guy is the only actor I’ve watched that can play a villain you hate with a passion, and then play a hero you love and root for in another movie. I hope him and QT team up again!!
I love love love this scene. From the way he orders the pie and made her wait for the cream, to the process of him eating the pie in bits to her hold herself together until he left the table, brilliant acting on both. My hair was standing straight up when I first saw this part of the movie!
Sometimes a strudel is just a strudel (with a cigarette in it.) I think it ultimately shows a crassness and disdain for the French and every culture the Nazis dominated in their occupied territories.
I love him but he didn‘t deserve the second oscar for Django... Even Leo played better in that year and he was in the same movie. Playing Landa was so exceptional because no one else in the world could‘ve played that role so good. It will go down as his role of the lifetime.
Max West I agree. His performance in Django Unchained was good but overrated. Philip Seymour Hoffman deserves the Oscar that year for his performance in The Master.
@@maxwest1372 Waltz was overrated in django but Leo was trash as he usually is his 90% of his movies. I hated his miscast baby face for a tough guy role in the django. Also his overracting was painful to watch.
Christophe Waltz has been the best actor in the world for about the last 15 years. His performance in this and Django was immense. To think he wasn’t known to mainstream audiences until he was 53, when this was released. He wasn’t even paid that much for his role in this, around $200,000 but would’ve negotiated a percentage of the worldwide take as well
Best scene in the movie. So many subtle emotions and tells from both actors. Great focus on her while everyone else moves and talks around her giving the audience a feeling of being trapped with her. Then her near breakdown at the end is exactly what you feel the moment he leaves knowing that he knows exactly who she is. This scene is a masterpiece.
Notice how they are framed during their discussion. Shosannah is zoomed on, with the background being blurry. In her head, she's isolated. She is cornered like a prey. Landa is in much wider shots, like the way you'd see a friend sitting at a table. He is completely relaxed. So used to toying with afraid people to satisfy his twisted, monstrous sadism that he never feels challenged. But when he is about the ask the last question, he is suddenly staring at her and is shot in the exact same frames that Shosannah was. Now they are both isolated, despite the café's noise. He looks at her, just long enough. When he says he does not remember, it is now obvious that he knows exactly who she is. With a single gaze, he had already told her. What a special fucking scene.
Let me add something about predator and prey eyesight. Prey have much wider vision. That is why their eyes are on the side of their head. They need to see all around them. Similar to Shoshannon seeing everything in view of Landa. Predator, think humans, have eyes in the front of their head to see only whats ahead of them. When we see Shoshanon zoomed in is the perspective of Landa. *I cant spell the french girl name.
There is something so elegant about the simplicity of this cinematography. I applaud how he captures the tension just by watching Han Landa and Mimieux eat the strudel. We can also observe the twisted mind of Hans Landa and how he interrogates his subjects. I love that there's no music as well just the concentrated focus on the actual real life sounds. The detail of the shots is amazing. I want to eat a strudel now lol
The Tarantino trademark: pleasant conversations that never feel pleasant.
QT's career is based on these types of dialogues.
And heart beating music in some scenes and total absences of music and eeriness in some scenes. Typical Tarantino
He's a master of suspense
N D, quite right you are on this whole scene. 👌🏻😬
He always makes his main characters toy with then torture the intended victim. In all of his movies there's a sadistic character like this.
Dude is on another level of acting. He's really menacing. Probably one of the best villains of all time
Agreed!
Him and ledger's joker r my favorite but Hans is better imo
Agreed.
@@justchilling177 Calvin Candee is better than Ledgers joker
@@justchilling177 Both are great, but I put Daniel Day Lewis as Bill The Butcher up there with them.
The fact that Waltz speaks 4 languages in this film always amazes me.
And the fact that he speaks each of them perfectly!
@@eileenruth_ he actually did speak a decent amount of Italian before he auditioned for this movie.
speaking 2-3 languages isn't exactly smth crazy in europe
@@midashq exactamente.
@@midashq Yeah, when I was stationed with my family in Germany in middle school and high school, our Spanish teacher was also our French and German teacher.
She was a local national.
It’s amazing to me how Waltz plays two completely different characters in Inglorious Bastards and Django, but did both so extraordinarily well that he won an Oscar for each. THAT is genuine range.
Thats because He is German and America lacks Actors with Skill.
He is a unique actor to be fair. Fluent in about 4 languages If I remember correctly? And he has great facial acting not many like him
Not to take anything away from Waltz, he is easily among th top 5 of my favorite actors, but Landa and Schultz are (relatively) similar. Essentially charming wolfves in sheep's clothing. Their motivations are different, because of their role (secondary protagonist vs. main antagonist), but the way they carry themselves around strangers and enemies is almost identical. Schultz appears different because we see him show compassion towards people he likes, whereas we never see Landa interact with a person close to him.
@@SamRichardson1990oh yeah of course. Living in Germany for over 20 years now, I can count good movies by the fingers of one hand.
And the characters are not so different, they're just on different sides of good & evil. Look how Dr. Schultz plays with the "sheriff" or the Speck Brothers
@@SuperCosty2010 Agreed, they're extremely similar characters. Both of them are nihilists who are willing to use their intelligence to exploit whatever legal system they happen to be in for selfish gain. Both of them think they can deal out violence without themselves getting hurt by it and both of them eventually get proven wrong on that count.
The only real difference is that Schultz grows a conscious in the end. I genuinely think he was just as much of an unfeeling psycho as Landa throughout most of the movie, but his friendship with Django and watching the slave get ripped apart by dogs force him to learn some empathy.
"And for the lady, a glass of milk"
Yeah, he knew the whole time
TheJaviferrol he knew from the moment he walked in. Hence why he started the conversation about the strudel. The cream on the strudel is not a kosher product which is forbidden by Jewish Law. This scene is amazing.
