Steven Berkoff may have looked more like Hitler than Guenther Meisner did, but the latter's portrayl of the Nazi dictator was much more realitistic than the former's in my opinion.
This scene was filmed at the actual Eagle's Nest - the Kehlsteinhaus, but it was a major historical gaffe for the makers to actually mention this - Hitler would pay only fourteen documented visits to the house, and the last of these would be in October 1940. He didn't have any military conferences there. Steven Berkoff is absolutely awful as Hitler, in a series that is really poorly made.
Quantock71 You maybe judging this series by today's standards, but when this miniseries premiered back in 1988 it was one of the highest rated shows on television at that time. You also have to keep in mind this was filmed not by a cable channel, but by the American TV network ABC. This was done at a time when shows like this were still the domain of only the original big three TV networks CBS, NBC, and ABC.
@Uncle adolf Maybe. Why do suppose General Roon decided at the last minute not to tell Hitler about moving German troops from the Pas de Calais to Normandy?
@@odysseusrex5908 First off, it was called Berghof, which was the residence. The Kehlsteinhaus was a vantage point higher up a mountain near the Berghof. And both were part of the area called Obersalzberg.
@@fremejoker Yes, thank you. I have actually learned that since I posted that message, but I do appreciate the response. I find it eerie that the Eagle's Nest still exists and is now a restaurant.
They used to write good books, out of which they made good movies, for cinema and television. Too bad they don't do that any more. Herman Wouk was one of the best.
That's a fact. The only reason some say Stalin was worse is because he had the luxury of living longer. If Hitler had lived and the war turned out differently Hitler would have made Stalin look like a boy scout.
your a idiot who speaks from heart not fact, let me quate you a little article: ""Who was the biggest mass murderer in the history of the world? Most people probably assume that the answer is Adolf Hitler, architect of the Holocaust. Others might guess Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who may indeed have managed to kill even more innocent people than Hitler did, many of them as part of a terror famine that likely took more lives than the Holocaust. But both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao Zedong. From 1958 to 1962, his Great Leap Forward policy led to the deaths of up to 45 million people - easily making it the biggest episode of mass murder ever recorded.""
Eagle's Nest my arse. The Eagle's Nest was a Mountain top Tea Room near by, that Hitler visited maybe a couple of times. The caption should have read "The Berghoff."
Wrong! This is filmed in the Eagles Nest. It clearly shows the tunnel leading to the 'Golden elevator' which I have visited. This filming was all done in the actual place and no film set would have compared. It is a unique & "must see" place for anyone interested in WW2.
Steven Berkoff as Hitler was always my favorite Hitler! However, in all reality they were not even close. As Speer said he only saw Hitler loose his temper 2 times. That the Temper thing was Hollywood in 1979. Downfall was more like Hitler. Hitler was a cheerleader who of listened to everything anybody said. Then ask about there families! He was evil, but that is why people wanted to give there lives for him. As one guy said before in this post ,Hitler did not have military conference's at Eagle nest and I doubt Goring would be there.He at the time was at Wolf's lair. At that the time when cities were in ruble. Hitler did not even want Goring in his presence.
General Armin von Roon went to jail and spent 20 years in prison for war crimes. But Wouk's book and Dan Curtis's movie doesn't explain what those crimes were or what show commting those crimes.
@@fremejoker I know that. It would've been good to see Roon tell Hitler off for not listening to him and the other generals about the Normandy buildup.
@@fremejoker you're right to some degree. if Roon did tell Hitler off he might've been put in a concentration camp or shot and his war memoirs World Empire Lost and World Holocaust would never have been written let alone published.
But as evil as he was, Mao didn't start a world war as Hitler did. Mao may have killed more people than Hitler, but that doesn't necessarily make one dictator worse than the other. Hitler wanted to achieve a pure Aryan world and exterminate anyone who didn't fit that criteria; Mao didn't have that same dream, he didn't want to conquer the world as the Fuehrer did and achieve a pure Chinese world. Mao was defintely a racist, but he was not a genocidal maniac like Hitler.
Seriously? What a horrible choice to play Hitler, the Guy who played the Soviet General in Octopussy and as well as the leading Soviet in Rambo First Blood Part II. Oh, and let's not forget Victor Maitlin in Beverly Hills Cop/ It sounds zero like Hitler.
