"Are you aware of my existence?" | Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds | Screen Bites
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- In this opening scene from Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Christoph Waltz enters Denis Menochet's home looking for missing Jewish families. Is the Frenchman hiding something?
Inglourious Basterds: A few Jewish soldiers are on an undercover mission to bring down the Nazi government and put an end to the war. Meanwhile, a woman wants to avenge the death of her family from a German officer.
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“I think the opening chapter of Inglourious Basterds (2009) is one of the best things I've ever written.”
- Quentin Tarantino
Best movie after Pulp Fiction
I think he could be right with that :)
Tarantino really out here writing amazing movies back to back and I just cannot choose a favourite
it really could have been its own film and just the story of those characters on the run.
True Romance sicilian scene also awesome
The farmer’s actor is phenomenal too
Agreed, both do an amazing job.
phenomenal at just keeping the same face the whole time? ugh
@@lepe Oh yes, being a good actor is obviously measured by how many different faces you can make!
@@lepe I mean... You know this isn't Face-off, right?
@@William_Sk You're right! Obviously the quality of an actor is not determined by what he actually does on film with his body! It's something else! Incredible discovery.
This is the best character tarantino ever created
agreed, and wonderfully acted
He has even said so himself
Maybe not THE BEST character (there were already many others), but the best VILLAIN character for sure.
Maybe the best villain character of all time.
Tarantino didn't create him.
It's Cristoph Waltz himself who created it.
Yep. His medals and awards tell you his story.
Ah, so nice when a scene ends in peace. They all lived happily ever after!
for a short while at least
Reminds me of the taliban press conference earlier this week
No they all get killed right after
@@lucahoffmann8695 wooosh
Like Hell they did!!
That pen moment on itself is a masterpiece
wat does it mean??
@@ayushgurung8885 What I understand is he is doing the pen filling so orderly and reflecting it like he is an actual officer who is preparing the tools before going into the usual processes. In the scene it seems like he is more of an officer that doing his regular job than an actor who is just playing it. He is living with the character, and I think that Alexandre just appreciated the realism of that scene
@@BrkCntkn ohhh I see thanks
@@ayushgurung8885 You're welcome :)
Come down it is not that special. Jesus feels like comment section is j_rking 0ff to this scene.
Waltz is one of the best actors I've ever seen
Im.a big fan of his. Fantastic actor.
wtf racists?
@@Gerald0613 what is racist about finding Waltz one of the best actors?
@@peterderuiter2937 well... watch the clip first and we can talk ...
@@Gerald0613 yes, it's a movie. In which Waltz is an actor. And a excellent one
The First 40 Seconds he is basically saying:
"You know who i am, don't try to fool me and Just tell me what i need to know"
"The Fuherer could not have said it better himself ".... line killed me....
6000001
It’s Führer tho
@@FromBottomToTop Thanks Mr. Grammar Nazi... your dp is also very appropriate 🤣🤣
@@novemberalpha6023 hey he just corrected,why so triggered?
@@vanshitshivani4176 i am not triggered at all.... u failed to notice the point... this video is about Nazi people and he acted as a grammer one...
When mass murder is proceeded like an administrative task, by pleasant officials in a meticulous way. Disturbing.
Most Law Enforcement officers in India, especially the Income tax officers follow this tactic extensively..... they are Hidden Nazis...
@@novemberalpha6023 by calling the gov employees of India 'Nazi', you do a great service to the actual Nazi's and their crimes.
@@thesaffronsikh9255 don't worry... I am a govt agent and once I worked in Income tax dept
@@novemberalpha6023 and yet somehow they mysteriously leave out all the "beeg" fishes in the ocean!!
@@ayonbiswas4186 Nazis did that too.... far right thinking. Helping the big fishes in exchange of bribes and attacking the small fishes.
I am German and I always thought Christoph Waltz is a great actor. I am so happy for his International career now and his 2 oscar wins
He is world class. I'm from Denmark and I have heard too few of my countrymen praise him :/
When I watched this scene I had instantly become a fan of him. He did an amazing job in Django Unchained too..