@@ryanm9099 when you think about it, all the food served in all the restaurants at the time is not kosher because there is no kosher approval and they use the same dishes for meat products and dairy products.
What is means ???? Why you all repeat {a glass of milk} do is a problem for shosana???
@@lydialilybellevalley2297 Landa drank a glass of milk at the farmer's minutes before he ordered the SS to blast Shosana's family to pieces beneath the floor - if he at all suspected her at this point, he could gauge her reaction - if it's not her, no problem - if it's her, she's likely to flicker pain, anger or disgust at what is basically the biggest insult Landa could make at her expense.
He doesnt know what her face looks like i don't think he knew
Ordering a glass of milk for her made her heart skip a beat
Yup..and mine too the first time I saw this movie. I’m like - he definitely knows it’s her
6:38 which is confirmed by this moment...that hard stare as he says he has “something else to ask”...had things been different (he didn’t sell the Reich out for safe haven in the states), he would have done to her what he did to Frau Hammersmark.
The cream for the strudel.. This is forbidden in Jewish law.. Only kosher dairy products..the writing and acting in this scene is simply sublime!! 👌
The look he gives after she confirms he can call her Emmanuelle.
@@tt-dc1hl He knows she is not a nazi at least ..or not sympathetic to the nazi cause ..he knows she does not like him and gets pleasure from forcing her to endure his company ..i don't think he knows more than that. She is just another victim ..another jew ...
ain’t gonna lie. This strudle looks delicious
I just watch it over and over again for the same thing
I think my stomach would curdle.
I get insane cravings for strudel with cream and coffee now omg!
Im not into sweets dr. King Schultz!
It is, the strudel is a recipe made from apples and mass of bread. I recommend
6:31 that cold soulless stare is incredible. Like he’s talking with his eyes. He knows who she is. Christoph Waltz is on another level. Definitely deserved that Oscar. 💯
"I know who you are, and I will enjoy watching you torture yourself with the question of whether or not I do, and if I do, why I am not doing anything about it. I will do this because it will amuse me, and because I don't know just yet whether I would stop you if you tried anything."
@@perrycarters3113Landa let the burning of Nazis happen. He already know Nazi’s power is highly threatened and may be gone soon. So he tried switching sides, which is why he made a deal with brad pitt after he got him arrested. I feel like starting from this scene, Landa has already decided to flip; hence he let shoshana proceed with what she’s planning (He certainly knows it’s shoshana and certainly knows she’s up to something).
I don't think he does know. I think he senses he had other business with her but he can't quite bring it to his conscious attention and is frustrated by it.
@@jamieholtsclaw2305 Landa knows. He also knows she’s planning something. This is confirmed later when he made a deal with Brad Pitt for the annihilation of hitler and his circle of powers in exchange for his escape to America. Landa didn’t proceed with prosecuting shoshana as Landa already decided to flip and shoshana’s movie event is the key to his escape plan. Landa, being a very cunning and calculating person might have realised that the Nazi’s days are numbered. This is again confirmed when hitler insists on attending the movie showing despite the dangers as this will inspire his people, a needed propaganda as Nazi’s enemies are nearing and gradually taking Nazi controlled territories (he did mention that he needs to reconsider his position considering that the American forces are on the beach already). Which is why Landa decided to switch sides. This shows that Landa doesn’t really have a loyalty. He will support the strongest and quick to switch side if the current power is already threatened. A very clever character build up indeed. Which is why I’m not happy how they concluded the Landa character.
@@JanBanJoovi-ol1qv 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😅😅
she does such a great job of acting like someone who's scared trying to act like they're not scared-just consider that for a second!
I am pretty sure he recognized her. But since she played her role as a frenchwoman (read - not jewish) and her legend was decent, well... Landa could care less.
Quentin Tarantino does not have the word miscast in his dictionary.
@@t.va.6611 I think him recognizing her is bit of a push
I did the same acting when i was a kid, when my dad gets angry at me.
@@t.va.6611 why he wouldnt want to kill her?
Cristoph Waltz one of best actors I've seen
Pity he can only play 1 role.
@@tomtonka1915 are you dumb hé played lots of roles great
@@Sebastian-de9vu LMAO
@@tomtonka1915 lmao wtf you have no arguments you count
@@Sebastian-de9vu neither do you.
Favorite part is definitely the beginning. “Ah, Landa! You are here!” followed by an intense drum of a heart beat at a rate of a panicked adrenaline rush. Tarantino and his team are the best!
The intense drum and heart beats it’s 1982 movie the entity’s score he scared the crap out of me as a kid
You can’t find it in spotify, right?
With the other SS soldier standing in attention.
Everyone talking but Waltz, but in this particular scene I think Laurent kills it. Her reactions to everything are so telling.
Oh yea, especially at the end where she goes from 'in control' into a complete emotional breakdown.
Her expression of relief combined with fear, and horror at what happened in the few minutes preceding is Oscar worthy .
The fact that she eats that piece of strudel with the expression of having the "stomach closed" because of the nerviousness and anxiety, makes it a brilliant performance
For sure. Her breaking down at the end was great acting. That gasp of air before crying
@@autoscape1963just be handing out Oscars huh
The strudel should have won an Oscar for this scene right there
He did win an Oscar.
@@ajwithnoname5527 don't know if you intended to mean that waltz is a strudel. Either way that's funny 😆
No, he meant that that strudel looked gorgeous
Ah, Qui.
Deux Strudles.
Un pour Le moi.
Un pour LA mademoiselle.
Yeah, for taking a hit from that cigarette
He won an Oscar for this movie. So well deserved my God.
I'm glad he got it as he is slowly coming to the end of his acting career age-wise. What a well deserved award except for that movie he starred in called "Big Eyes" yuck.
@@watersbey25 say that to the 80year olds still acting like Morgan freeman and professor X.
This guy is only 63. Tom cruise is 60
@@MrRop-yp3wtChristopher Waltz 66 years
October 4, 1956
Well i hope they place him in a lot more movies just the same.
