Imagine that there may have been black soldiers in the Operation Kino, and Landa made the President to give them congressional honors the same as white soldiers. With this action, Landa proved to be more anti-racist than the President himself.
with the money he earned from his acting career he eventually funded time travel research and went back in time to 1850's. He practiced dentistry for a while but knowing the state of Germany in the future he eventually traveled to America to start a new life as a German bounty hunter
The character is just smart, he knew the germans were going to lose eventually and knew he would either die or be put on trial for war crimes, did the only thing that garunteed his safety.
ShaneTheSlayer he was a great character and a great villain, one that even people like me who aren't violent would be towards him! This movie was so good and well thought out like the meeting they had in the bar with the actress and how they were given away by just the way Americans and Germans hold up their fingers for 3! so small but yet so big cause it revealed em! I love Quentin Tarantino's work cause there's all this stuff that like u have to watch several times to see all the stuff he puts in, even of them smallest details.
It just shows how self-serving, and how much of an opportunist Landa is. He was a detective before the War and when the Nazis came into power, he used his skills to become wealthier and more powerful within the SS and the Party.
@@wokeclub1844 Because like he said previously, his inaction would result in the deaths of Hitler, Goebbels, Bormann and Goering, he couldn't be sure the two guys in the general audience, or their bombs, would get all 4, but he could be sure all 4 died if he put another bomb in the private room.
wolfpackleaderalpha They would have simply killed him once the deed is done and he ceases to be of use. Much cheaper than buying him a house on Nantucket Island etc, don't you agree?
Only those who were useful (like Von Braun for his rocketry expertize). Top Nazi brass needed to be publicly punished as an example for other potential troublemakers throughout the world (Nuremberg), also some of the most extreme documented lower-rank war criminals. This is where Landa would fall. The allies would have gone back on their promise to provide him with anything once Hitler is dead, and had Aldo killed Landa too, no one would have cared on the Allied side. Landa's involvement would have either been omitted from histories or his death would have been explained in some way.
Aaron Alsept I don't think Aldo broke the treaty at the end. All he did was brand Landa with the swastika. Landa still got everything he asked for, I think?
The moral of the story is... if you’re going to turn yourself over to people who’ve a reputation for killing people like you for fun, maybe it’s best to ditch the guns and lock the knives in the glove compartment.
I just love the damn chaos in this movie....lack of historical truth, traitors everywhere, war criminals everywhere, cold blooded murderers on all sides, military, civilian and not
And then he lived happily ever after, owning a big mansion in US, and after many plastic surgeries, he managed to get rid of the swastika in his forehead...and then he came to the public with a new identity, calling himself Christoph Waltz and started to play in big Hollywood movies, even winning some Oscars.
Landa seemed obsessed with his legacy. He was not satisfied being labeled 'The Jew Hunter' so he wanted to be the hero for the allies. He didnt care which side he was on as long as he was the man.
i mean to be fair he deserves praise, you don't learn english french and itallian and probably be the best detective in all of germany to be remembered as just some guy
onetwothree123 not really a mercenary. Just a damn good detective. I like to think he joined the SS because of those fancy uniforms and those pretty ribbons. If he was going to join a side, it would be the one with most regal fashion.
I love that line " I look forward to seeing you face to face as well sir". The American on the radio knew that Aldo was going to give Landa a little gift before turning him over.
absolutely its the only reason that line would exist and it was funny if you were paying close enough attention unlike the cafe shootup, which i dinnint get until later.&
Wrong, the scene is making a subtler point about the detachment of commanding officers from wartime. When Landa’s forehead is carved later on, Aldo notes he’ll be “chewed out” for his actions.
When Landa says "I look forward to seeing you face to face as well", one can only assume right before Landa says this that Harvey Keitel's character said to Landa "I can't wait to see your face", because Keitel knows that once Landa surrenders to Aldo Raine he's going to have the Nazi symbol carved into his forehead. Landa, not knowing what Keitel meant when he says, "I can't wait to see your face", responds with, "I look forward to seeing you face to face as well". Absolutely brilliant writing.
I'd love to know how exactly Hans lived out his remaining days on Nantucket Island. No one would've wanted to associate with a man that had a swastika carved into his forehead, whether he ended the war or not. Prolly would've died from depression, maybe even gotten lynched by an angry American mob.
nahor88 more likely this was the scenario: Aldo and the little man were shot for treason (not to mention war crimes) because they not only mutilated someone the US AND UK made a deal with, they also killed a surrendered person accompanying said person of interest. The best surgeons would remove the scars from Landa's forehead, and they could do so with such remarkable results that one would not even be able to see any scars on his forehead. Even the worst case scenario is that he might have something akin to a burn mark on his forehead. Then Landa lived the rest of his life in peace and harmony with a fat bank account that never ran dry. As spiteful as you might want to be towards the guy, civilized people honor their deals. If word got out that the US didn't, the next conflict they face can only be ended through bloodshed.
his general most likely didnt know about the carving of nazi symbols on the forhead. so it could just be coinicidence. but if it was his knowledge than yes, u are correct.
