I love how the soldier's expression and tone completely change after he realized the female character wasn't comfortable with what was happening. It's like her humane reaction made the soldier briefly realize a piece of humanity he was trained to forget.
Oh yes. The expression of almost shame at 1:29, and "It's part of it, it's a vital part of it" was so beautifully acted. Somewhere buried within him, he knows what he's part of is wrong.
No that's not it. He was shocked that his boss aka her husband didn't tell her what was going on and he feared to be punished because he told her. Did you even watch this movie?
It was just unrealistic. It would never happen. Kids were put to work in camps. Not left to sit around and play. The guards would have shot him half way through.
@@vickyblunstone2212 So says the impeccable Holocaust historian. The movie and the book are fiction. And they portrayed the idea quite well, that children are innocent in human crimes and are the ones who get affected the most. Get a grip.
it is really scary to be that young and see your mother cry. a mother is a figure of comfort for a child, as long as your mother's around, everything's okay. but when your mother breaks down, for a child who doesn't know any better, that is when the unsafety starts settling in
I saw my mother break into tears when I was about 9 years old, and I didn't lose the sense of safety I had around her. I think what makes the unsafety settle is if you do not explain... I knew why she was crying, but I stayed safe. :)
@silvslim As the author of "a series of unfortunate event" says, you find "home" where you can, and not necessarily from your parents :) Home is where you feel safe and as long as you can find a moment where this feeling exists, you will have a home.
What impresses me about his reaction when she sees the smoke is that you can see it in his face that he doesnt even think that what they're doing is wrong. Its not one of those things where he's getting off on doing something bad or horrible. He thinks that what he's doing is right.
Kai Anderson They weren't Indians, they are AMERICANS; NATIVE AMERICANS. Christopher Colombus conveniently named them "Indians" because he was looking out for India in his voyage. Indiia was miles away from where he landed.
Concentraion camp guards tended to think of their 'duty' as a secret but boring and ultimately necessary thing. That they're killing off 'enemies of the country', even that children would in the end grow up and plot for it's downfall. And they believed it, being told the same thing over and over again. Indoctrination is the worst thing.
J. C. For one book saying the Shoah didn’t happen you’ve got a 1000 others explaining it happened, so YOU think you’re the well read one ? Please, what do you gain at denying the truth ? How do you explain the remains of the camps that we can still visit today ? How do you explain the disappearance of these millions of people ? The testimonies from Jewish people, non Jewish and even SS soldiers ? The photos of this period or even the photos German soldiers took themselves while shooting Jews in USSR ?
I grew up in a predominantly Jewish household and i remember being pretty young when this movie came out. I wasn't really allowed to watch dark films like this but my father let me watch this movie and I remember crying so hard at the end realizing what pain and suffering my ancestors had endured. Everytime i would doubt myself or think I cant do something he always reminded me that i had the blood of my ancestors in me and if they still remained strong and faithful until the very end so can i. thank you dad.
There are people who said this never happen, I knew someone that I have work with in the 70s and he was a child then in Poland concentration camp and he showed me his tattoo Id number on his arm. He was one on the lucky one to survived. They should show documentary video in school we should never forget this.
"They smell even worse when they burn, don't they?" It literally took a 9-word phrase for Elsa to instantly realize what her husband is up to. How shocking.
@W ugh yes, orphan is a GREAT movie. i loved the storyline of it, you really end up feeling for esther, not being able to grow up into a real woman. vera's acting is phenomenal in all her movies, and not to mention her younger sister taissa farmiga who is also and actress. they're both so gorgeous, i love them!
Bruno isn’t exactly a bright kid in this story. He can’t even figure out that they are prisoners when they are wearing striped prison clothes and working on the other side of a wired fence.
"No Ralph no not that! " That line really stuck with me for some reason I think that's how a lot of Germans must have felt when they found out the cost of the "greatness" that Hitler was promising
The hatred of Jews was a worldwide disease, and very old. I don't think anyone cared what happened to the Jewish people, they just wanted them taken away. The woman crying in this scene is seeing the logical conclusion to what she thought was normal, and the things that her son was being raised to believe in. If they aren't really people, then who cares what happens to them, right?
@@PurplePinkRed No, the media is reporting on the atrocities that the government of Israel is doing to the minorities in Palestine. Israel != Judaism, Judaism and Jews are bigger than a country that's been around for less than a century.
