People just hate seeing the germans soldiers as humans who had their own complexities and issues instead of just a mindless horde of Stalhelms to be mowed down for entertainment.
But they did spill innocent blood didn't they? They could've rebelled against Hitler, couldn't they? When Goebbels asked the German nation if they want total war, they loved it and went on with it. Now that they have lost, I am supposed to believe that in the end they had no choice but to kill 40 million people? 26 million of which were the Russians that I am supposed to see as problem for the world? I don't think I will buy that.
Friedhelm make this show great: he was forced to become a monster and he's disgusted by him self that he rather chooses to die at the end of the war. Great charcterisation
Yeah, the _"real Friedhelm"_ died long before May 45. He didn't just want to physically survive the war. He wanted to survive as a human, in which he didn't succeed. That's why he made his last stand.
@@yannick245 english beow: Ich denke meine Großväter waren Leute die versucht haben zu überleben und dabei Mensch zu bleiben. Die Männer aus der Familie meiner Mutter waren bei der Flak. Ihr Onkel hatte eine Freundin in Frankreich. Der andere Großvater war in der Sowjetunion und von der Kompanie hat nur ein Fahrzeug mit 6 Männern überlebt. Warum? Mein Opa hatte sich mit den Frauen in deren Haus er lebte angefreundet und konnte daher russisch. Sie kamen nach Italien und in den 1960er Jahren war er mit seiner Familie in einer Stadt und Italienerinnen erkannten ihn, freuten sich ihn gesund zu sehen, das nur weil er anständig zu ihnen war. I think my grandfathers were people who tried to survive and stay human. The men from my mother's family were at the Flak. Her uncle had a girlfriend in France. The other grandfather was in the Soviet Union and of the company only one vehicle with 6 men survived. Why? My grandfather had made friends with the women in whose house he lived and could therefore speak Russian. They came to Italy and in the 1960s he was in a city with his family and Italian women recognized him, were happy to see him healthy, just because he was decent to them.
he made that last stand to first of all end his life cause he was ashamed of himself and was an empty vessel, and because he wanted to show thosae young hitleryouth boys what war truely is its cruel@@yannick245
You know, it's funny. We watch movies for the character "arc". To see how the characters change given their circumstances. But what most people resist most in life is, in fact, change. So through watching movies, are we vicariously living the change that we fear the most?
All die Gründe der vorherigen Jahrzenten, woraus die verschiedenen Seiten gekämpft haben sind ebenso schrecklich. Und manche wollen den Krieg, auch heute. Für manche gibt es Vorteile von Kriegen, sonst würde es keine Kriege geben.
The thing is Wilhem was an honorable Lieutenant but he did not like what was being asked of him like executing POWs and civilians. He’s also being asked to lead his men in an impossible situation
(spoilers) Friedhelm's fate is the worst, a gentle soul ground down until only a monster remained. At least he spared Viktor and killed that SD officer piece-of-shizer.
Actually compared to Wilhelm who had survived the war and has to deal with the fact that his entire platoon had been wiped out spent the last two years of the war believing his little his little brother was dead to find out that Friedhelm had survived for the last two years of the war only to die just days before the end of the war Friedhelm wouldn't have to deal with the massive survivor's guilt that Wilhelm would have to live with for the rest of his life
@@kllk12fulI think you missed the point, during the movie we see how he changes from a pacifist that can’t even hurt a fly to a sociopathic battle hardend soldier that doesn’t value human life. It is clearly visible by the little amount of emotions that he expresses during the murders of civillians.
What is your guys’ opinion as to why Friedhelm killed himself? His character broke my freakin heart probably because he reminded me of myself in a lot of ways. Me personally I thought he decided to sacrifice himself because he simply couldn’t live with the person he had turned into, he never wanted to be a soldier yet the war conquered him and turned him into someone he hated. He may have felt guilt for the actions he had committed during the war and he felt that he had failed himself for not living up to his moral convictions so sacrificing his life for the kids was a way to amend the terrible wrongs he had committed during the conflict. Which is one hell of a sacrifice in my opinion and it says a lot about the strength of his character. Anyways sorry for the long tangent, I’d love to hear what you all think
@@yannick245 I agree he was already dead, I’m not sure what he would’ve been like if he decided to survive. I have no doubt we would’ve suffered from terrible PTSD from all the trauma he had witnessed and from all the atrocities he had committed. Just goes to show you how tragic and senseless war is and how it can turn good people into shells of their former selves.