" I want my full military pension and benefits... I want to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor... full citizenship for myself, well that goes without saying... and property on Nantucket Island..." This will never ever get old.
You can tell by the level of detail of his demands (including the real estate on Nantucket Island) that Landa has really though this through. It is clear he has been thinking about this for a long time. You have to wonder if maybe he intentionally didn't catch the Basterds earlier because he saw them as an escape route if the Third Reich wasn't going to pan out? Maybe he even started to think about it when he didn't shoot at Shoshana?
@@santiagorussi384- Pretty much the entire German military knew it was just a matter of time until the Allies invaded France. As did the French. Goebbel's French mistress had the same trapped look about her.
It's rather obvious he knows exactly who Shoshanna is during their meeting over strudels. He orders her milk, harking back to her escape from the dairy farm as a child when he spared her. Landa is sadistic, extremely smart, and very much enjoys preying on people. He does this constantly throughout the film with characters he comes in contact with.
@@ChainsawGutsFuck how could he possibly know who she was? He never saw her face, and even if he can’t find records of her aunt and uncle having a niece, he wouldn’t have any reason to assume she’s the same girl.
I just realized the person on the radio is the Wolf from pulp fiction and Mr. White from reservoir dogs. The camios in Tarantino movies are so subtle and cool.
So was Reinhard Heydrich, looked upon as the natural successor to Hitler. He was too good at his job orchestrating the 'Final Solution' which is why he was assassinated while Hitler was kept alive.
More like "Seriously?" Kind of amazed. Like he said in the previous scene, he still sees the whole way things seemed to be turning out as too good to be true. He's still not buying it and alert for any changes while Landa is completely confident in that the Allies will keep their word about the deal.
So, wait a second. Was Landa planning on double-crossing the Germans from the beginning or did he just change his mind towards the end because he knew the Allies were going to win anyway?
He went to the winner team. If Germans were going to win, he wouldn't swap team. But as he said (and as happened irl), Hitler was taking terrible decisions by this point.
I think he was making it up as he went along. He was a fast thinker and as soon as he sniffed them out at the reception he made the mental calculation on the spot that it would be very easy for him to either foil their plot or to ensure its success, and that with the Nazis losing the war he personally had more to gain from the latter than from the former. He probably decided that before he murdered Bridget Von Hammersmark, and definitely before he had Raine and Utivich arrested. I have zero doubt that if they and the general had refused to deal with him he'd have called the theater and exposed the plot, lying and saying he only just learned of it by interrogating Raine.
So much this. Was coming here to say the same. Quentin is such a movie buff and history buff and writes beautiful dislike that is so deep and meaningful to the characters with so many layers that delivers deep into the characters motives and drive yet over looks this. I see it in so many movies and shows… over literally means you are requesting a reply where out means conversation is over… the two can not stand together
1:04 probably the exact moment Aldo decided he was definitely going to carve a swastika into this guy's head, no matter what the consequences for doing so might be.
I just had the idea that Landa's life after the war would make a great sequel for Inglorious Basterds. The plot would focus on his life in (Nantucket?) maybe 18 years or so after the war ended (so 1962 or 63). He might appear to just be a rich, quirky old recluse (with an unsightly scar on his forehead) living a monotonous existence until....someone from his Nazi past shows up to blackmail or taunt him. Maybe even have a tie in with the plot to assassinate Kennedy? The big question (to be answered at the end) might be: did Landa truly repent or is he still his old evil self? Maybe it is too late for this? But maybe not. Hopefully QT will read this and be inspired.
Àngel Fenollar Its extortion The man is holding all the cards and is dictating the price for throwing the game. A negotiation is when both sides come to terms with one another. Hans is strong arming everyone and the only one to benefit from it is Hans.
+Scoonertuna lol that's ridiculous. They're toppling the third Reich and with it being the victor of world war 2. What greater benefit can one possible have that that? How is Hans the only one to benefit? How many Allied, civilian as well as Axis lives will be saved from prematurely ending the war in this way? Why do you think America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was seen as a "necessary evil", a means an end". Lots of people will disagree with it and say it's not the "done thing" but after it was seen how many souls were lost in operation overlord in France. They didn't want a repeat. So how many lives were saved from not having an allied invasion of Japan? A means to an end..
JoshD1001 The man is strong arming everyone and bending them to his will. Toppling the Third Reich is solely his chip to benefit himself. Pure and simple. He sees an opportunity to benefit himself and, along with it, get everyone’s hands dirty with compromise and deception. Perhaps, this was his ultimate act of cruelty. Hans is the only one who benefits from this because he can always put his evil deeds behind him. Also, this is a piece of fiction. He prematurely ended the war in a fictitious sense. The war did not end this way, no matter what nitpickers, conspiracy theorists, etc. Say. Do not compare fictitious events to actual events. This is a movie. Aldo and his companion hate the deal because they are compromising themselves and making a deal with a Nazi, a hated Nazi, who is walking away "squeaky clean". Hans thinks he knows how the world works and always stakes the decks in his favor. Aldo proves to him that, no matter how much in control you think you are, in the end you cannot cover everything.