Waltz surely is a world-class actor. A much better contribution to the world from Austria than Hitler for sure.
@@hallouminati3422 hahahaha well... xD
I used to think that too, until Christoph Waltz literally referred to Brexit voters as being rats, which makes me think in this scene he's not acting, this was just him between takes and Tarantino later decided to leave in the film.
Landa: "I LOVE rumours" with a comical smile
Audience: Ha ha, he's a funny guy
Landa: "You're hiding enemies of the state, are you not?" Dead straight eyes
Audience: Gulp
Mind games. Which makes perfect sense.
Imagine dominating the screen to the point where a man asks you for permission to smoke in his own house.
Not really. It's just good manners when having a guest in your house to check if they're ok with second hand smoke.
Imagine representing an occupying force with a literal skull insignia on your officers hat...
@@evilisglass Badass.
@@jamesevans2507 In my area guests barge in with cigarette in their fucking mouth. We are a family that's known for having asthma.
I have always hated my neighbours.
@@jamesevans2507 i’m pretty sure people in that era didn’t know the harms of second hand smoke.
The first time I watched this in the cinema, I thought that the farmer was going to kill Hans as he seems bigger and beefier and Hans was smaller.
As the scene progressed, we see how Hans became so scary and powerful and how the farmer was eventually reduced to tears....
This scene would forever be one of the best I’ve watched.
Bigger & beefier? Lol, how would that help him if Landa had a military squad (armed) with him. He'd have to kill them all.
@@bekeneel Yes of course.
What I meant was the setting of the scene. It’s an average size man talking to a guy with a bigger beefier build. However through words, Hans the average sized man comes out top because his words are powerful
@@foodmore EVILFULL ! you have to choose betwen your Familly or Peoples you are Hidding.... Make your choice ! Great actors
He not only had words, but also a squad of SS soldiers standing outside the house with the farmer's family nearby. To attack would mean the farmer's family would be executed on the spot without a question asked. So I find it quite strange someone would even think he'd attack him at any time. He had the farmer in a vice grip from the second he arrived.
This scene contains some of the finest acting I’ve ever seen. Both men deserved the supporting actor Oscar
This entire scene could be an award winning short film
Christophe Waltz is absolutely unreal in this scene. This surely has to be one of the best one-scene performances of all time.
And Hans left, thankful for the information the Frenchman gave him
No matter how many times i watch this movie, this scene is still as nerve wracking as it was the first time i watched it.
This scene is probably the most boring scene of the whole movie lol, but i know what u mean.
The part where Landa says "can I have another glass of your delicious milk" is reminiscent of the scene in Pulp Fiction where Samuel L. Jackson asks Frank Whaley for some of his "delicious sprite" to "wash down this tasty burger". I love how Tarantino inserts these details
reuse is a better word
He asks for some of his tasty beverage. Not delicious sprite. But yeah I hear you
1:56 - The way Hans is just so polite, and even nonchalant, how he diffuses the tension for the farmer, I think that's one of the more terrifying aspects of this.
The way Christoph reacts to the farmer speaking is just so natural. He does such good natural gestures especially in DJango unchained
Exactly
"Please make yourself comfortable" is a act of dominance by Hans, like granting a permission to the farmer even when he is the owner. Brilliant.
I think I just noticed something. Next to where he writes their ages appears to be the Nazi’s last known age for each person - printed. The age he gives for Shosanna is 2-3 years older than the printed age.
Landa subtly banked on the farmer quoting their current age, or older, because he would be seeing them every day. In doing so he confirmed the suspicion that they are hiding the family on the farm. That was it.
3:38 The way he says “Bob” always cracks me up lol
Its like boon ait?
How is that farmer not a worldwide known actor? He was amazing as well.
Me as a foreigner living in Germany, I would say that this is a perfect example of the German bureaucracy, so orderly, well organized but sometimes ruthless.