*Перевод на русский* -Ты был прав -Это выявит в нас только самое худшее. -Ага -Я знаю. -Но это ничего не меняет в том факте, что завтра мы снова выйдем туда драться. -Пока никого не останется. -Ровно до тех пор, пока никого не останется. -Сколько из тех, кого мы знали, пало за эти два года, а? -Шнайдер, Боргалор,Вербински,Бертиг -Все они просто.. -Прекрати это! -Это прекратится только тогда, когда придет и закончится! -Ты еще этого не понимаешь? -Мы человеческий скот для большой бойни! -Сегодня мы герои, завтра свиньи. -Но это не имеет никакого смысла! -Нет никакого смысла! -Бог покинул нас! -Есть только мы! -Ни гребаного генерала, ни отца. -Только мы, эти мужчины! -И если мы завтра выйдем туда и умрем, хорошо! -Быть по сему.Но ты поведешь нас, я ожидаю этого от тебя!
I’m not so sure. Sometimes they were the ones least inclined to empathy and merely regarded ethics as a clinical matter. I put a lot of thought into this as a combat veteran. It has bothered me greatly. Often, the most sensitive and kind were the ones more cruelly distorted and used.
I can't help but wonder how Friedhelm and Wilhelm would have fared if they fought in North Africa, Italy or even occupied France and the low countries The Eastern Front chewed up Wilhelm and Friedhelm and spit them out ghosts of themselves
Hero ? Murderers ? Criminals ? I see in this portrayed German soldier someone who was deceived like many other millions of Germans by a devil a carnivorous beast. He is not to be blamed. Many people were incited and brainwashed during this time. Rest in peace soldiers of all sides. Only in death were you united.
@@AnnamariaLeprini it is on Prime though. I am British so my ancestors may have fought in this war, and against the German side - however to me this film simply shows the horror and pointlessness of war, and how one person has to essentially 'become a monster' to get through it. Even if he had escaped the Russians at the end, his life would have no doubt felt like a death sentence anyway, because of what he had to do. I watch it over and over, it makes me sad that we still don't seem to have learned from this. I don't doubt there were thousands of real 'Friedhelms' out there. :(
@@robertbench5187 Later Friedhelm was completely a changed guy!! He was no longer that coward bookworm. If you haven't watched this series then I wouldn't give you more spoilers cuz that would ruin your curiousity if you watch this series in the future.
It’s pretty tragic to see good german soldier who didn’t want war or do bad things was forced or else they would be executed for treason which they didn’t deserve to die for
So sieht man auch wie ea unseren eltern ging Als sohn oder enkel kann man sich ja,nicht haarklein erzählen lassen was man 4 j im krieg so angestellt hat . Oder müssen ....
los soldados alemanes fueron heroicos, luchando contra enemigos superiores en número, las atrocidades comunistas no se exponen aquí solo es un mea culpa , Alemania sigue ocupada actualmente
If there weren't the horrible war, WW2, Friedhelm would have lived and died with his brother peacefully. If there weren't the crazy Hitler, he would have lived peacefully. It's digsgusting.
everybody who says that this movie series glorifies Germany in WWII hasn’t understood the message…
ok boomer
People just hate seeing the germans soldiers as humans who had their own complexities and issues instead of just a mindless horde of Stalhelms to be mowed down for entertainment.
@@Mautiks dude I am 23 haha
Even for a child who is 14 years old can understand that this movie does not glorify German. Surely you had found retards commenting on that.
But they did spill innocent blood didn't they? They could've rebelled against Hitler, couldn't they? When Goebbels asked the German nation if they want total war, they loved it and went on with it. Now that they have lost, I am supposed to believe that in the end they had no choice but to kill 40 million people? 26 million of which were the Russians that I am supposed to see as problem for the world? I don't think I will buy that.
The key character in this tale. He never wanted to be a monster, but was forced to become a monster in order to survive.
they are evil sadistic insane villanous monsters. no excuses accepted
@@veronicav27 room temperature IQ comment
@@cosairfps don't make excuses for them
@@veronicav27 I'm not going to enter a discussion, as I'd just end up making fun of you.
@@cosairfps I'm not entering stupid discussions either. sorry
Friedhelm make this show great: he was forced to become a monster and he's disgusted by him self that he rather chooses to die at the end of the war.
Great charcterisation
All Friedhelm wanted to do was survive as a human being. In the end, they left him only one choice. That's survival.
Yeah, the _"real Friedhelm"_ died long before May 45. He didn't just want to physically survive the war. He wanted to survive as a human, in which he didn't succeed. That's why he made his last stand.
@@yannick245 english beow: Ich denke meine Großväter waren Leute die versucht haben zu überleben und dabei Mensch zu bleiben.
Die Männer aus der Familie meiner Mutter waren bei der Flak. Ihr Onkel hatte eine Freundin in Frankreich.
Der andere Großvater war in der Sowjetunion und von der Kompanie hat nur ein Fahrzeug mit 6 Männern überlebt. Warum? Mein Opa hatte sich mit den Frauen in deren Haus er lebte angefreundet und konnte daher russisch.