"Bring them straight to me for debriefing". I would actually like to see that conversation between the two men, being that General Donovan was the head of the predecessor of the CIA and Landa was an intelligence officer for the Third Reich. No doubt Donovan's staff would have gotten a lot of intelligence value out of their defector.
this reminds me many bittersweet historical truth. actually so many warcriminals moved their origin to america or russia by the name of strategical cooperation. and they are living in new home with rich and honour. of course japan is worse at this.
Yeah, but they get their come up-pence. They got to have a legacy and we just tore it down and built the whole legacy. If I was at the doorway to hell, I would say to them "thanks for the rockets and such, but...you're going to hell and people will see why." Then just kick them into the devil's hold, as the truth is revealed.
The American government and Allies would want to know everything Landa knows. Hence why he is not killed by Brad Pitt or anyone else. Easier to throw him a reward and then have him share his entire knowledge and experience.
Yeah, Raine knew exactly what he could and couldn't get away with. Nobody was going to care that he shot a worthless corporal or tortured an SS colonel and war criminal, but they'd be furious if he killed such a valuable intelligence asset before they could interrogate him. It's pretty clear that Raine would have preferred to kill Landa deal or no deal, but he wasn't going to ruin his own life to do it.
Because he was under the assumption that the US government was as authoritarian as Nazi Germany's was. That's also why when Aldo breaks the deal and shoots Herman, he immediately says that Aldo "will be shot for this", because, in Nazi Germany, if you disobey orders, you die
Firstly, Landa is the type to hold a lot of weight on the value of deals. He probably left the French farmers from the beginning alone, and is clearly distraught when Hermann is killed by Aldo in the finale. Secondly, Landa made the mistake of thinking Aldo saw him as an equal, with their various subordinates basically being pawns. Aldo just saw Landa as a Nazi who was valuable, but still just a Nazi who was just as deserving of a swastika carved onto his forehead. And another reason why Landa failed to anticipate Hermann being shot and getting a branded with swastika is that he doesn’t plan ahead. As an opportunist, he is concerned with his immediate well-being instead of his long term one. Sure, his demands could’ve been thought up after some time, but he never thought to plan his demands very carefully, down to every minute instance and detail. For the situation with Aldo, the other mistakes I previously mentioned play into why his escape from Germany with his radio operator, Aldo, and Utivich goes awry.
@@machirim2805 i beg to differ, Landa didn't anticipate Hermann getting killed and him getting a swatiska,. Because the Nazi chain of command is very strict, a soldier must obey a superior or else he subjects himself fo death, hence why Landa says to Aldo "you're gonna get shot dead" also Landa is a perfectionist he plans and anticipate every detail, he already knew the 3 Italians were basterd since he picked up the actress highheels at the tavern + because they were expensive and not many people could afford those , he knew mishammemarks was a traitor and the italians were spies, he just wanted to catch her in the act of lying to satisfy his ego. He could have slaughtered both mishammermark and the 3 italians but since he knew the 3rd reich was coming to an end he chose to use them as an escape from nuremberg trial + possible torture or execution.
If you're referring to all the awards on his uniform, that's simply due to it being a formal occasion, thereby requiring full dress uniform with all awards. A normal duty uniform would not have displayed all his awards like that. And if you think his uniform's something, check out some Soviet Generals and Marshals. They'd make Landa's uniform look like Amateur Night at the Gulag. 😆
There's really nothing stopping the guy on the other end of the line agreeing to whatever nonsense Landa says and as soon as he's talking to Raine saying "god does he ever shut up. Okay. As soon as he surrenders his gun, shoot the bastard with it." In fact, given the potential embarassment the US government could face in future if it ever came out who Landa really was and how pampered he was being by them, leaving his corpse in the woods would seem like a far preferable option.
When he said Nantucket Island, I immediately knew it's gonna be some fancy ass place in New England. Landa sure knows his stuff. Hell I wanna live there!
Ironic Landa thought he had control of the situation, but he screwed himself over by placing the Bomb underneath hitlers chair, and Aldos real plan coming together.
I imagine around the 60s when plastic surgery is more widespread Hans would probably get a knock on the door of his house on Nantucket Island only to see Aldo and Udavitch standing at his front door with knives.
I want to see a movie of how history of this night played out via Han’s involvement and regarding his life after the war and how he is perceived by historians and the public in general.
I meaaaaan-on a podcast in 2020, Tarantino said that he lived out his life on Nantucket Island where he had a good career as a master detective. He just had to grow out bangs to hide the swastika. His demands were met and he was wrote as a spy for the Allies and a hero.
@@mikaelmyers6135 I meant a movie from their historical perspective. This is the most important night of ww2 in their history; so I imagine they would inevitably make a movie about the “events” that occurred during operation kino. How would history be made to explain the events that occurred during this operation?
