Thank you for posting this powerful film,so many excellent films were made in the past I looked up the background, there seemed to be too many coincidences, based on, Pastor Niemoller. Thank you, when we take Gd out of our lives we are doomed to failure. 💐💐more men of courage are needed to fight the evil
We must always remember the duty of all free men: The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, and The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing.
I have never seen this before. A poignant film that reminds us of what what true evil is and that we should all recognise it to ensure that it never happens again, even as we see it in the world today.
To Jesus, every life is precious! "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him would have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16-17
Powerful film,fine performances. Should be shown on main stream television. As we stand on the brink of world dominance led by money and greed,l pray for God to help us remove the Musks from this world and show us the way to goodness and love again.
It is a very poiagnant movie of today's evil, of the powers of darkness, of today,...we are still @ war,...that of a spiritual nature,...against the spirit of antichrist,...till he be taken out of the way,...in God's time,...we soodo need the full Armour of God,...every day,...
They say that Patriotism is the last refuge, to which a scoundrel clings. Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you a king. Sound familiar?
Grief ! OMG, that is not blasphemy but an honest prayer for civility and polite society, even if behind the false front is hidden evil and base duplicity. That is not a defense of hypocrisy, but for a mature adult understanding of the real world "that knows when to hold it, and knows when to fold it." Yes. Such an ideal world does not exist and probably never will. Still hope springs eternal and faith will abide in Christ Jesus, and grateful prayer to YHVH. Amen. I was stationed in Germany w/US Army arrogance, greed, lust, and jealousy are human to all people everywhere. Christianity has lasted so long because there is a spiritual existence an Jewish and Christian faith in my opinion are close to YHVH Almighty and Yeshua (=Messiah decent of King David son of Miriam)...
And it is happening in America now: very telling tale. My father was in A NAZI POW CAMP. I wept when I saw this and thought of how much he must have suffered.
A history lesson would do you good. To put an antisemitic comment up in this arena showing the true story of an evil ideology that murdered 6 million Jews is not simply in questionable taste. It is taking the part of that evil. An evil that might have a different external appearance, but the heart of darkness within is the same. There is no such place as "Palestine" in the sense you mean it. There are no such people as "Palestinians" in the sense you mean it. According to archaeological finds, such as the Merneptah stele, there has been a nation of Jews in Israel since at least the Iron Age. The Roman Empire renamed Israel "Palestine" to punish them for rebelling against them. The word "Palestine" is probably derived from the word "Philistine," the ancient enemies of Israel. The reason there are no ancient "Palestinian" artifacts discovered is because the concept of Arab "Palestinians" never existed. It is a modern concept. The so-called "Palestinians" have made their objective quite clear. They want to enact a genocide of all Jews "from the river to the sea." If you are one of the indoctrinated people who took to the streets after the terrible slaughter of innocent Israelis in support of the elected terrorists responsible for their murder you are guilty of enabling those who have but one aim in the Holy Land. To murder all those who are not of their ideology and live off the fruits of their labour. This film shows how a people can have their minds and consciences warped, so they find good evil and evil good. You are one of those people.
I'v been watching films for over 60 years and have never come across this brilliant anti national socialist gritty drama before.Shame theres no date mentioned.
What a horrible ending. Yes, this does a remarkable job (especially for 1940) showing what concentration camps were like (funny so many pretended to not know as late as early 1945). However, there is a huge plot hole. Are we really to believe the Nazis will leave the general, his son, and the Pastor's daughter alone after they aided and abetted an escape, and then took a city Nazi official captive at gunpoint? Of course not - they'd all be shot, and probably anybody who heard him speak would be carted off to concentration camps for fear his message might spread. The Pastor's decision to preach wouldn't just put his life at risk, which is noble, but put the lives of numerous others, probably the whole congregation in jeopardy. That's not noble, that's selfish and foolish. While I really enjoy these wartime films, even if they are thinly veiled propaganda, they are rarely the best writing, acting, or production. This was actually quite good until the escape.