@@watersbey25 not that old for an actor Ian mckellen is 83, Robert De niro 79
@@MrRop-yp3wt shame how great actors in their 60s 70s and 80s get fewer roles in movies, such a crime with so much potential and brilliance.
I love this scene. Psychological warfare at its best.
+epikcyne It was a bingo!
Tarantino has a gift for this sort of encounter.
@@Avenus112 also waltz is an out of this world actor!
Did he know it was her i wonder
daire mcnife of course he did. He was playing mind games with her.
Mélanie Laurent‘s reaction after Landa exits gets me every time. She’s great.
That music for Hans intro is just so perfect in building the tension
Don't know if you're aware but the music isn't original to this movie. It's actually from a 1980s horror flick called The Entity. In that film a woman is terrorized by a poltergeist that repeatedly rapes her. Every time the entity attacked her this music would play.
Tarantino likes to use classic tracks from history
@@jpruiz600 i remember that movie. It disturbed me as a child
JP Ruiz, Hello, mister. Could you provide me with a link to this song if you have access to it?
Song is Charles Bernstein - Relentless Attack
I’m amazed by Landa’s entrance in this scene, in no more than 5 seconds he puts everyone in perspective, he steals the scenario by simply being mentioned. His face wasn’t even showed in the first 3 seconds, yet the tension and terror of his prescience becomes palpable. The way the soldier turned to him, the music running threatening to introduce him, all in just 5 seconds. I can’t help but feel unease.
And "the soldier" ist the intelligend, sadistic and ruthless major hellstrom. Even he knows when to salute.
It’s easy to be feared when one is holding the gun.
Soldier? That's a Gestapo major bruhhh
ive always wondered if he actually knew that was Shoshanna esp with the coinidence of the milk
it's called music - it set the scene
His hand on her shoulder. His piercing stare. Him ordering her milk and then later reminding her he forgot the cream knowing that she came from that dairy farm. Him putting the cigarette out in the cream. I’m sure I missed a couple other things but he completely ties her together and she is trying to wish that he doesn’t know who she is. Great scene.
This is the third time watching this clip and I too just realized why he ordered her milk.
That menacing look he gives her before putting the cigarette out, shows he knows exactly who she is. What great acting 👏🏽
Sturdel cream contains pork additive. Jews do not consume pork. You can think of it as a kind of test or torture.
@@muratkaanV5 definitely torture. He knew exactly who she was Why else would you order someone milk
The thing with the strudel is that it was made with pork fat at that time - jews don't eat pork. He know her right from the beginning.
The timing of the stare and the pause after Landa lights his cigarette is just enough to raise the hint of a threat without being too obvious. Perfect timing.
Django made me want beer
Inglorious Bastards made me want strudel with cream
Hateful 8 made me want stew
Pulp fiction made me want Big Kahuna Burger
Can’t watch a Tarantino movie without food.
You should watch his discussion about food in cinema and in his own films, he specifically goes over this scene in light detail. It's pretty interesting.
@Boondock Saint that's a pretty biased and shallow opinion. Its pretty easy to how different their styles are, especially when it comes to music, direction and dialogue. They are both great and you may be right in one way, but Tarantino and Scorsese take things from previous directors.
What about Jackie Brown?.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 Jackie brown is based off a novel which inherently follows a narrative that is similar to a Scorsese like screenplay. Tarantino's dialogue is what separates that film. Jackie brown is his most "mature" film in terms of style and i totally get what you mean. It's the subject matter of the story that does that affect mainly. There are so many movies a lot of films are gonna look and feel the same, it's up to us to decipher the differences.
And Reservoir Dogs made me want to tip the waitress.
Love the way Shoshanna stops explaining to get away with it somehow and then Landa says "Continue". The guy is a fox.
"you were beginning to explain.. ?"😂
There’s a cashier at our local grocery store named Shoshanna…… It’s always the highlight of my day when I’m leaving with my groceries, and I yell out for all to hear “Au revoir Shoshanna”
What? He excused everyone in the room to have the conversation, did you think he was going to forget the point of it because they brought the food out?
@@elduderino2404 then everyone claps...
Though she hated the private but at 1:27 you can see her getting desperate for him to be there. The sheer panic she had wanting that guy to be with her...
That microsecond of a distinct lack of class when putting out the cigarette in the strudel just perfectly capped the whole scene. "I know exactly who you are and you are alive simply because I have allowed it"
The way he unceremoniously snubs out his cigarette into the strudel shows it was all pleasantries and a game to accomplish his goal of interrogating her through a fake front of formalities. He's hiding his cunning ruthlessness behind a polite veneer. He shows that side breaking through when he intentionally says "one more thing", he says it simply to watch her reaction if she's hiding something. We can see how menacing he really is when he's staring at her watching her reaction - look at his suddenly menacing face and feel the tension.
Once he's satisfied with his ulterior motive, he drops the formalities and unceremoniously and rudely snubs his cigarette out into the dessert. The ruse and game are over. Even the cigarette was a pretense and part of the act, its not even halfway finished when he snubs it.
That's Landa's whole thing; he's so nice, polite, and formal - a real gentleman. But underneath that is a cunning and ruthless murderer waiting to lure you in with a false sense of kindness before the monster comes out.
Christopher Dein ;; Exactement très belle analyse 👍
@@Timmy2384 I agree. Giving her the milk, the cream, and the cigarette along with asking about her family was just to see her reaction. That fact that he remembered at all amazing but he needed to check.
But he has never seen her face? I don’t understand how he must know that she’s exactly that Jewish girl. He’s probably killed hundred of other families the same way.
@@wiggilytaco7570 o
I love the bit at 3:43 when she takes her first piece of Strudel and, despite the nerve-racking situation she is in, with that brief widening of the eyes still expresses how good it tastes!