On the one hand, yes. But on the other hand, Hitler already wrote openly about exterminating Jews in his book from '25, spread widely in the 30s, and while one might argue that even then people might have brushed it off as fantasy, more people should have had the chance to find out (the scale of) what was going on and spread it than was established after the war, when most said they "didn't know". I think it often was a case of denial and mental suppression of logical conclusions. We have that in today's world, too, after all.
I know when people think of Vera Farminga they only think of the conjuring series or maybe Bates Motel but this is the movie I think of when I hear her name or see her on the screen
She should've gotten at least a nomination at the Oscars. She's an exceptional actress and definitely way better than half of the best supporting actress winners!
I agree. This film should also been nominated for best director, best actor for the Asa Butterfield (which would have had him the youngest nominee since Kramer v Kramer) and best picture.
Man. I wish that had been in the movie. Ralph giving his wife chocolate adds a whole level of creepiness to his character. It shows he has compassion to her as a husband, but it also shows that he sees his actions as something that can be excused with a pointless. The humanity of the action contrasts sharply with the inhumanity of his crimes.
For me the mother was by far the most interesting character, I wish we had a whole movie about a character like her. A genuinely good person realising she's married to a monster, at a time when, for married women, escape was impossible.
@@thecrucible4126 why are you sad about that? as the mother says, it's lucky for her that she wasn't a man, but that comes with a price. im fairly certain that the father saying "his choice" about it was in direct reference to her talking about "her luck" in the scene immediately before. its not sad, its the way things are. i feel more sorry for the men that died in the front lines, and not in any nicer conditions than the Jews did in the camps.
Sometimes, when I watch a movie, I sometimes forget that it was JUST a movie. After watching this i really stopped and thought "This shit ACTUALLY happened. This aint just a movie this was real." And then it hurts 20x worse
I remember watching this movie in class my junior year in high school, and i could tell almost everyone had not seen it. Everyone left teary-eyed that day. That ending hits hard.
I watched it in my AP European history class my senior year. I watched the end of it the day before at my house and my jaw was on the floor at the end of it. At the start of class the next day, I gave some in class a heads up to have tissue on hand. My class valedictorian left in tears at the end of class as we finished the movie. Nearly 13 yrs later, I still don't blame her.
same i watched in my 8th grade social studies class and at the ending i remember looking around the classroom and everyone had their hands over their mouths
It's easy for us to judge the people in history from this time period giving we know everything happening back then but Vera's performance and simply the naive way she says "What?" just emphasises that there was such an ignorance to the truth not unlike what is happening today. That not everybody knew the true horrors until it was too late to stand up
This particular scene, especially the mother's not knowing 100% what the father's actually doing, reminds me of the story that the residents of a village were led by US troops into a concentration camp once the Germans had cleared out, and made them look at the shit they'd done... They never knew what truly happened until the Allies made them look. That's just as scary for me.
@@blondepotatoboi They knew, everybody knew. But they just did not care. Look documentary movies about german civilians in the camps right after the liberation (US or British troops brought them inside) - they laughed there! Passing by those mountains of corpses, they were bored or they laughed. They knew and they are guilty.
Actually, normal people only knew what was told to them. Either from advertisements or propaganda. Nazis made videos about concentration camps, where they were portrayed like the perfect place to live in. Like a "paradise". And even though many didn't take the bullshit they were told, they couldn't do anything about it. Two options were given: accept the lie or be dead.
Seeing this hurts even NOW at this moment there are concentration camps in China, uyughurs are treated just like this. Please, I beg you to spread this, speak about it. It's horrible and deserves attention. It's a tragedy happening under our noses
Yes. And your pension money is being used to fund it. Every year China invites Western investment firms to pour billions into their economy ... and then the firms do so.
nothing will be done about it.... companies make too much money from china to speak out against it and public outrage is borderline worthless as it lasts only as long as its "popular" these days
@@FlutePlayer777 No? forced to work until death? Having their organs harvested? Having medical experiments done on them? Being chemically paralyzed while their organs are harvested? Beaten, raped, tortured. Oh sure, it started off with forced sterilization and "reeducation", but it has escalated recently. The NAZI party did little worse to the Jew than China does currently to the Uyghur.
