Jambo
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Downfall is a masterpeiceL but its about a different subject!
Accents arent bad, plenty of films shot in a similar manner. Suspension of beleif is required perfectly acceptable in cinema imo...
The plight of them trying to bring the Naz war machine to an end and save lives, basicly saying they where on the allies side and being executed for trying to do the right thing? That brought a tear to my eye.
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Nath
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it would of been horrendous if they had all been speaking English with a German accent. It was only weird for about 1 minute then it didn't cross my mind or bother me that they all had their normal accents.
I dont think that first bit was necessary though. Uniforms told me who was who.
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MoesTavern
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Think the acting was a poor effort tbh, can't remember hearing a single attempt at a German accent in the entire film.
Never really understood this point of view, do Germans speak German to each other with an accent? if you notice at the beginning he's speaking in German then it fades in to English, in other words demonstrating that he's meant to be speaking in German all the time. Much better than having the actors attempt a comedy kraut voice TALKINK LIKE ZISS YAA
Yeah but the point in acting is to portray the character you are playing as accurately as possible, any actor worth there salt should be able to approximate there characters accent to a reasonable level (or atleast attempt it).
Exactly, but how is speaking English with a dodgy German accent portraying Claus Von Stauffenberg 'as accurately as possible' ? The guy was German.
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andy1868
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this is on sky anytime at the moment isn't it? can i watch it if i don't have the movie channels? 
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MoesTavern
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The scene which you refer to Andy when Hitler is told that the Russians are in the suburbs of Germany and when Hitler finally conceeds that all is lost.
Brings a tear to my eye.
"Mein Fuhrer, Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for Real Madrid"
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Ojc
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Hitler supporter Bayern Munich
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MoesTavern
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Utter wank.
Tom Cruise as a German? Do us a favour.
Downfall for a close portrayal of the Third Reich on it's death bed.
Spot Tom Cruise in this picture. Quite a good resemblance I thought.
http://www.herodote.net/Images/Stauffenberg.jpg
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MoesTavern
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Rapid Vienna I would have thought.
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Ojc
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He saw Munich as his home more so than Austria.
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andy1868
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he was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria but moved to Kapuzinerstrasse when he was 3, which is in Passau, Germany. Both places were much closer to Munich then Vienna. Also, you have to remember that back then Germany and Austria were best buddies, they wouldn't have thought anything of jumping over the border into the other.
[Edited on 02-02-2010 by andy1868]
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MoesTavern
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True, but as soon as he was able to as a young man he left home and moved to Vienna. He only left there and moved to Munich to avoid service in the Austro-Hungarian Army.
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Ojc
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Pakistani army mate.
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MoesTavern
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Sorry yeah you're right. Apparently his middle name was Hajeeb so it makes sense when you think about it.
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Ojc
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If I was a footballer I'd be like Andy Cole, I'd be spitting out my lyrics while scoring some heavy goals.
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