That was not an expression of enjoyment, it was frustration. Jews did not eat cream as it was not kosher
in those times cream was often substitute with pork lard and the moment she took a bite she knew what she ate but had to pretend
If you notice the change in Landa's facial expression and the eye look he gives at Shoshana when he tells her there is something else he wanted to ask her, it's exactly the same with the one in the opening scene with the French farmer when he asks him if he is hiding the Jew family. What a brilliant way by Quentin to show to the audience that like he knew then that the farmer was hiding the Jews, he also now knows who Shoshana really is.
The milk he ordered to her was symbolic too
I just don't understand the reason he didnt compromise her. The only conclusion is that he either has respect for his enemies who have succeeded in evading him or he knew the potential she had to murder the Nazi figureheads. I don't think he knew.
@@ollybirkbeck8888 most likely because his plan was to escape the country and get to america, if he exposes her his chance of making a deal with aldo is 0
@@SkizVids his intension weren't to escape if I remember rightly it was to gain the gratitude that he craved and be a memorabilic figure in history. That's what I thought, but he wasn't aware of the bastards plans. He proactively devised that plan and certainly wasn't aware of shosh's plans.
Olly Birkbeck maybe it was that he came up with the idea of letting them finish the war and leave to the US with the agreement of making him look as an infiltrate.
She's a fantastic actress. I can just feel the terror she's experiencing just by looking at her face.
I really liked at 6:24 the way she reacts to landa's pause, she is terribly afraid of what he could ask, and tries to keep calm, but one can feel her fear, really great acting
She is not great all the time. She have an enormous ego, ans his acting is limited. I have seen a lot of french movies with his actress (i'm french), and that is very average.
In France they make fun of her all the time because of her 'ego'. She's a meme.
@@lucaux3694 ooooooh yes… I confirm that !
@@lucaux3694 She's is beautiful.
I remember hating Christoph Waltz that year for stealing the Oscar from my favourite actor, the Strudel. It delivered a magnificent performance. Shame on you academy!
Christoph Waltz won an Oscar for his performance as Colonel Hans Landa in Inglorious Basterds.
@Igor: I don’t believe he won an Oscar for this 🤔
al dixon yea he did
@@aldixon1977 he won lol and he deserved it. One of the best performance ever (for me)
Who'd he steal it from? I was rooting for Stanley Tucci.
One of the best Tarantino movies I've ever seen. Truly work of art
Both really good actors. The lady did a fine job by not over-acting....subtle but effective for the screen.
Landa earned every bit of that Oscar fucking awesome man
How can one character be so charming and funny yet menacing and evil at the same time? Absolutely phenomenal acting and writing
This movie always reminds me of Gremlins because the plot is to get them all in the theater and burn it down so the Nazis are like mischievous monsters but some people liked them too I suppose.
The Nazis pretty much invented Good Cop, whenever they had prisoners of war they'd always try to make them feel as relaxed as possible and even seem friendly towards them in order to get them to relax and give them information. It's phenomenal acting and writing but it was also surprisingly realistic
@@annalisavajda252 spoiler alert the nazies are mischievous monsters
Christopher Waltz commitment to finish that strudel over the course of him talking is astounding
Well Christoph Waltz is Austrian he wouldn’t leave an Strudel unfinished
@@malena5026 And his way to confirm he was talking to Shoshanna from the beginning.. Strudel at that time contained pork and that was against Jewish dietary restrictions.. and he made her wait for the creme, which was not supposed to be mixed at the time for said restrictions.. Which is rewarded when she takes a bite and realizes its absolutely delicious lol.. Dark but funny humor from Quentin always.. Like we all wear mixed fabric clothing and eat meat on Friday.. Not going to hell for bomb ass Austrian pastry lol Landa's fall is he respects his opponents.. When his opponents will stop at nothing to upend him..and have zero respect for him.. His only flaw, vanity from his peers..
@@antedote1 There is a high chance that this strudel is an "Apfelstrudel" - which contains apple, cinnamon, etc.There is no pork in it anyway. It's a sweet pastry typically served with cream, which is very common in Austria.
@@antedote1I have no idea what strudels you have been eating
@@localoppboy7668 Pastries were made with animal lard (fat) in WW2, (do to rationing) the strudel would have been made with (most likely pork) fat. Jews can't drink milk (or cream) and eat meat as it is not kosher.. That's why he made her wait for the cream too.. as neither wouldve been kosher at the time, And thus when she tastes it with the strudel.. It blows her mind having the cream on top for the first time.. I shouldve specified the times so it was understood.
The moment he sit near her, he was already in control of the situation. The whole gravity shifted. You can literally feel his energy and interrogation. Phenomenal Acting by Christoph Waltz
0:12 The way he takes her pulse is incredible. You can tell he enjoys pushing Shoshana to the limit. Amazing.
That's some Sherlock Holmes level shit. "Because I took your pulse....elevated."
He didnt. He touched her palm Einstein
@@EughhBrothereughh No, he checked her pulse. He did the same thing to the daughter in the beginning. Einstein. Fuck off back to Marvel eh?
@@EughhBrothereughh You do realize his fingers are on her veins.
"AH LANDA!"
Christ, that's one of the scarier moments in the film just from the sheer delight on his face and tone at seeing Landa, especially considering we already know who he is.
Specially the ost kicking in as well
That actor did a phenomenal job with his character
When I first saw this scene I felt my heart bump, I was completely caught off guard by his arrival, it was all so suddenly.
What are the German words he says after that, for "you are here"? I've put it through Google translate a couple of ways and can't a complete match for what he says.
@@lausatia Thank you! Great explanation!
Landa's true treachery lies in his smooth, calm demeanor. For a villain he smiles a lot. He'd be pretty easy to underestimate in real life.