People who act like they would’ve rebelled against the holocaust are mostly those who grew up in a safe, free and cherished environment, they really don’t know what it feels like to live under oppression. I bet if those people lived in North Korea right now, they wouldn’t even dare to try and rebel. It’s so easy for me to act all high and mighty and say “well *I* wouldn’t have submitted to the oppressive forces” when I certainly know that I will never be oppressed, meaning I will never *have* to rebel against anything. This is just naive behaviour on our side. Of course this is not an excuse for the terrible things that happened, but this is why I just do not believe anyone who says “oh I would have rebelled for sure”.
@@antiracismactivist841 oh great, a holocaust denier 🤦🏾♀️ idk wherenyou grew up but we learned about ALL the atrocities and heinous acts of WW2, from the US internment camps to the USSR to the Holocaust, almost all parties involved were quite disgusting in their acts. To say one is less important or somehow okay because something else happened is idiotic.
Jenna Maria you’re so right! Thank you for saying this. People are extremely ignorant if they believe that the few people against Hitler were born as better people than everyone else, no they just weren’t under the same amount of risk.
Thank you! I hate it when people claim they would have went against the odds and tried to save people. Like no, you wouldn't have. The threat the Nazis posed to all of Germany was just as real, there was no real chance to rebel. They had spies and were too powerful for the average citizen to do much of anything other than die. Everyone likes to think they're brave but having the guts to give up your life in an instant for another is something the average citizen just doesnt have, especially if they have a family to think about. There was nothing the citizens could have done when they could just as easily be killed or get their loved ones killed
The real problem was that Hitler and Nazis actually carried out what they said they were going to do. Most Germans just thought it was talk or deportation at best.
@Jazzy4eyez - A lot of German soldiers - including their wives - didn't know about the concentration camps as they were happening. Soldiers who were in the dark only knew about the war that was going on - not the atrocities. I think that's very telling of the wife's reaction: She was one of many who didn't know she was being hidden from the truth.
Elsa’s clearly repulsed and broken by the knowledge of what’s happening as soon as she figures out what it is. I mean, it’s at no personal cost to her. But she’s still stricken by it and drifts from her husband as a result.
Its more about people can dismiss suffering in others when they've been dehumanised. Its why you have to be careful when anyone starts dismissing the rights and feelings of a group. As soon as we other people, their suffering get easier to ignore.
Despite Elsas' powerful reaction, it should be remembered that this movie is fictional. The sad reality is that most of these women knew exactly what their husbands were doing, and supported them. That was borne out by captured documents of the Einszatsgruppen and the German Order Police Battalions deployed on the Eastern Front at the time.
You want a detailed view of how it all went inside the camps? Read Treblinka WARNING THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!! My dad and his friends and one of my mom's friends in college read it and they had nightmares and night terrors. They would not eat anything and would vomit when thinking about it.
Thankyou for this comment, saw a different comment here saying that 90% of Germans didn't know that the holocaust was happening which is absolute bullshit. They knew, they just didn't care because it didn't effect them. The standard of living was very high for Germans up until around 1942/43.
@@cookiebilbo9551 They heard propaganda from Hitler, they knew the Nazis were taking Jewish people somewhere. The horrors of the camps, though, were hidden from the general public. So no, the German Public did not know what was happening in these terrible camps.
@@justinthepirate4621 Kinda the same way we know about the concentration camps in China, yet both the people in power and citizens around the world barely address it.
A very good point, but when it is revised to fit the conventional wisdom of the day it is worthless. Teaching American History by Zinn or one of his disciples is a good example.
But it is unfortunately. Many people are turning a blind eye to the genocide currently happening in China, and western media isn't reporting on it enough. Humanity will never learn.
Unknown attraction You clearly need to go and study some Science and Biology my friend. I'm not tryin to be rude to you, but that's one dumb statement.
Unknown attraction I believe in facts, not some man-made fairytales. All myths. From the Enuma Elish right trough to the Quran. But you have a right to have your own opinion on this matter. Keep well
I remember sobbing uncontrollably when I first watched this movie. I’ve always been so empathetic, and this movie was able to portray this story so well. I could hardly imagine what it was like during this time
Schindler's list portrays the holocaust very well too, if you're interested. My mom had to hide it from me when I was younger cuz I was obsessed with watching it
Imagine moving out to a nice house with your family only to learn that the “little cafe” was burning and killing innocent people. Not only would you yourself feel betrayed and sick, but you’ve brought your little boy there with you.
