It was invented by a baker in the 1600s who was working through the night at a time when his city (which was either in Vienna, Austria, in 1683 or Budapest, Hungary, in 1686) was under siege by the Turks. He heard faint underground rumbling sounds which, on investigation, proved to be caused by a Turkish attempt to invade the city by tunneling under the walls. The tunnel was blown up. The baker asked no reward other than the exclusive right to bake crescent-shaped pastries commemorating the incident, the crescent being the symbol of Islam. He was granted this, and made the earliest version of the croissant. However I say a version of the croissant, but the movie technically has it wrong, what was created here is called a kipferl, which is not technically a croissant but a predecessor of the croissant. Also he didn't invent the kipferl, this already existed dating back to at least the 1200s, what was created here was the crescent shape. The Kipferl as a general pastry come from Austria, and over time the crescent shape took hold in Austria. In the late 1830s an Austrian man named August Zang opened a bakery in Paris, where the Kipferl became quite popular, and the French modified this to become what we would now call a croissant.
02:50 I always love the part where he just walks off without even picking up the dropped plate.
The Terminal is an interesting watch... Tom Hanks as Viktor Navorski did a splendid job! ♥️
The whole cast was really underrated. You have Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna and Stanley Tucci in supporting roles.
I still watch this movie every so often. It doesn't get old.
I always try to watch this movie around Christmastime
It's a magnificent movie, so romantic
Really love this movie
all waiters watching this, have a good laught
Andor took time off from the rebellion for this dinner.
Very good ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
VIKTOR: Hi 👋
she's lying, she is 55 years old
so fucking what
😄
hanks with russian accent is rediculous
The country where Viktor comes from is pretty much made up, so the accent can technically be made up too. It's not that deep.
I still want to know how the croissants were invented
No you don't
It was invented by a baker in the 1600s who was working through the night at a time when his city (which was either in Vienna, Austria, in 1683 or Budapest, Hungary, in 1686) was under siege by the Turks. He heard faint underground rumbling sounds which, on investigation, proved to be caused by a Turkish attempt to invade the city by tunneling under the walls. The tunnel was blown up. The baker asked no reward other than the exclusive right to bake crescent-shaped pastries commemorating the incident, the crescent being the symbol of Islam. He was granted this, and made the earliest version of the croissant. However I say a version of the croissant, but the movie technically has it wrong, what was created here is called a kipferl, which is not technically a croissant but a predecessor of the croissant. Also he didn't invent the kipferl, this already existed dating back to at least the 1200s, what was created here was the crescent shape. The Kipferl as a general pastry come from Austria, and over time the crescent shape took hold in Austria. In the late 1830s an Austrian man named August Zang opened a bakery in Paris, where the Kipferl became quite popular, and the French modified this to become what we would now call a croissant.