The administrative approach to the horrors is even more terrifying. Dear lord this is exactly how it went down.
No. This scene is actually very rare. Most often the Nazis used informants from the general population and used brute force to clear apartments and houses for jews, communists or whatever they were seeking. Often the local police helped a little more that they needed (like in Vichy France).
That said, the Nazis did have a very carefully executed administration wich in the end was one of the reason that made the Nürnberg trials was possible
The character was so good that we forget for a good while that we are viewing a Nazi officer who actively hunts Jews. We are so used to dehumanizing Nazis that we can forget that they are human, until he asks if the man is hiding "enemies of the state" we may only see Landa as nothing more than a man who asks lots of questions until we remember,:
"Oh right, Nazi."
Þe greatest weapon/tool a human can poses is charisma. If you are courageous as well you can own þe world!
Hans Landa could just take of þe uniform and nobody would ever expect how much of a monster he is.
Yet he wasn't really. He wore the uniform and delivered his duty,but never held any actual beliefs beyond his own benefit. He turned on his own fuhrer on a dime.
My headcanon is that hans was jewish himself and so his rat analogy became even more accurate to his situation.
Pfft. He wasn't a socialist at all. No socialist was as effective as him, especially not guys like hitler or stalin.
@@GigiGhiba true, but still, is weird seeing nazis acted like, well, decent humans, with amazingly good manners.
"Facts could be so misleading where rumours - true or false are often revealing" - Loved it. Thats why we love rumours than facts :)
I don't know of any actor past or present who could so brilliantly go from speaking fluent English to French to German. Amazing acting and should of got the Oscar.
... he did and then another one...
This is maybe the greatest scene of all Tarantino's movies. The acting and dialogue are beyond gorgeous.
Great great scene and the way in which it is written is unbelievable. When Landa reveals he knows the family are under the floorboards. Everything before it makes sense. No immediate search, asking the daugthers to leave and my favourite preemptively switching to English... It is spectacular that he claims to have exhausted his French, whilst still speaking French perfectly
@@GigiGhiba All acting... Film, theatre is fantasy... What's your point?
@@GigiGhiba You are aware this film isn't a documentary aren't you?
@@GigiGhiba Yes... Which is why I am complementing on the acting and not the historical accuracy... Only you are doing that... So again... Are you aware this is a film and not a documentary?? You seem confused petal
To be honest Hans Landa is one of the most terrifying villains in cinema history even tho his ending is a bit Hilarious but the opening scene sets the tone in the cinema the whole crowd was quiet amazing job by Tarantino and Waltz
In 2 films Waltz really showed his range. In this film he will give everyone a panic attack by speak softly while he gives a stare. He was so intimidating in this film you was always uncomfortable when he was on screen. Played the character so well. But then you see him in Django he steals our heart instantly. The Beethoven clip always sticks in my mind. As you can see a character compassion and pain for others. While in this he plays only for himself. The guy is just a speacial talent for selling 2 great characters that are complete opposite bravo mr Waltz 👏
Landa is a notorious Nazi in occupied France, and he's completely at ease with letting a Frenchman that he's just met go around behind him - when Denis gets his pipe. To me this suggests that he's super confident in his ability to assess characters and situations.
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- Are you aware of my existence?
- No
- Well, you must have heard something of me…
- Not really, no
- Ok
* roll credits
best scene in the history of cinema
The fact that 40 seconds of this film was dedicated to Landa preparing a pen goes to show how intricate this whole film is.
This scene is an absolute masterpiece. Christoph Waltz is brilliant.