Actually, it’s true that they didn’t know about the death camps unless they were local to the camp itself. Those that did know though looked the other way.
He's disgusted? More like she's disgusted, why would he be disgusted that his wife's weak? Their was low expectations of women in those days and that wasn't uncommon behaviour for them, men were the ones puttin' their foot down workin' dangerous jobs.
Me too. I actually remember in a history class back in high school we had to watch it and I skipped the class. I just...couldn’t do it. I feel guilty though because it’s such an important film. But the ending...😔 I never want to hear that again.
Yash Nayak ok, i know this is a really touchy subject, and i understand that, but the phrase “he likely had another arse then into him” is the funniest thing i’ve seen all week
The acting, message, pacing everything about this clip is top tier cinema. Heartbreaking, real and just makes you think. Thank you to everyone for making this incredibly important movie.
Imagine how awful it must feel to realize the person you thought you were so in love with, you’re own husband, the father of your children, turns out to be a murderous monster. Her acting was phenomenal
This film made two things clear. First, in World War II, there was a difference between the Germans and the Nazis. Second, no matter the reason or the person, you can't hide the truth forever. Bruno would still be alive if his family hadn't kept secrets from him.
@@Catkovi The scene where Bruno peeks in at the propaganda film at the concentration camp, without his Dad being aware of it -- became a major factor in Bruno's demise.....I'm in agreement with Zachari Sincennes.
@National Socialist You don't need genocide to win a damn war. In fact it is takes out time, resources and stuff. But even without that, wtf, why would you think such a thing.
@National Socialist May I ask why you why you hold the opinion that there needed to be a genocide of 6 million people for the axis side to win the war?
This is a powerful scene. Her realization of the fact that there are people burning next door. His realization that she had no idea about it. And her confrontation to her husband afterwards. Two very different sides of the Nazi Germany. Love this movie.
Vera’s acting in this film is phenomenal, her expressions and emotions were just breath-taking, especially that scream at the end, literally, I felt it..
I saw this movie in high school, and some teachers were against us watching it, but I'm glad we did. Also, I never realized Remus was the husband, he did a good job
Bruno’s mother has a shining humanity but she knows she can’t do anything to change history. Her helplessness, her powerlessness is agonising to watch.
Her acting is AMAZING how she does sudden realisation of what's happening. The shocked response, and how it turns to anger. The soldier isn't bad either. His, "oh lord what have I done when he twigs that she didn't know and the penny has just dropped". Wonderful acting.
This film (and the book it was adapted from) does such a hugely important job of allowing people to actually feel just a little (but a very important “little”) of the Holocaust and it’s legacy.
Vera Farmiga is an acting god. This woman will someday win an Oscar. That's not a prediction, it's a fact. She continuously delivers powerful earth shattering performances.
His face when he realizes she doesn't know what's going on, says so much. He's almost embarrassed that he has to explain; as if he knows this deeply rooted hatred is actually bad and he knows people disapprove.
It makes me laugh when people say they would have been the heroes and saved the day but many Germans we’re like me and you normal people but us humans we a driven buy positions of power and we take great pleasure in oppressing others you can tell me you wouldn’t commit such disposable crimes all you want but the sad reality is no matter how much of a good person you think you are there is evil deep within all of us
Those seconds when he realises she didn’t know are the only brief signs of humanity from him... Thinking it’s not just a movie makes everything so sad...
Me too. I came to know her with Bates Motel, and I was stunned to know she was in this movie, Orphan and the conjuring, also, among others. I didn't even know who she was before.
The most disturbing movie I've ever seen in my 67 years of life. I cried like a baby at the end, and can't watch it again. Just truly horrifying, albeit with stellar acting from the cast.
because of Covid, the freshmen at my school were unable to read this book in 8th grade. it’s so tragic that most of them will never really experience that book and story of its entirety. this movie was fantastic too, but it’s not the same.
I remember watching this in year 9 at school I physically had to leave the room in tears because of how awful this was, the actors and the move honestly moved me! Amazing movie!