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The truth was that Hitler disliked Kehlsteinhaus, He had been only few times to drink tea, he never had any military conferences there
Exacly. ... Movie is full of mistakes.
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Steven Berkoff may have looked more like Hitler than Guenther Meisner did, but the latter's portrayl of the Nazi dictator was much more realitistic than the former's in my opinion.
I've actually been to Kehlsteinhaus myself, the whole area is gorgeous
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This scene was filmed at the actual Eagle's Nest - the Kehlsteinhaus, but it was a major historical gaffe for the makers to actually mention this - Hitler would pay only fourteen documented visits to the house, and the last of these would be in October 1940. He didn't have any military conferences there.
Steven Berkoff is absolutely awful as Hitler, in a series that is really poorly made.
Quantock71 You maybe judging this series by today's standards, but when this miniseries premiered back in 1988 it was one of the highest rated shows on television at that time.
You also have to keep in mind this was filmed not by a cable channel, but by the American TV network ABC. This was done at a time when shows like this were still the domain of only the original big three TV networks CBS, NBC, and ABC.
How do know his last documented visit to Kehlsteinhaus was in October 1940?
I like him
0:24 i want people salute me like that
How was Berkoff able to wear that Hitler moustache without falling off?
@Uncle adolf Maybe. Why do suppose General Roon decided at the last minute not to tell Hitler about moving German troops from the Pas de Calais to Normandy?
Joachim Hanssen plays the Prussian General like a boss.
This was filmed at the "Eagle's Nest" since the Bergoff (Hitler's main residence) was destroyed by allied bombing near the end of the war.
I thought Eagle's Nest, Bergoff, and OberSalzberg were all the same thing.
@@odysseusrex5908 First off, it was called Berghof, which was the residence. The Kehlsteinhaus was a vantage point higher up a mountain near the Berghof. And both were part of the area called Obersalzberg.
@@fremejoker Yes, thank you. I have actually learned that since I posted that message, but I do appreciate the response. I find it eerie that the Eagle's Nest still exists and is now a restaurant.
Berghof was hit by Allied bombers on 24th April 45 but not destroyed, it was blown up in 1952.
They used to write good books, out of which they made good movies, for cinema and television. Too bad they don't do that any more. Herman Wouk was one of the best.
He's still alive y'know and he's 103 years old.
@@67nairb No, I did not know that! Remarkable.
@@odysseusrex5908 it is remarkable.
Bet he is thats awesome seen some photos from some reliable sources few years ago
@@odysseusrex5908 he died two years ago about a week short of his 104th birthday.
Nice closeup profile of Hitler's or should I say Steven Berkoff's face at 2:10 & 2:54.
That's a fact. The only reason some say Stalin was worse is because he had the luxury of living longer. If Hitler had lived and the war turned out differently Hitler would have made Stalin look like a boy scout.
your a idiot who speaks from heart not fact, let me quate you a little article:
""Who was the biggest mass murderer in the history of the world? Most people probably assume that the answer is Adolf Hitler, architect of the Holocaust. Others might guess Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who may indeed have managed to kill even more innocent people than Hitler did, many of them as part of a terror famine that likely took more lives than the Holocaust. But both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao Zedong. From 1958 to 1962, his Great Leap Forward policy led to the deaths of up to 45 million people - easily making it the biggest episode of mass murder ever recorded.""
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So Dan Curtis's film crew made a replica of it was it filmed Berchtesgaden in Bavaria?
Is that actually Eagle's Nest they're shooting this film?
What made Roon decide not to talk to Hitler about the situation in Normandy?
lift at that time?
Eagle's Nest my arse. The Eagle's Nest was a Mountain top Tea Room near by, that Hitler visited maybe a couple of times.
The caption should have read "The Berghoff."
Wrong! This is filmed in the Eagles Nest. It clearly shows the tunnel leading to the 'Golden elevator' which I have visited. This filming was all done in the actual place and no film set would have compared. It is a unique & "must see" place for anyone interested in WW2.