Sie kamen nach Italien und in den 1960er Jahren war er mit seiner Familie in einer Stadt und Italienerinnen erkannten ihn, freuten sich ihn gesund zu sehen, das nur weil er anständig zu ihnen war.
I think my grandfathers were people who tried to survive and stay human.
The men from my mother's family were at the Flak. Her uncle had a girlfriend in France.
The other grandfather was in the Soviet Union and of the company only one vehicle with 6 men survived. Why? My grandfather had made friends with the women in whose house he lived and could therefore speak Russian.
They came to Italy and in the 1960s he was in a city with his family and Italian women recognized him, were happy to see him healthy, just because he was decent to them.
he made that last stand to first of all end his life cause he was ashamed of himself and was an empty vessel, and because he wanted to show thosae young hitleryouth boys what war truely is
its cruel@@yannick245
@@tavish4699 Yeah, well. You just elaborated my answer. I don't see a contradiction.
i love war movies , but these series are something more... this is brilliant
The acting in this show was so good
everything about the series was so good that I didn't notice I was reading subtitles. thank you for the edit
You know, it's funny. We watch movies for the character "arc". To see how the characters change given their circumstances. But what most people resist most in life is, in fact, change. So through watching movies, are we vicariously living the change that we fear the most?
Resist the temptation to be humen. Those words I won't forget.
Dieser Film war so intensiv. Es war so schrecklich, sich vorzustellen, dass das passierte. Gänsehaut.
Und jetzt sind wir wieder zurück im Krieg. Putin hat es uns erlaubt, das selbst mitzuerleben.
Genau....
All die Gründe der vorherigen Jahrzenten, woraus die verschiedenen Seiten gekämpft haben sind ebenso schrecklich. Und manche wollen den Krieg, auch heute. Für manche gibt es Vorteile von Kriegen, sonst würde es keine Kriege geben.
Friedhelm the reluctant killer ends up becoming quite a good one himself while his brother went completely opposite.
The thing is Wilhem was an honorable Lieutenant but he did not like what was being asked of him like executing POWs and civilians. He’s also being asked to lead his men in an impossible situation
(spoilers) Friedhelm's fate is the worst, a gentle soul ground down until only a monster remained. At least he spared Viktor and killed that SD officer piece-of-shizer.
Actually compared to Wilhelm who had survived the war and has to deal with the fact that his entire platoon had been wiped out spent the last two years of the war believing his little his little brother was dead to find out that Friedhelm had survived for the last two years of the war only to die just days before the end of the war
Friedhelm wouldn't have to deal with the massive survivor's guilt that Wilhelm would have to live with for the rest of his life
@@kllk12fulI think you missed the point, during the movie we see how he changes from a pacifist that can’t even hurt a fly to a sociopathic battle hardend soldier that doesn’t value human life. It is clearly visible by the little amount of emotions that he expresses during the murders of civillians.
@@lolgic930 He just seemed to have given up thinking, because otherwise he couldn't hold on
That was insane thank you for making this
Thank you for watching!
What is your guys’ opinion as to why Friedhelm killed himself? His character broke my freakin heart probably because he reminded me of myself in a lot of ways. Me personally I thought he decided to sacrifice himself because he simply couldn’t live with the person he had turned into, he never wanted to be a soldier yet the war conquered him and turned him into someone he hated. He may have felt guilt for the actions he had committed during the war and he felt that he had failed himself for not living up to his moral convictions so sacrificing his life for the kids was a way to amend the terrible wrongs he had committed during the conflict. Which is one hell of a sacrifice in my opinion and it says a lot about the strength of his character. Anyways sorry for the long tangent, I’d love to hear what you all think
@@greenlime1997 You got it. And his _"suicide"_ is like a last stand.
The _"real Friedhelm"_ died long before...
@@yannick245 I agree he was already dead, I’m not sure what he would’ve been like if he decided to survive. I have no doubt we would’ve suffered from terrible PTSD from all the trauma he had witnessed and from all the atrocities he had committed. Just goes to show you how tragic and senseless war is and how it can turn good people into shells of their former selves.
Wie das geschnitten ist ab 3:30 mit der Musik und allem. Einfach nur genial, ganz großes Lob. Gänsehaut.
Fr 💀🗿
One of the best war series ever.
Masterpiece truly.
*Перевод на русский*
-Ты был прав
-Это выявит в нас только самое худшее.
-Ага
-Я знаю.
-Но это ничего не меняет в том факте, что завтра мы снова выйдем туда драться.
-Пока никого не останется.
-Ровно до тех пор, пока никого не останется.
-Сколько из тех, кого мы знали, пало за эти два года, а?
-Шнайдер, Боргалор,Вербински,Бертиг
-Все они просто..
-Прекрати это!
-Это прекратится только тогда, когда придет и закончится!
-Ты еще этого не понимаешь?
-Мы человеческий скот для большой бойни!