I love how the soldier's expression and tone completely change after he realized the female character wasn't comfortable with what was happening. It's like her humane reaction made the soldier briefly realize a piece of humanity he was trained to forget.
Oh yes. The expression of almost shame at 1:29, and "It's part of it, it's a vital part of it" was so beautifully acted. Somewhere buried within him, he knows what he's part of is wrong.
No that's not it. He was shocked that his boss aka her husband didn't tell her what was going on and he feared to be punished because he told her. Did you even watch this movie?
Nope he realized he'd just fucked up and revealed something his bosses wife wasn't supposed to know.
He is SS. They are no soldiers, nothing but cowards
@@hektorsoininen You'd like to think they were cowards. When in fact they were merely outnumbered, vastly.
The look on her face when she realises what's happening...so powerful.
not really
She looks not just shocked, she looks terrified.
CAPSLOCK FRANK Well someone doesn’t see great acting.
@@capslockfrank7838 6/10 Needs trolling skills improvement.
Ikr
Vera's acting is breathtaking I'm so glad she won awards for it
Did she? Which ones?
she didnt
@@manonlacome8857 - she did. Just one. British Independent Film Award for best actress.
David thewlis was amazing too.he play the soulfull father and nazi monster so good
She is such an amazing actor!
That cold look in the father's eyes when the mother cries on the floor... He's no soldier, he's nothing short of a monster.
the point is to hate him, great actors!
Marni Stone he just has too much pride. In the book this scene never happened
Marni Stone Yeah.... 😢😢😢😢
Marni Stone The sad thing is he's the same guy who plays Remus Lupin....
Travis The Temmie ya that disappointed me
I wish this movie got more praise, they had such wonderful and incredible actors, a super powerful message
Vera Farmiga won best actress at the British Independent Film awards that year
It was just unrealistic. It would never happen. Kids were put to work in camps. Not left to sit around and play. The guards would have shot him half way through.
But seriously no movie could top the book
This move got lots of praise
@@vickyblunstone2212 So says the impeccable Holocaust historian. The movie and the book are fiction. And they portrayed the idea quite well, that children are innocent in human crimes and are the ones who get affected the most. Get a grip.
it is really scary to be that young and see your mother cry. a mother is a figure of comfort for a child, as long as your mother's around, everything's okay. but when your mother breaks down, for a child who doesn't know any better, that is when the unsafety starts settling in
So True!, even as an adult When I feel down or sick, I need my mom
or your father. your father breaking down and crying can leave you deeply unsettled too
I saw my mother break into tears when I was about 9 years old, and I didn't lose the sense of safety I had around her. I think what makes the unsafety settle is if you do not explain... I knew why she was crying, but I stayed safe. :)
@silvslim As the author of "a series of unfortunate event" says, you find "home" where you can, and not necessarily from your parents :) Home is where you feel safe and as long as you can find a moment where this feeling exists, you will have a home.
@@ANGELSLVME
Mummy hates seeing me depressed and she spends hours comforting me and she has over my Holocaust breakdown once
You have to applaud Asa’s acting as well. That voice crack when he says “Grandpa’s here. Grandpa’s here.” after seeing his mother in tears.
What voice crack?
Thts not a voice crack dumbass
@@zoxyy.1x be nice oh my god
@@brookcalceta I said one thing calm down lil girl
@@zoxyy.1x aw i think you need to calm down if you’re just gonna call people dumbasses online for no reason. be kind :)
What impresses me about his reaction when she sees the smoke is that you can see it in his face that he doesnt even think that what they're doing is wrong.
Its not one of those things where he's getting off on doing something bad or horrible.
He thinks that what he's doing is right.
Kai Anderson They weren't Indians, they are AMERICANS; NATIVE AMERICANS. Christopher Colombus conveniently named them "Indians" because he was looking out for India in his voyage. Indiia was miles away from where he landed.
Concentraion camp guards tended to think of their 'duty' as a secret but boring and ultimately necessary thing. That they're killing off 'enemies of the country', even that children would in the end grow up and plot for it's downfall. And they believed it, being told the same thing over and over again.
Indoctrination is the worst thing.