When you put it like that, I think of Lalo Salamanca from better call Saul. Endlessly charismatic, so much it would be easy to forget for even a second, that one word out of place will have you six feet under within the hour
@@CrumbsLamond True. Or a Ted Bundy. Their secret to lure victims is to get them to relax....then it's too late
It’s so creative because of how he carries himself, he seems like a nice guy yet he expertly hides his treacherous intent on the inside. Imagine meeting landa and not knowing he was a nazi, you wouldn’t think there was anything suspicious about him. The uniform gives him away
@ElementZero oh shit you right
@ElementZero Of course he was a nazi lmfao. There was no German Wehrmacht soldier who would call himself the Jew Hunter.
I've met Tarantino before and i had the opportunity to say all of his movies are masterfully crafted with little details and how he made 9 of the best movies.
Everyone talks about the strudel but look and listen to the beginning of this video. It's an absolute masterpiece. I would say it is one of the best introductions I have seen. Goebells saying: "Ah Landa, you are here.", soldier immediately standing up, Shoshana looking slowly up, camera intensily showing Colonel Landa and this absolutely, ambient, absorbing, intense music. This is absolute masterpiece of cinema's history. It feels like he is the final boss, absolute badass. I love it.
Followed by a conversation between 3 characters while the camera is zooming on the silent one
Calla mi,erd a
spot on! I still remember when I first watched this scene, the music resembled my heartbeat, which went over the roof. I think this is Tarantino at his best here *chef’s kiss*
The music is from a rape scene in an old horror movie called The Entity
Exactly. The perfect music to introduce the final boss of a game.
His French is just amazing, the words he chooses, the tonality.. everything is made for playing with her emotions. He’s perfectly mastering the language, very impressive. The majority of French people can’t even do that with their own language
Oui je confirme tout ce que tu viens de dire 😉 il y'a 65 millions de français mais seulement 47 personnes parlent comme Landa 😂
Yes, and his passive aggressive behavior with the three French daughters in the beginning of the film, such a quiet threat to their father.
I think he recognised Shoshana.... He needed her for his act to surrender.... That glass of milk is what gave it away... He talked about milk n has a couple glasses himself before getting her family killed. I doubt it's a coincidence he ordered milk for her.
You know he's a native, right?
@@Pahakyy he is Austrian, his native language is German but usually in school a lot of people learn French.
The music when he’s introduced is sublime! It matches perfectly with the way he’s slowly revealed, a man of respect.
In addition to that, I think it tries to make us feel the terror that Shoshana experiences when Landa arrives
it's the girl and viewers' heart pounding! very powerful
It's from the film 'The Entity' - track is called relentless attack from the film's soundtrack.. The film is about a entity/demon who terrorize's a woman violently.
Tarantino was evoking the feeling of violation by using the music from the rape scenes in The Entity.
Man he is such a talented actor, how his face changes from friendly to COLD STEEL in a second will never not terrify me.
She cried because he didn't pay for it.
No because he put the cigarette into the cream! That's one dleicious unkosher cream!
@@AlexS-oj8qf True, that is a waste of a good cream
Antisemitic!!
she cried because her family was killed by his men when they were hiding under the basement of Monsieur le paddite. She escaped. Hans landa took aim but let her go.
Karthik Magadi omg do you have the sense of humor?
0:39 Love this directing choice of just focusing and slowly pushing in on Shoshana's face as they're about to leave. You see an array of feelings and changing mental states for almost 60 secs. Superb stuff.
It's not just that the slow zoom in as the others speak while she remains quiet it conveys the concept of her as a victim someone not important to the discussion happening around her.
Notice how there is very few addresses to her in that section, it amplifies her(And our) uncomfortableness
6:30 his expression inflicts terror upon his target and he enjoys doing it. He savor every last bit of the moment, restraining himself from catching his prey because he knows that this premiere have to happen if he'd ever get his chance for survival. He knows that German is losing the war and unless he plays a part in this whole secret plan, he'll never be able to escape the trial. To be able to create such a beast, Tarantino really is insanely good with his art. And to be able to act out such a beast, Christoph Waltz really deserve the oscar he received.
Hans was the only SS member able to play 4D chess to that extent.
Terrifyingly cunning.
same look he had when he blew the farmer's cover at the start of the movie.. no doubt at all he knew right there n then who shoshanna was
Or how his face changes at 6:24. Great acting!
"because he knows that this premiere have to happen"
and because he enjoys cruelty
Reaching. He didn't know her. He didn't know anything at that point.
Waltz is one of the best actors I have ever seen, and the fact he won in two original portrayals makes his impact on Hollywood even more legendary- I will never forget him
Even talking with a very light german accent.The guy is so "french"in the way he embrace french behavior and language.. this make him scarier ..absolute genius of an actor.
2:39 the way he speaks "Cream" is so satisfied...
French word with a german accent .
Mdr c’est vrai
"J’eu oublier de commonder la crème"
Je suis français
Because he said "crème", not "cream"
6:41 I love the symbolism of the cigarette in the strudel looking like the cottage he found her at after saying he forgot what he was going to ask her. Such great screenwriting and cinematography
I never noticed that wow
Stop reaching
no not at all. dont overreact
For me it's symbolic, Landa can find something incredibly beautiful and precious, even talk highly about it as he did about the strudel, but he does not have any problem ruining even the thing he loves. He didn't even hesitate for a second to put that cigarette into the food he was eagerly advertising just a few minutes before. He's chaos reincarnated 🤣
@@prof_jesus Have you even watched the scene? He explicitly says he finds the strudel just above average in that place. "Pas si mauvais" in French heavily implies that the strudel is decent for a French place but bad next to German standards. He's nowhere near advertising it eagerly.
I’m sitting in my house nice sunny day, watching the clips, with the look on his eyes I’m shivering. This good he is.
Inglorious Basterds was the first time I ever saw or heard of Christoph Waltz. He was instantly one of the best actors I have ever seen.
Agree 💯
Feels like pretty much you and everybody else went through that same thing.
So true.
Does anyone else get pissed when the dude scoops up the cream but like half of it falls back on the plate?