-Сегодня мы герои, завтра свиньи.
-Но это не имеет никакого смысла!
-Нет никакого смысла!
-Бог покинул нас!
-Есть только мы!
-Ни гребаного генерала, ни отца.
-Только мы, эти мужчины!
-И если мы завтра выйдем туда и умрем, хорошо!
-Быть по сему.Но ты поведешь нас, я ожидаю этого от тебя!
The ones that were able to maintain their humanity in the human meatgrinder were the real heroes, regardless of nationality.
I’m not so sure. Sometimes they were the ones least inclined to empathy and merely regarded ethics as a clinical matter. I put a lot of thought into this as a combat veteran. It has bothered me greatly. Often, the most sensitive and kind were the ones more cruelly distorted and used.
Thank you for the video and the great editing
Thank you for the kind words!
@@rickygrenadier6303 Thank you! How about making clips like that about Victor and Wilhelm too?!
German picture ‘s background music is always the best.👏🏼👏🏼
Love this, very well done. Shivering.
Einfach super geschauspielert!
Gut gemacht - traurige Realität des Krieges
Young men made to do horrible things.
Indeed, war made a monster out of one. Excellent movie 💯
I can't help but wonder how Friedhelm and Wilhelm would have fared if they fought in North Africa, Italy or even occupied France and the low countries The Eastern Front chewed up Wilhelm and Friedhelm and spit them out ghosts of themselves
Hero ? Murderers ? Criminals ? I see in this portrayed German soldier someone who was deceived like many other millions of Germans by a devil a carnivorous beast. He is not to be blamed. Many people were incited and brainwashed during this time. Rest in peace soldiers of all sides. Only in death were you united.
Time for this movie to go on Netflix or Prime...
It is actually in some countries
It's purchasable for a small fee on UK Prime.
In Italy they show it on tv almost every year. Yes it should be on Netflix but the american critics slaughtered it
@@AnnamariaLeprini it is on Prime though. I am British so my ancestors may have fought in this war, and against the German side - however to me this film simply shows the horror and pointlessness of war, and how one person has to essentially 'become a monster' to get through it. Even if he had escaped the Russians at the end, his life would have no doubt felt like a death sentence anyway, because of what he had to do. I watch it over and over, it makes me sad that we still don't seem to have learned from this. I don't doubt there were thousands of real 'Friedhelms' out there. :(
@@maryreid4273 I am a German.
Do you choose to survive and lose all your humanity in the process or do you choose to die?
Let us stop this .I have been in it,and disliked the aftertaste. A very good portrayal.
Te amo Tom schilling você é o amor da minha vida um beijo pra vc meu bem 💋💋💋💕💕💕
And in the end, he sacrifies himself to safe those kids
I thought this is was for the movie until i see comments Amazing!!!
One last thing what's the song name?
Thank you! Soundtrack is in the description.
Did he just shot a young boy?
Yes
@@himangshu6708 That's horrible? How did he react after?
@@robertbench5187 He didn't react to it!!
@@robertbench5187 Later Friedhelm was completely a changed guy!! He was no longer that coward bookworm. If you haven't watched this series then I wouldn't give you more spoilers cuz that would ruin your curiousity if you watch this series in the future.
Friedhelm personifies the Wehrmacht.
RIP FRID
Es gibt keinen Film der dem gerecht wird was damals passiert ist, schon gar nicht gegenüber Menschen wie Friedhelm.
...so what?
@@biglebowski5737 Falsche Frage
@@susannesperre9573 ......so what?
@@biglebowski5737 Nix what! Hat sich ausgewhattet....Ich finde die Bemerkung in diesem Fall unpassend. Mehr als na und kommt da nicht?
@@susannesperre9573 ....so what?
Jegliche Menschlichkeit verloren ,das kann Krieg aus ein machen !
Ich mach auch immer im Krieg ein. Marmelade zum Beispiel.
4:26
It’s pretty tragic to see good german soldier who didn’t want war or do bad things was forced or else they would be executed for treason which they didn’t deserve to die for
Ma cosa dicono?
So sieht man auch wie ea unseren eltern ging
Als sohn oder enkel kann man sich ja,nicht haarklein erzählen lassen was man 4 j im krieg so angestellt hat .
Oder müssen ....
Totalwar😢
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我最爱德军！
И японцев?
Simpleplanes
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los soldados alemanes fueron heroicos, luchando contra enemigos superiores en número, las atrocidades comunistas no se exponen aquí solo es un mea culpa , Alemania sigue ocupada actualmente
If there weren't the horrible war, WW2, Friedhelm would have lived and died with his brother peacefully. If there weren't the crazy Hitler, he would have lived peacefully. It's digsgusting.
And how many more wars in history, how many bloodthirsty dictators there have been
When you swim in a sea of $hit, it doesn't take long to stink.
great quote!