# Questions regarding Hitler’s Speeches **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 10, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-hitler-s-speeches/952275 "2021-10-10T23:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-hitler-s-speeches/952275/41 "2021-10-14T16:46:52Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Has anyone seen the movie _ **The Man in the Glass Booth** _ (1974), inspired by the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel? Maximiliian Schell gives a brilliant performance explaining how Hitler managed to appeal to so much of the German public. The movie was based on the play of the same name, which was written by Robert Shaw (Yes, that Robert Shaw – Quint in _Jaws_, Red Grant in _From Russia with Love_ Robert Shaw. He wrote quite a few plays). For some reason they made quite a few changes, not all required for the transition to the screen. Shaw didn’t write the screenplay. But the section you’re referring to is in the original play. Both the play and the movie are based on the book of the same title, which Shaw also wrote. Donald Pleasance played the part in the original New York run ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-hitler-s-speeches/952275/42 "2021-10-15T16:51:49Z")
To me, it sounds like a certain type of “preacher oratory”. I feel like this analogy may be in bad taste, but , imagine if you didn’t speak English and the only clips you ever saw of MLK was the crescendo of his speeches. “Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last” You may get the impression that the entirety of all his speeches were in a loud, borderline yelling tone. I’d guess that a vast majority of the Hitler footage you ever see on TV is the same recycled footage from ‘Triumph of the will’ ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-hitler-s-speeches/952275/43 "2021-10-15T17:05:25Z")
I can’t concur at all. King never screamed that much and hard, and Hitler was aggressive not only in content but also in tone, whereas King’s speeches had a musical tone, which Hitler’s didn’t have at all. He sounded more like a machine gun. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-hitler-s-speeches/952275/44 "2021-10-15T17:09:18Z")
Yeah but Hitler, there was a painter. He could paint **an entire apartment in one afternoon**! Two coats! ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-hitler-s-speeches/952275/45 "2021-10-15T17:32:26Z")
I know its not the best analogy. My point was that Hitler didn’t just walk up to the mic and immediately begin ranting and waving his arms about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-hitler-s-speeches/952275.md?page=2)