@@SigmaMan3835 I am refering to the fact that in the video it was claimed the Eagle's nest was Hitler's retreat. When it was not.
Hitler should never have broken the Nazi-soviet non aggression pact
Was was inevitable between the two fronts
the germans only had 110 military aircraft left in France at this stage. If the allies had tried in 1940 it would have failed.
Steven Berkoff as Hitler was always my favorite Hitler! However, in all reality they were not even close. As Speer said he only saw Hitler loose his temper 2 times. That the Temper thing was Hollywood in 1979. Downfall was more like Hitler. Hitler was a cheerleader who of listened to everything anybody said. Then ask about there families! He was evil, but that is why people wanted to give there lives for him. As one guy said before in this post ,Hitler did not have military conference's at Eagle nest and I doubt Goring would be there.He at the time was at Wolf's lair. At that the time when cities were in ruble. Hitler did not even want Goring in his presence.
He took no part in the asassination attempts on Hitler's life and I thought he would.
General Armin von Roon went to jail and spent 20 years in prison for war crimes. But Wouk's book and Dan Curtis's movie doesn't explain what those crimes were or what show commting those crimes.
He's a fictional character.
@@fremejoker I know that. It would've been good to see Roon tell Hitler off for not listening to him and the other generals about the Normandy buildup.
@@67nairb Well, if you look at it from this perspective, then I would have preferred that the reason for the book and movie never occured.
@@fremejoker you're right to some degree. if Roon did tell Hitler off he might've been put in a concentration camp or shot and his war memoirs World Empire Lost and World Holocaust would never have been written let alone published.
@@67nairb I'm fairly sure you missed my point. But fair enough your perspective is from within the universe of the movie
@jdsteve2007 Please respond gernveral von roon was germany for me in both mini series for me
I thought so too.
Looks like this was filmed in the actual eagles nest.
hitler only visited it once, and never came their again, he hated the elevator, so no meeting was ever held their.
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Der Fuhrer : so much for Normandy " what about the East? 😳🇨🇳
But as evil as he was, Mao didn't start a world war as Hitler did. Mao may have killed more people than Hitler, but that doesn't necessarily make one dictator worse than the other. Hitler wanted to achieve a pure Aryan world and exterminate anyone who didn't fit that criteria; Mao didn't have that same dream, he didn't want to conquer the world as the Fuehrer did and achieve a pure Chinese world. Mao was defintely a racist, but he was not a genocidal maniac like Hitler.
@M Williamson he was willing to let the British keep their empire so long as they recognized his his control over the continent.
2:10 2:54 those blue eyes....
Im willing to see it i guess
I mean "when he committed" those crimes.
Hitler never met there for military briefings. Bad error on the part of the writers.
And perhaps a billion other people who were not Aryan or Anglo-Saxon.
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no it was demolished
The mole on Berkoff’s forehead is distracting, and I just didn’t like his unconvincing portrayal of Hitler.
This series has the most ridiculous portrayal of hitler, like he’s a cross between a Dr Who ‘Dalek’ and an angry android
ian day I don’t know about the angry android part, but where do you think they got the basis for the Daleks personalities.
They were based on Hitler.
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As much as I like this scene, Günter Meisner gave a much better portayal of Hitler in The Winds of War in my opinion.
(Adolf Hitler) Well, so much for Normandy.
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What a bogus movie; Spielberg would croak.
Bruno Gantz and Sir Anthony Hopkins gave the best performances portraying Hitler. The guy is this movie, Steven Berkoff, was just horrible.
Anthony Hopkins? I never rated his performance as Hitler that much. Bruno Gantz, on the other hand, gave a remarkable performance.
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Bruno Ganz is Swiss, Anthony Hopkins is English and Steven Berkoff is English-Jewish.
Seriously? What a horrible choice to play Hitler, the Guy who played the Soviet General in Octopussy and as well as the leading Soviet in Rambo First Blood Part II. Oh, and let's not forget Victor Maitlin in Beverly Hills Cop/ It sounds zero like Hitler.
Only when he loses it and screams is he believable as Hitler....
He was in a CLOCKWORK ORANGE along with Malcom McDowell.
The actor playing Goering looks nothing like him and the actor playing Hitler also is not very realistic.