Bruno Ganz in Downfall (2004)
Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in Downfall (2004)
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Poll: Chilling Nazi Performances
In your opinion, who gave the most chilling performance as a Nazi whether it was real or fictional? If you feel none were chilling, whose performance did you appreciate the most?
Since some actors played the role of a Nazi in more than one movie, let's limit the list by each's best performance and only one performance for each film.
Make Your Choice
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Burt Lancaster in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Burt Lancaster as Dr. Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Suggested by ElMaruecan82 -
Alison Doody in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Alison Doody as Dr. Elsa Schneider in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - Suggested by hugobolso-1 -
Sven Hugo Borg, Richard Crane, Alexander Knox, Kurt Kreuger, and Henry Travers in None Shall Escape (1944)
Alexander Knox as Wilhelm Grimm (Photo Confronting Priest) in None Shall Escape (1944) - Suggested by misspaddylee -
Christian Bale and Robert Sean Leonard in Swing Kids (1993)
Christian Bale as Thomas Berger (Photo Lower Left) in Swing Kids (1993) -
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) -
"Casablanca" Claude Rains and Humphrey Bogart 1942 Warner Bros.
Conrad Veidt as Major Heinrich Strasser (Photo Ground) in Casablanca (1942) - Suggested by horn-5 -
David Thewlis in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
David Thewlis as the Father in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) -
Dirk Bogarde in The Night Porter (1974)
Dirk Bogarde as Max in The Night Porter (1974) -
#10
Dyanne Thorne as Ilsa in Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975) -
Ed Harris in Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Ed Harris as Major König in Enemy at the Gates (2001) -
Anne Baxter and Erich von Stroheim in Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Erich von Stroheim as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (Photo Right) in Five Graves to Cairo (1943) - Suggested by horn-5 -
Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, and Julia Dietze in Iron Sky (2012)
Götz Otto as Klaus Adler in Iron Sky (2012) -
Gregory Peck in The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Gregory Peck as Dr. Josef Mengele in The Boys from Brazil (1978) -
Herbert Grönemeyer in Das Boot (1985)
Herbert Grönemeyer as Lt. Werner - Correspondent in Das Boot (1981) - Suggested by TsarStepan -
David Sust in In a Glass Cage (1986)
Günter Meisner as Klaus in In a Glass Cage (1986) -
Hugo Weaving in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) -
Ian McKellen as Kurt Dussander
Ian McKellen as Kurt Dussander in Apt Pupil (1998) -
#19
James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) -
John Carradine and Patricia Morison in Hitler's Madman (1943)
John Carradine as Major Reinhard Heydrich in Hitler's Madman (1943) - Suggested by horn-5 -
Kate Winslet in The Reader (2008)
Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz in The Reader (2008) - Suggested by hugobolso-1 and aronsson-jessica -
Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man (1976)
Laurence Olivier as Szell in Marathon Man (1976) -
#23
Malcolm McDowell as Capt. Von Berkow in The Passage (1979) -
#24
Marlon Brando as Lt. Christian Diestl in The Young Lions (1958) -
#25
Michael Caine as Colonel Steiner in The Eagle Has Landed (1976) -
#26
Paul Andor as Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels in Enemy of Women (1944) - Suggested by horn-5 -
Tommy Wirkola in Dead Snow (2009)
Ørjan Gamst as Oberst Herzog in Dead Snow (2009) -
Edward G. Robinson and Orson Welles in The Stranger (1946)
Orson Welles as Professor Charles Rankin (Photo Right) in The Stranger (1946) - Suggested by horn-5 -
"Stalag 17" William Holden and Otto Preminger 1953 Paramount / MPTV
Otto Preminger as Oberst von Scherbach in Stalag 17 (1953) - Suggested by horn-5. -
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Petter O'Toole as General Tanz in The Night of the Generals (1967) -
Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Suggested by horn-5 -
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List (1993)
Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List (1993) -
Escape to Athena (1979)
Roger Moore as Major Otto Hecht (Photo Left) in Escape to Athena (1979) -
Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, and Ronald Lacey in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Ronald Lacy as Major Arnold Toht (Photo Right) in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) -
#35
Robert Duvall as Colonel Radl (Photo Middle Right) in The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