Angelo Pellicci yessss
It was a hint of how he was afraid of Landa. It was intentionally chosen. He messed up because of how much he was stressed.
yes because when you pay for cream you want it all apart from which this was the 40s during a war so indulgences were scarce and thirdly that was a german officer he just short changed so he would've been in trouble.
Ikr, i got really annoyed when i see it the first time.
Are you serious?! I thought I was the only one who lost his fucking mind watching that cream fall. Damn near made me vomit! 😂
Great acting and masterful directing. Her body language is perfect to show she is repressing something. Her expressions when Landa ordered milk, how she put cream on her strudel and how she never touched them again afterwards, and the way her expression changed when he said he had another thing to ask. He had got all the proof he needed, so he proceeded to 'taunt' her by putting his cigarette off on the strudel which he complimented minutes ago. It's a subtle way to say 'gotcha'. Tarantino is such a brilliant director.
I think this is a scene where people tend to analyze well but draw improper conclusions- yes all those hints were there and well placed but there's no real indication that he knew she was that Jewish girl who escaped all those years ago. He wouldn't have carried on with the cinema plans if he had. The ambiguity just builds dramatic tension
@@nimeshsingh4943 why wouldn't he carry on with the cinema plans?
Quittance because he wanted to escape to America and if he exposed her and killed her the Aldo plan would’ve been ruined
@@nimeshsingh4943 No he WANTS her to burn down the cinema. That's why he offers her a cigarette. He makes sure she knows that he knows. The menacing look he gives when he pauses after musingly saying he had something else to ask her is his way of making sure she knows, and once he's sure, he returns to his whimsical tone- that he forgot. He puts his cigarette out, and walks away- letting her finish hers and think about what she's going to do about it. Also, he got himself a cup of coffee, but ordered her the hunter's drink- milk. He's inviting her to hunt, playfully at first and then more strongly with a threat. He puts the cigarette out in the German desert he praises so loudly but moments before. He's done with the Reich and he's urging her to finish it.
The subtle “glass of milk for the mademoiselle” line is such a good piece of writing
Y’all should see the uncut version of this entire scene. It’s pure magic. 14+min of pure uncut, dialogue between these actors in two foreign languages. The fluidity of the scene is just outstanding. THIS is film at its finest.
Where can i watch this?
@@mw7851 buy it?
German is native for Waltz and French is native for Laurent. They are two foreign languages to you maybe :D
@@EfficientTrout I didn't realize there was an uncut version of the entire film. Is it worth it overall?
There is a full scene.
I could watch Landa eating all day. I know it’s strange but there’s just something about the way he carries himself that’s satisfying for whatever reason
"Ahhh, Landa da sind Sie ja!"
*Music intensifies with Shoshana's heartbeat*
da sind sie ja
How did Shoshanna know who Landa is? She didn't see him when he killed her family.
@@anycolouryoulike8567 The family, including Shoshanna were able to see the events through the cracks in the floorboards.
@@anycolouryoulike8567 I think he also mentioned his name when he questioned the farmer
Landa da sind Sie ja.
You know you have a great film on your hands when Brad Pitt is the comic relief.. every part was played perfectly by every actor 😎🇬🇧
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The way the music comes in and the soldier instantly stands up to salute him like his life depended on it was so perfect
Yes, agreed. I love that part too. It truly helps underline how terrifying Landa is.
6:30 he is staring right into her soul. Waltz is amazing as always
She wanted to be one way, but it’s the other way
The price went up.
as french being my mother tongue, his performance is incredible. his delivery and dialogue are just mmmmmm, yesss.
Amazing acting and directing the moment when Landa appears to question what is going on and the camera just stays fixed on the girl, simply superb work.
How can a person be kindly laughing all the time and be terrifying at the same time.. What amazing actor he is.
that long stare at the end- it’s JUST like the “you are sheltering enemies of the state, are you not?” scene… Landa had that whole casual conversation but he knew the truth the whole time. that’s what this scene is for, too, in my opinion.
It's such a clever scene. Everyone knows that Landa has discovered she was the escapee at the beginning of the film. Even Shoshana knows, the fact that he orders her a glass of milk, her little eye raise confirming she understands the situation. Landa is such a well written character, he must already know by hosting at this cinema he is setting the wheels in motion to end the war.
Correct. It seems he never cared about the Nazi's goals, he was just good at his job. But it seems like he was used to being the smartest person in the room and felt he was severely underpaid, and was never going to get the recognition or compensation he felt he deserved, so he decided to let the plot unfold for his own personal gain. It worked. He outsmarted everyone and made a deal with the Americans. But Aldo couldn't just let him get off that clean, which is why he carved that Swastika into his forehead.
what does milk had to do with anything?
@@alonelypotato2788hoshana was raised on a dairy farm, so ordering milk and cream for her shows he already knows who she is.
Stabbing the cigarette into the cream maybe signifies the symbolic death of Shoshana at his hands. He could have killed her had he wanted to.
@@alonelypotato2788she came from a dairy farm, it’s in the beginning of the film
@@alonelypotato2788also watch a video called “why villains drink milk” or something along those lines
It explains that milk apparently makes people look more psychopathic
Un des meilleurs films de Quentin Tarantino!! Il arrive à captiver et à capter les émotions comme personne !! Un immense réalisateur !
Je voudrais poser une question à un français: pourquoi les français détestent la performance de Mélanie Laurent dans ce film?
This is what we can call a masterpiece of cinema. Perfect acting, directing, sounds editing, lighting, tension... My God, if only movies could always be of that quality, we would flock back into theaters in droves. But not everyone is Quentin Tarantino.
The best villains have a scene where they're eating or drinking something.
Especially milk.
Cuts to Joker going down the line shoving appetizers down his face like a fat man at a cruise liner buffet.
He was menancing af
Melanie Laurent did not get nearly enough credit for this film. Her performance was just as strong as Waltz’s and she was such an emotional anchor for the film.