The film is based on a true story. Therefore, the production can't be altered to match our taste or preconceptions. Having said this, there is an element of truth to your comment. I don't refer to Paster Hall but to an incident involving the Catholic Church. The Holy Father was Pius XII. He had been papal nuncio to Germany before the war. He was aware that Adolf Hitler was not a gentleman statesman common for the period, but an evil man who had devised an ideology that had hair-trigger application. The Catholic Church did all she could to oppose the Nazis, but the Vatican knew they had to be extremely careful in what they said. The most important thing Pope Pius XII said came in three words: "Save Jewish lives." The Church from the top to the bottom saved more lives and protected more Jewish people than any other organisation- by a long way. The Church made clear her opposition, just very carefully. Albert Einstein interviewed in Time magazine after the war spoke about the universities and the newspapers being closed down or rerouted to Nazi service within "a few short weeks." He went on to say that only the Catholic Church stood in opposition to Nazi tyranny and proclaimed in word and deed the cause of freedom and truth. Einstein said about the Catholic Church: "That which I once despised I now praise unreservedly." In 1942, the Catholic bishops appealed to the Vatican to make a direct and powerful speech against the Nazis from their Sunday pulpit. The Vatican refused authorisation. The bishops disobeyed the Vatican and all read out the speech the following Sunday. The response was swift and deadly. 500 Catholics of Jewish descent were rounded up, sent to Auschwitz. They were immediately murdered in the gas chamber. Aside from the obvious horror of this, the bishop's speech was not necessary. Telling Catholics not to support the Nazis was a bit like feeling they had to go into the pulpit and tell Catholics to believe in God. Catholics already knew the Nazis were evil and stood against everything their Faith stood for. So, although I disagree about making a true story film conform to our ideas, I do concede that the period was so unjust and brutal great care had to be employed when speaking up not just because of the danger to oneself (there were so many Catholic priests in Dachau they had their own barracks) but the potential for the danger to fall on others. Most people don't understand this. They rather naively but strangely sweet concept is that if Papa (the Pope) says "don't do this" even an evil regime will stop doing it. Your comment shows that you understand it is not a realistic belief. I do strongly object to using the word "propaganda" in reference to those who opposed the Nazis. I heard a Jewish man who had survived a concentration camp say something that has stuck with me. He said: "It was the first time before or since that good and evil have been so clearly defined." The Allies, resistance movements, lay and religious who risked their lives to end Nazi tyranny were not engaged in some WOKE cultural relativism. They were good fighting against evil.
It's salutory that, if one were to make a film today about the rise of Trumpism, you could not use an evangelical minister to represent the opposition to it because most evangelicals are full-throated supporters of the movement. Indeed, one could almost say that they are the movement.
Hitler had four main defects in his thoughts and actions. The making of war, his hatred of the Jews, his embracing of socialism and the infallibility of these ideas. These defects are today held by the Woke Left. Trump is the complete antithesis of these doctrines and that is why they hate him.
But, there are many supporters of Trump who are not evangelical Protestants. I know many Catholics who are great followers. Do not diminish the movement by limiting to 1 group. He appeals to many - most people with common sense.
...yes,those ads are very annoying. Mind you,several weeks ago I watched a 30min. program on TV, and there was only two Ad. breaks,trouble was there was 14(yes you read correctly) 14 Ads in the second break !!.Needless to say I hardly ever watch TV these days...🇦🇺...
Its titalked every oaoer sur . Cornel it cabr ve to wuth out the person saying i will due thtee for my people or here or sny ehere the life then no beed yo read or look to far . The sbswr us closer to The beetrr sekf s better me
The quality of movies on RUclips never ceases to amaze me, they have everyone else beat, bravo!
Thank you for posting this powerful film,so many excellent films were made in the past
I looked up the background, there seemed to be too many coincidences, based on, Pastor Niemoller. Thank you, when we take Gd out of our lives we are doomed to failure. 💐💐more men of courage are needed to fight the evil
First time I've seen this movie and it pretty much portrays what happened in Germany in the 1930's. A lesson that should not be ignored.
This is a great movie. It is also a warning for our times.
Vote red
Thank you for this film .A reminder to all of us ,evil can resurface.
We must always remember the duty of all free men: The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, and The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing.
Lovely movie, what a wonderful actor his words rang home, as he was walking out of the church my heart went with him. 🙏🇬🇧
I have never seen this before. A poignant film that reminds us of what what true evil is and that we should all recognise it to ensure that it never happens again, even as we see it in the world today.
AMEN
Unfortunately it is with us today. Vote Blue to stop the fascism!
It is..
Palestine is suffering from an horrendous Genocide by another bunch of Lunatics.
Free Palestine 🇸🇩❤️☮️
To Jesus, every life is precious! "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him would have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16-17
Amen@@cherrylhansen8045
I have been looking for this for years. Thank you!
Powerful film,fine performances. Should be shown on main stream television. As we stand on the brink of world dominance led by money and greed,l pray for God to help us remove the Musks from this world and show us the way to goodness and love again.
