# Why can't I get enough of these Hitler rants? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305 "2009-10-27T15:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/41 "2009-10-30T04:30:39Z")
Thankfully the cameras were rolling when Hitler was informed about all of these parodies: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vT2-AuEb7Bc/hqdefault.jpg "Hitler is informed about the Hitler Downfall Parodies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT2-AuEb7Bc) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/42 "2009-10-30T15:15:41Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > …And is that Eva Braun in the dirndl? Dude had his [del]perversions[/del] preferences 'til the end. Poor girl. I always felt bad for that little retard. ☹ Yes, that’s her. The two other women shown in closeup in the hallway are Hitler’s secretaries; the one who speaks to comfort her crying colleague is Traudl Junge (played by the very talented Alexandra Maria Lara). Junge died in 2002 and was the subject of a very interesting documentary, _Blind Spot_. [Traudl Junge - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traudl_Junge). ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/43 "2009-10-30T15:20:54Z")
[Hitler Finds out about how the Watchmen movie ends. He’s not happy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIhHema5PNg&feature=PlayList&p=A1DE56EE86895C4E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=53) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/44 "2009-10-30T15:29:37Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Because it’s… well, because it’s Hitler. Hitler is always funny. > > Also, it’s one of the best scenes ever filmed, with actor Bruno Ganz doing a masterful work. Even without subtitles it’s mesmerizing stuf that bears repeated watching. There’s the thing. That particular clip works because Ganz delivers the goods. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/45 "2009-10-30T18:58:38Z")
Hitler learns Gov. Palin has resigned: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IzNPEGWNos&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IzNPEGWNos&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/46 "2009-10-30T20:54:35Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I’m going to post mine here again: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MqwkTl7bs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MqwkTl7bs) When you say yours, do you mean you created that one? Because it was hilarious. “I don’t have the heart to ask what color my laundry is.” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/47 "2009-10-30T21:27:39Z")
Interesting that Bruno Ganz is Swiss. So was [Billy Frick,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294778/) an acrobat who made his living after middle age playing bit-part Hitler. He shows up at 3:10 into this clip from [Is Paris Burning?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X89eUBMGH-8&feature=PlayList&p=3C001F22DAB99AAF&index=20). He also did a memorable photo spread in the old National Lampoon magazine, as [Hitler retired to the Carribbean](http://www.marksverylarge.com/images/7203cover_s.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/48 "2009-10-30T23:14:57Z")
> [@Neverending\_Elbow](#): > > I feel bad for people who speak German - they probably can’t enjoy these rants. ☹ Don’t feel bad. Most Germans are, I dare say, _passionately_ literal-minded. What other nations might construe as “humor” strikes them as little more than tiresome fooling around. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/49 "2009-10-30T23:34:21Z")
I speak German, and I find them hysterically funny. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/50 "2009-10-31T08:06:23Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > When you say yours, do you mean you created that one? Because it was hilarious. “I don’t have the heart to ask what color my laundry is.” Thankyoo, thankyoo veramuch. Yes, I made that one. I wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/51 "2009-10-31T15:06:15Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I’m going to post mine here again: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MqwkTl7bs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MqwkTl7bs) Good one. Now I’m picturing the four generals, in uniform, in some parking lot buying shitty speakers out of a white van. Guess I’ll post mine again too: [Silent Downfall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkvRldrxdWA) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/52 "2009-10-31T20:04:03Z")
Thanks - I enjoyed that all over again! The B&W grainy look is half the fun. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/53 "2009-11-01T01:09:27Z")
I’ve made a new one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJkmPzwsxo4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJkmPzwsxo4) The General Staff is full of rednecks. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/54 "2009-11-01T01:09:53Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I’m going to post mine here again: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MqwkTl7bs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MqwkTl7bs) Love it!! ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/55 "2009-11-01T22:05:32Z")
I’ve yet to see a Hitler rant using _Downfall_ that’s actually funny. However, [Hitler ranting about his car lease](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-7QoiOH9r0), using authentic Hitler footage, is comedy gold! (Well, it’s comedy gold if you can speak German. Unfortunately I don’t think there’s a version with English subtitles.) ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/56 "2009-11-01T22:35:37Z")
Following the link from our friend Shodan containing the original footage led me to a youtube cycle that had the entire movie in ots original form in fifteen parts. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJFg6MAvss) It is a terrific movie. It is too bad it didn’t get released here. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/57 "2009-11-01T23:16:25Z")
Hitler is not impressed by Nick Griffin’s appearance on ‘Question Time’ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ONj5CKpTEI8/hqdefault.jpg "Nick Griffin's Downfall .... Parody - Nick Griffin on Question Time............ Satire.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONj5CKpTEI8) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/58 "2009-11-01T23:23:21Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > It is a terrific movie. It is too bad it didn’t get released here. It got a limited release in the U.S. - we got it here in the SF Bay Area, but I can’t speak to Nebraska. But yes, a superb film. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/59 "2009-11-02T00:18:53Z")
It’s available on Netflix, and that’s how I saw it. Well worth your time. There’s a DVD extra feature re: the making of the movie, which has the interview snippets with Bruno Ganz to which I earlier referred. (Much of the movie was filmed in Petersburg, Russia, ironically enough). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305/60 "2010-03-25T18:29:43Z")
OK, I assume everyone has seen the “Republicans have no ideas” one, but this one makes a fairly good stab at taking some of the German dialogue and providing a persuasive English analog (as long as you don’t sprechen ze Deutsch, of course). [Sandra Bullock misses the German premiere of _The Blind Side_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4lDkAHS5Hk) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-enough-of-these-hitler-rants/515305.md?page=4)