No it wasn't,she was good no doubt but,Christof Waltz was the movie as Col.Landa.Imo
She did absolutely fantastic, agree with you there. The whole cast was brilliant
she was amazing, but Waltz really is one of the best picks Tarantino has made in his whole career.
No it wasn’t
She was certainly good, but Waltz is a different class of actor
Dude the industrial-core sounds when Landa walks in gives me goosebumps every time. What a perfect way to encapsulate an unstoppable and incomprehensible machine is entering the space.
The way he kissed Shossana, exactly how he kissed the farmer's daughters, the ordering of milk (why do you think he offered the same wine to Apache when he caught them and was interrogating them) and also mysteriously forgetting the question, simply shows he knew it from the start.
He did but he spared her because he knew 1. The Nazis were going to lose the war 2. Landa knew Shossana was up to something that would greatly affect the Nazis and she was his way out 3. If Shossana by some weird coincidence wasn’t going to do anything he knew that the Aldo and Bastards would take advantage of the movie premiere if given the green light by their superiors and keeping Shossana alive was important. By coincidence both Shossana and the Bastards were planning to destroy the high command unknowingly and separately so Shossana being kept alive was essential since it kind of led to Landa negotiating with Aldo and later the Americans
Thank you, kissing the hand, I forgot the connection from earlier - brilliant!
I'm french and used to live and work 15 years in Bavaria. It came to a point where I spoke fluently German and more specifically the Bavarian dialect of my region with my mates, although I could never completely hide my french accent, which is a real part of myself though. I love the way Christoph speaks so perfectly and fluent french with his typical German accent, which is exactly that happens in the real life, and make this scene part of the most incredible ones ever. The degree of mastering of the french language is absolutely stunning, we are in a very high level of expression that, if you are french, reveals implicitly all the double meanings of his questioning, which is unbearable for Shoshana, not knowing if he already knows who she is really. A masterpiece. I love that film too because of those four spoken languages in it I have had myself the chance of learning during my lifetime, allowing me to watch this film (again and again) without any subtitles. Most of the actors are natural speakers in the language they're assigned to, except for those who are multi linguists, but always speaking other foreign languages with their own accent, which sometimes will betray them (like in the scene in the "bistrot"). Working now in Switzerland, I can also pretty immediately tell where a German speaker is originally from, because each region has its own dialect. Languages are marvelous and determinate who we are, how we think and mostly the way we see the world. Speaking other languages allows you to see the world differently.
Absolument
Would you be able to speak further into the double meanings? Super curious about that
@@SNEAKJOB With pleasure. Let's take the very first simple allusion to the past which is immediately made with "Et pour Soshana... ce sera... un verre de lait"... "Soshana will be taking... A glass of milk".
He wants to show her he plays the music and the choice of the glass of milk is his way of getting her back to the past.
If you remember the visit of Lambda to the Lapalisse into their farm, he asked for a glass of milk and Soshana, who is hidden under the floor, hear that.
This kind of very fine allusion to their first "meeting" where he let kill all her family, is the way Lambda plays and could already signalize her he exactly knows who he's dealing with.
The best part of it is that we don't exactly know too, his choice could be a simple hazard. He speaks very slowly, very gently and in a perfect manner, like a gentleman, but he's very directive, giving her mostly orders: What she gets to drink, the Strudel which is typically a German dessert, wait for the cream", meaning we have plenty of time... "You were starting to explain where you came to get the cinema". I'll carry on later on, there are plenty fine allusions which are beautiful and make this scene so incredible good.
@@olddave5084 , fascinating. I am in France right now, speak only a few lines, but had no idea HOW the language is spoken can affect its meaning.
@@rufuspipemos There are several good books that describe studies how bilingual capacities reroute your brain, the way you see the world and even the way you act, because each language conveys its own symbolic, which you learn over the year associating sounds with meanings. I love languages, German and English are very closed to another, like Italian, Spanish and French in the same manner. French is complicated an so subtle, it has this very good sounding because all word are getting nicely into another and people speaks quickly (and it makes its difficulty to comprehend for a non native) you can play a lot with sounds and words changing completely the meaning of what is meant (especially good for jokes!) you need a whole life to come into the secrets... I imagine at at a certain point it's the same for all languages, it's the mirror of the country and the culture it comes from. For me, abilities to speak foreign languages have made a important part of my professional and private life, and I'm still learning each days, simply because I used to live 15 years in Bavaria and speak the dialect... It's fascinating. I particularly appreciate German because it's a very direct language which allow to speak very precisely, shortly, you don't need to talk a lot, and the big advantage is, you pronounce it like you speak, so if you pronounce good, you write it good too. On top, German is a language with so many resources worldwide on the web, it helps very much. cheers from France.
0:02
Shoshana: "Why do I hear boss music?"
Shoshana ..!! 😃
When shoshana burst in tears is to me one of the most memorable scenes in the history of movies.
Also I admire her courage
meh
Oy vey
This character and the acting is definitely one of the strongest performances ever. Like you cannot take your eyes away from watching the movie. Unreal. Tarantino must have been so proud after he watched this, thinking what a powerful character he created and how good of a choice he made when he chose Waltz for this role.
6:24 - I always hold my breath at that pause.
At 6.24...... the best use of a “Pregnant Pause” I have seen in cinematography.
I watched this scene over and over. Waltz is pure evil, captivating. I feel guilty liking this work so much.
I go through life and on occasion I have an urge for strudel and fresh whipped cream, all because of this scene. This is how this movie impacted my life, it made me fat.....
How is the taste my boi
Ah, Qui.
Deux Strudles.
Un pour moi.
Un pour LA mademoiselle.
@Thomas Andrews: What was your weight before your strudel & cream obsession & what is your weight now ? 🤔
I laughed so fucking hard hahahahahah kudos
Jewish girl trying to hide her identity from Nazi predator. Life and Death situation.