Musk is a great man
It is a very poiagnant movie of today's evil, of the powers of darkness, of today,...we are still @ war,...that of a spiritual nature,...against the spirit of antichrist,...till he be taken out of the way,...in God's time,...we soodo need the full Armour of God,...every day,...
We in 2024 have no excuse for what we are allowing this to happen in UK and US.
We have seen what happened then,
HISTORY REPEATS EVIL FLOURISHES WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING
@@jimbaldacchino3755
How good that I, being a woman, don`t have to do anything since everything is up to "GOOD MEN".
UK ??
Courage. Courage. Courage. God, help us be courageous. In Jesus name.
Calling people nazis & fascists is what turned the people out to win the election for Trump as well as the popular vote.
That's an opinion but I doubt there's any hard evidence to back that. And, to be fair, J D Vance himself referred to Trump as 'America's Hitler'.
@@Self1313 Trump denigrates his opponents - dems denigrate the voters - that will always backfire - but they're still doing it
Nonsense. Democrats are destroying the country. Trump builds up citizens and the economy.
They say that Patriotism is the last refuge, to which a scoundrel clings.
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you a king.
Sound familiar?
Grief ! OMG, that is not blasphemy but an honest prayer for civility and polite society, even if behind the false front is hidden evil and base duplicity. That is not a defense of hypocrisy, but for a mature adult understanding of the real world "that knows when to hold it, and knows when to fold it." Yes. Such an ideal world does not exist and probably never will. Still hope springs eternal and faith will abide in Christ Jesus, and grateful prayer to YHVH. Amen. I was stationed in Germany w/US Army arrogance, greed, lust, and jealousy are human to all people everywhere. Christianity has lasted so long because there is a spiritual existence an Jewish and Christian faith in my opinion are close to YHVH Almighty and Yeshua (=Messiah decent of King David son of Miriam)...
Thank you. Very appropriate.
And it is happening in America now: very telling tale. My father was in A NAZI POW CAMP. I wept when I saw this and thought of how much he must have suffered.
NOW do you see the need for the First AND Second Amendments?
Definitely
Great movie 🤩🤩🤩💖💖
Dear Lord,
FREE the People of Pačestine from the Evil they have endured for over 80 years.
A history lesson would do you good. To put an antisemitic comment up in this arena showing the true story of an evil ideology that murdered 6 million Jews is not simply in questionable taste. It is taking the part of that evil. An evil that might have a different external appearance, but the heart of darkness within is the same.
There is no such place as "Palestine" in the sense you mean it. There are no such people as "Palestinians" in the sense you mean it. According to archaeological finds, such as the Merneptah stele, there has been a nation of Jews in Israel since at least the Iron Age. The Roman Empire renamed Israel "Palestine" to punish them for rebelling against them. The word "Palestine" is probably derived from the word "Philistine," the ancient enemies of Israel.
The reason there are no ancient "Palestinian" artifacts discovered is because the concept of Arab "Palestinians" never existed. It is a modern concept.
The so-called "Palestinians" have made their objective quite clear. They want to enact a genocide of all Jews "from the river to the sea." If you are one of the indoctrinated people who took to the streets after the terrible slaughter of innocent Israelis in support of the elected terrorists responsible for their murder you are guilty of enabling those who have but one aim in the Holy Land. To murder all those who are not of their ideology and live off the fruits of their labour.
This film shows how a people can have their minds and consciences warped, so they find good evil and evil good.
You are one of those people.
There is great evil in this world now. However great the evil, it is suicide to give up one's life without having made every effort to survive.
Sometimes a Religious is called upon to offer his or her life in the service of the God we worship.
I'v been watching films for over 60 years and have never come across this brilliant anti national socialist gritty drama before.Shame theres no date mentioned.
1940
@@shaunmac2195 Thank you.
Made in 1940
great
A colorful and entertaining selection of ads, intersperced by a few clips from some black & white movie.😢😢😢
Addblocker is free with any browser I havn't seen an add for years.
What ads....I didn't see not stinking ads...We ain't got no stinking ads....
Ho Hum. Another movie with no opening credits. That sucks.
What a horrible ending. Yes, this does a remarkable job (especially for 1940) showing what concentration camps were like (funny so many pretended to not know as late as early 1945). However, there is a huge plot hole.
Are we really to believe the Nazis will leave the general, his son, and the Pastor's daughter alone after they aided and abetted an escape, and then took a city Nazi official captive at gunpoint? Of course not - they'd all be shot, and probably anybody who heard him speak would be carted off to concentration camps for fear his message might spread.