This scene is perfect. Landa builds up to the later moment when he will ask the hard questions by introducing himself and remembering LaPadite about his status among Jewish hunters and explaining why he is so good at it. By the time LaPadite responds that the refugees are under his floor, Landa had just broken all his hopes of succeeding in protecting them, even though he was apparently manipulating the situation at first. It's interesting to note that Landa acted just like a human lying detector... Had some bullshit questions about the refugees to get a pattern of behavior of when LaPadite is comfortable... LaPadite even lights his pipe as a way to reassure himself that he was in control (see that the camera pauses for a second at the action of lighting the pipe)
That little smirk Landa does at 0:44 as if he's enjoying that the farmer is joining in with these false courtesies
A masterclass in cinema history. Front eh actors to the dialog to the screenplay to the every minute detail...just perfection.
The acting from both of them is phenomenal
These kinds of scenes are so amazing and its the reason why i watch them over and over again. the dialogues are so pleasing to listen.
Im just gonna say it...ive never been so impressed as i was with christoph waltzs performance...pure genius..so charming but so menacing...he is class all the way
Christoph
@@racheljennings8548 youre quite right .thank you
One of the most stunning pieces of direction, and not just by Tarantino. The foreplay before the firing is just too intense to handle.
Probably the best conversation scene of the entire film industry
Denis Menochet and Christoph Waltz, the best.
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Until next year, fellas
Au revoir, Herr Caldas !
imagine the camera goes down at the end and channing tatum sits in the basement
If lapedite said the dreyfuses were enroute towards spain it would have been believable. When he said they had escaped to spain the lie became obvious. In that era no villager would get to know such sort of information. And Landa said rumors are revealing, and it revealed.
Very well spotted. I always question myself if Landa knows already, or at what moment he knows. And that may very well be it.
But he doesn't say that though. He says that he had heard that the family had made their way to Spain, which I interpreted as they had left for Spain.
I personally believe that Landa knew that they were sheltering the family before he stepped through the door, throughout the movie, he's always one step ahead of everyone else. At least until he finally meets Aldo the apache.
By the scene itself (or how it proceeds), it is already let to be known that Landa knew all along. Specially when he calls his MP-wielding soldiers to Mr. Lapadite's home without any special sings nor gestures to just come there and bulletspray the fk out of wherever he is pointing to, it is assumed that they were already previously instructed to do so by him, so I'm pretty sure someone else's blabber mouth or straight away under torture confessions led him to be here. Maybe the Mr. Lapadite's little slip up did cement his determination, but I'm more inclined to beleive that this whole scene is basically a cat playing with its food, while (not so) gently chastising the whoever was hiding it from its eyes.
I always assumed that Landa was actually being honest in saying that the change in management (him being put to the task) was what led to him returning to Lapedite's home, but Landa living up to his reputation of being very meticulous (hence why he was promoted to this job), decided to go over with a fine-tooth comb, so to speak, instead of simply replicating pre-existing paperwork. Perhaps the reason why Landa had been promoted to begin with was to eradicate the suspicion that previous investigations were "too sloppy" to close the case for good.
That said, I like to think that Lapedite's body language was what mainly gave him away to begin with, and it pretty much just goes from there.
that's how rumors work - whatever rumors reveal is not about those who deliver them by your own request.
The fact that we all watched this, in silence, and believed it, proves that the people we watched, and the people who produced it, were absolute fucking legends.
0:45
Landa’s face is saying: "Kindness will not help you so keep your tricks"
A really small detail is that LaPadite says "Oui" and then he corrects himself and says "Yes". This shows that Landa's tactics were working and LaPadite was actually starting to calm down. Before this, you could see that he had a calm and cold exterior but inside he was sh¡tting bricks. When he asked Landa if he could smoke his pipe and he comforted him by saying "Please, this is your house, make yourself comfortable" he presented himself as a very decent and humanitarian guy that one would be comfortable hanging around with. And LaPadite bought into that, lowering his guard even more before Landa prepared his last strike. This calmness was enforced more when LaPadite lied about the Dreyfus' escaping to Spain and Landa made it look like he was actually convinced.
Thank you, both of you for this scene
This scene is enough itself to be the whole movie. I mean if Tarantino had just this scene , people would have gone to watch and come out satisfied
An absolutely haunting scene with superb acting.