American: Strudel looks nice
Hans Landa is the kind of person who would never ever forget what to ask. That face says everything
"I had something else to ask you but I can't remember"
he had nothing to ask, he was giving her another clue that he knew that she was Shoshana.
The milk.
The cream.
The statement that Hans asked the farmer at the very beginning.
He knew. He had to have done.
Seronu I think he wanted to see how she would react with the cigarette, you see she pulls it away from her face and twitches her fingers when he asks. I think that tells him she’s very nervous about what he might ask.
And in the end he made a chimney with his cigarret in his food ( the food is the shoshana's house ). Hahahaha
He didn't.
@@aasth damn the detail in this scene alone is insane
Or he simply can't remember. That's the greatness of the scene. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't know.
Melanie Laurent’s acting is top notch in this scene. She’s playing a person barely keeping it together perfectly
3:27 To this day, I can't get over at how some cream dropped from that serving spoon.
Ikr pretty frustraing
Watch his reaction to it... He also seemed pretty disappointed!
This guy is the only actor I’ve watched that can play a villain you hate with a passion, and then play a hero you love and root for in another movie. I hope him and QT team up again!!
I love love love this scene. From the way he orders the pie and made her wait for the cream, to the process of him eating the pie in bits to her hold herself together until he left the table, brilliant acting on both. My hair was standing straight up when I first saw this part of the movie!
ive always loved that moment when she goes from completely smooth and cool to sobbing once he is gone. amazing acting from laurent ❤❤
That metal style music marking his entrance was an absolutely jaw-dropping moment
It was from the movie “the entity” that soundtrack is creepy af
Anyone else noticed that at 6:43 he makes a house with the cigarette as the chimney
Holy shit you are right! I thought he was just being a dick to the strudel.
oh yeah a subliminal "KZ" reference
Sometimes a strudel is just a strudel (with a cigarette in it.) I think it ultimately shows a crassness and disdain for the French and every culture the Nazis dominated in their occupied territories.
Lauren you are correct.
@@laurend9829 he didnt show disdain for the french culture..he spoke the language he enjoyed the food..it was more of a subtle threat...
Walz in all his scenes kicks all other actors, everywhere, right out of the screen. Give the man Oscars.
He got it for this role lol
I love him but he didn‘t deserve the second oscar for Django... Even Leo played better in that year and he was in the same movie. Playing Landa was so exceptional because no one else in the world could‘ve played that role so good. It will go down as his role of the lifetime.
Max West I agree. His performance in Django Unchained was good but overrated. Philip Seymour Hoffman deserves the Oscar that year for his performance in The Master.
@@maxwest1372
Waltz was overrated in django but Leo was trash as he usually is his 90% of his movies. I hated his miscast baby face for a tough guy role in the django. Also his overracting was painful to watch.
@@Vinicantstopcrying He has always been a one trick pony
You all are spreading so much love. It’s truly heartwarming. Thank you!
Christophe Waltz has been the best actor in the world for about the last 15 years. His performance in this and Django was immense. To think he wasn’t known to mainstream audiences until he was 53, when this was released. He wasn’t even paid that much for his role in this, around $200,000 but would’ve negotiated a percentage of the worldwide take as well
“May I call you Emmanuelle?”
“Yes”
*stares a hole through her*
Yeah, he knew.
Best scene in the movie. So many subtle emotions and tells from both actors. Great focus on her while everyone else moves and talks around her giving the audience a feeling of being trapped with her. Then her near breakdown at the end is exactly what you feel the moment he leaves knowing that he knows exactly who she is. This scene is a masterpiece.
Astonishingly crafted scene. Direction, acting, camera work. Outstanding. Her gasp at the end was chilling. Showed her terror.
Forget the strudel, the way Waltz jumps straight into French is amazing.
"Ah, Landa, you're here!"
*wHy Do I hEaR bOsS bAtTlE mUsIc???*
Name of the song?
@@axu703 Charles Bernstein - Bath Attack (The Entity)
Notice how they are framed during their discussion. Shosannah is zoomed on, with the background being blurry. In her head, she's isolated. She is cornered like a prey. Landa is in much wider shots, like the way you'd see a friend sitting at a table. He is completely relaxed. So used to toying with afraid people to satisfy his twisted, monstrous sadism that he never feels challenged. But when he is about the ask the last question, he is suddenly staring at her and is shot in the exact same frames that Shosannah was. Now they are both isolated, despite the café's noise. He looks at her, just long enough. When he says he does not remember, it is now obvious that he knows exactly who she is. With a single gaze, he had already told her. What a special fucking scene.
Let me add something about predator and prey eyesight. Prey have much wider vision. That is why their eyes are on the side of their head. They need to see all around them. Similar to Shoshannon seeing everything in view of Landa. Predator, think humans, have eyes in the front of their head to see only whats ahead of them. When we see Shoshanon zoomed in is the perspective of Landa.
*I cant spell the french girl name.
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The strudel should have won the Oscar for best actress and the cream should have won for best supporting actress.
Waltz so in the zone throughout this entire movie. He was born to play the part.
I love how the music in the beginning matches her anxiety when seeing him.
Julika Cuffy ye
I think it could be argued that this is the best performance in cinema ever.
That’s a BINGOOOOOO
Ale Pacino in Godfather trilogy takes It imo
@@Bluesmiley05you just say bingo
@@JudgeHolden2003thank you
One of the best propaganda films since Schindler’s list.
This is honestly one of the most tense scenes I’ve ever experienced in my entire movie-watching career
There is something so elegant about the simplicity of this cinematography. I applaud how he captures the tension just by watching Han Landa and Mimieux eat the strudel. We can also observe the twisted mind of Hans Landa and how he interrogates his subjects. I love that there's no music as well just the concentrated focus on the actual real life sounds. The detail of the shots is amazing. I want to eat a strudel now lol