The Pastor's decision to preach wouldn't just put his life at risk, which is noble, but put the lives of numerous others, probably the whole congregation in jeopardy. That's not noble, that's selfish and foolish.
While I really enjoy these wartime films, even if they are thinly veiled propaganda, they are rarely the best writing, acting, or production. This was actually quite good until the escape.
The film is based on a true story. Therefore, the production can't be altered to match our taste or preconceptions.
Having said this, there is an element of truth to your comment. I don't refer to Paster Hall but to an incident involving the Catholic Church. The Holy Father was Pius XII. He had been papal nuncio to Germany before the war. He was aware that Adolf Hitler was not a gentleman statesman common for the period, but an evil man who had devised an ideology that had hair-trigger application.
The Catholic Church did all she could to oppose the Nazis, but the Vatican knew they had to be extremely careful in what they said. The most important thing Pope Pius XII said came in three words: "Save Jewish lives." The Church from the top to the bottom saved more lives and protected more Jewish people than any other organisation- by a long way.
The Church made clear her opposition, just very carefully. Albert Einstein interviewed in Time magazine after the war spoke about the universities and the newspapers being closed down or rerouted to Nazi service within "a few short weeks." He went on to say that only the Catholic Church stood in opposition to Nazi tyranny and proclaimed in word and deed the cause of freedom and truth. Einstein said about the Catholic Church:
"That which I once despised I now praise unreservedly."
In 1942, the Catholic bishops appealed to the Vatican to make a direct and powerful speech against the Nazis from their Sunday pulpit. The Vatican refused authorisation. The bishops disobeyed the Vatican and all read out the speech the following Sunday.
The response was swift and deadly. 500 Catholics of Jewish descent were rounded up, sent to
Auschwitz. They were immediately murdered in the gas chamber.
Aside from the obvious horror of this, the bishop's speech was not necessary. Telling Catholics not to support the Nazis was a bit like feeling they had to go into the pulpit and tell Catholics to believe in God.
Catholics already knew the Nazis were evil and stood against everything their Faith stood for.
So, although I disagree about making a true story film conform to our ideas, I do concede that the period was so unjust and brutal great care had to be employed when speaking up not just because of the danger to oneself (there were so many Catholic priests in Dachau they had their own barracks) but the potential for the danger to fall on others.
Most people don't understand this. They rather naively but strangely sweet concept is that if Papa (the Pope) says "don't do this" even an evil regime will stop doing it.
Your comment shows that you understand it is not a realistic belief.
I do strongly object to using the word "propaganda" in reference to those who opposed the Nazis. I heard a Jewish man who had survived a concentration camp say something that has stuck with me. He said:
"It was the first time before or since that good and evil have been so clearly defined."
The Allies, resistance movements, lay and religious who risked their lives to end Nazi tyranny were not engaged in some WOKE cultural relativism.
They were good fighting against evil.
The characters are all sound British. German accents would’ve helped.
It's salutory that, if one were to make a film today about the rise of Trumpism, you could not use an evangelical minister to represent the opposition to it because most evangelicals are full-throated supporters of the movement. Indeed, one could almost say that they are the movement.
Go back to mommy's basement
@@filipinainaforeignland3552 Why? Hese right.
Hitler had four main defects in his thoughts and actions. The making of war, his hatred of the Jews, his embracing of socialism and the infallibility of these ideas. These defects are today held by the Woke Left. Trump is the complete antithesis of these doctrines and that is why they hate him.
But, there are many supporters of Trump who are not evangelical Protestants. I know many Catholics who are great followers. Do not diminish the movement by limiting to 1 group. He appeals to many - most people with common sense.
More adverts than film, not watchable.
...yes,those ads are very annoying. Mind you,several weeks ago I watched a 30min. program on TV, and there was only two Ad. breaks,trouble was there was 14(yes you read correctly) 14 Ads in the second break !!.Needless to say I hardly ever watch TV these days...🇦🇺...
use addblocker its free.
Its titalked every oaoer sur . Cornel it cabr ve to wuth out the person saying i will due thtee for my people or here or sny ehere the life then no beed yo read or look to far . The sbswr us closer to The beetrr sekf s better me
Betchley
Couldn't they have even tried to speak with a German accent? The English accent was weird.
and that is all you got from this movie?
This movie was made by English people.
I guess those actors weren't as adept at accents that ex Dear Leader Kamaltoe exhibited.
Another good WW2 movie with Ralph Richardson is The Silver Fleet.