Best opening scene ever.
mindbogglingly interesting character, what a performance
Rewatched this scene hundreds of times
This scene is a masterwork
One of the best if not THE best acting I've ever seen
This scene alone is a masterpiece but the film overall was incredible 👍
I'm so glad that nazi guy didnt find those people under the floor and they all lived happily ever after. Would have been totally crazy if he just told his men to come in and shoot the floorboards while maybe one of the children escaped and oh I duno somehow owned a movie theatre and plotted her revenge by trapping a bunch of officials in there and burning the cinema down, would have been a good movie I guess but I'm just glad they're all doing well.
Man, you need to pack those ideas into a movie. You could call it Disreputable Repscallions or something, would be great.
@@DanBruhMoment I'd rather name that supposed movie Mischievous Nincompoops if i say so myself
@@mustafahanaf9651 That's even better!
There’s this guy looking for new ideas… I don’t know what his name is… Quentin Toronto? You should pitch this idea to him something might come of it?
@@dep7229 You mean Quarantine Tintoretto?
One of the best scene ever
In my opinion, the farmer tripped up when he confirmed there were 5 people in the dreyfus family, when a minute ago he said he had never met them.
He drank his milk, and went on his way. A true happy ending.
Hasn't been put into recommendations by the algorithm yet lol
I listen to these dialogues right up to before the shooting to sleep. It's strangely relaxing.
Was thinking that myself the first time I watched this 15 minutes ago, on my 3rd time watching now
0:43 It's hilarious for me the way Landa looks at the farmer, when this one tells to Hans
that his visit is pleasant for him
"Facts can be soo misleading where rumours true or false are often revealing"
He wasn't used to his full potential in the last Bond movie....he's got so much more..
Who played? In spectre?
“Facts could be so misleading where rumors true or false are often revealing…”
The pen part and other chit-chat is a bit like how Jules and Vincent go into the apartment at the beginning of Pulp Fiction and talk about breakfast and hamburgers. It's all for building tension. Tarantino is masterful at writing it in because in both cases, the things they talk about appear to be natural and believable.
One of the greatest opening's of all time and One of the greatest Villans of all time
BINGO!!
Great character and great actor.
There's not a thing about this scene that isn't utterly brilliant for some reason, that little bit of body language from Landa at 4:12 when trying to ascertain the the children's age's always stands out to me.
This movie grabbed me and hooked me in the minute it started.
Brilliant acting and directorship.. Very tense
Brilliant actor....
Back when I had the movie on DVD I used to watch this scene on repeat. I watched more times than I have the movie itself.
What a movie!!!i have seen it today!!!!
Top quality acting from both men.. 👌👏 great scene..
When two amazing when meet eqch other....amazing spetaculsr scene....perfect in allaspects.
Waltz is a genius. How is he so scary?
You could say Christoph Waltzed through this film with elegance and style.
That's an amazing scene
Que 2 actores, increíble
I love this scene! So intense !
Hans is unsettling because he’s so calm and jovial but capable of great violence he’s also fluent in at least three languages German French and English
The scene later in the film when they refer to the glass of milk, its hilarious!
Seeing this for the first time was something that I’ll never forget…At first Landa is somewhat gentle and kind with the man, smiling and even smoking their pipes with each other…But that all changes when Landa notices the man producing sweat and becoming more unconfident with his answers…Landa switches up so fast it’s horrifying.
I need to watch this movie again
This is so relaxing... Unespected asmr i guess :')
This helps one feel the fear that Monsieur Lapadite feels in a way that nothing else could
Hans Landa, or how to be exquisitely polite and terrifying at the same time.
This movie is Tarantino's masterpiece.
I really like the sound of this bob guy, Im sure he will be a great character central to the plotline
Waltz has officially hit GOAT Status.
Inglorious Basterds was the first Tarantino film that I watched, the moment I saw this scene, I decided to binge his entire filmography
the sophistication ❤❤❤❤ he's just god in acting 🤩
my favourite hero!