Helena Props I gotta say I love your responses 👍
J. C. For one book saying the Shoah didn’t happen you’ve got a 1000 others explaining it happened, so YOU think you’re the well read one ? Please, what do you gain at denying the truth ? How do you explain the remains of the camps that we can still visit today ? How do you explain the disappearance of these millions of people ? The testimonies from Jewish people, non Jewish and even SS soldiers ? The photos of this period or even the photos German soldiers took themselves while shooting Jews in USSR ?
@J. C. You have a .2 IQ
I grew up in a predominantly Jewish household and i remember being pretty young when this movie came out. I wasn't really allowed to watch dark films like this but my father let me watch this movie and I remember crying so hard at the end realizing what pain and suffering my ancestors had endured. Everytime i would doubt myself or think I cant do something he always reminded me that i had the blood of my ancestors in me and if they still remained strong and faithful until the very end so can i. thank you dad.
Never Again!!!
There are people who said this never happen, I knew someone that I have work with in the 70s and he was a child then in Poland concentration camp and he showed me his tattoo Id number on his arm. He was one on the lucky one to survived. They should show documentary video in school we should never forget this.
Now we need an equally powerful movie about Stalinist acts of violence and war crimes!
@@vulc1 Make any movie you want.
@@lar4305 Seems like you are not very thrilled about movies on Stalinist crimes.
The actress who played the mother did a fantastic job.
Edit: Vera Farmiga
She's an amazing actress, they all are in this movie.
(Gasp) Cousin? have I found you?
Vera Farmiga is an excelent actress
What is the family's full name
Vera Farmiga
"They smell even worse when they burn, don't they?"
You monster....😢
He realized he fucked up after. He wasn't supposed to say anything
I dont really get it..
Daniel Carson low key defending nazis
hazzer30 he’s not wrong though that young man never had the chance to understand compassion only hate
@@hazzer30 how is he low key defending the Nazis?
"They smell even worse when they burn, don't they?" It literally took a 9-word phrase for Elsa to instantly realize what her husband is up to. How shocking.
By design ;)
Vera Farmiga really brought the emotions to the fore.. What a fantastic acting!
tubecrazy77 she's literally great , even in bates motel.
Yes. That one gaze shows so much.
you've got to be kidding me, she is acting incredibly awfully here, I feel 1% of that cry -
She is one of my favorite actresses. Especially in The Conjuring and Orphan.
@W ugh yes, orphan is a GREAT movie.
i loved the storyline of it, you really end up feeling for esther, not being able to grow up into a real woman.
vera's acting is phenomenal in all her movies, and not to mention her younger sister taissa farmiga who is also and actress. they're both so gorgeous, i love them!
In the book Brouno father called his mother:" over sensitive"
I was like no she has a functional heart
He didn't call her oversensitive or anything in the book!
Lets talk about all the Jews with a functional heart that are concerned with the genocide of the Palestinians.
There Nazis, What do you expect. For them to be kind and caring? Lmao
Bruno isn’t exactly a bright kid in this story. He can’t even figure out that they are prisoners when they are wearing striped prison clothes and working on the other side of a wired fence.
Jimmy Mackinnon he’s a naive 8-9 year old boy in the 1940s that didn’t have any TVs at the time just radios
"No Ralph no not that! "
That line really stuck with me for some reason I think that's how a lot of Germans must have felt when they found out the cost of the "greatness" that Hitler was promising
The hatred of Jews was a worldwide disease, and very old. I don't think anyone cared what happened to the Jewish people, they just wanted them taken away. The woman crying in this scene is seeing the logical conclusion to what she thought was normal, and the things that her son was being raised to believe in. If they aren't really people, then who cares what happens to them, right?
@@ajrollo1437 Literally what is happening right now with Israel. The media has painted this exact picture of Jews. It's foul.
@@PurplePinkRed No, the media is reporting on the atrocities that the government of Israel is doing to the minorities in Palestine. Israel != Judaism, Judaism and Jews are bigger than a country that's been around for less than a century.
On the one hand, yes. But on the other hand, Hitler already wrote openly about exterminating Jews in his book from '25, spread widely in the 30s, and while one might argue that even then people might have brushed it off as fantasy, more people should have had the chance to find out (the scale of) what was going on and spread it than was established after the war, when most said they "didn't know". I think it often was a case of denial and mental suppression of logical conclusions. We have that in today's world, too, after all.
@@muffinbanana long live Palestine.
Fuck, I love Vera Farmiga so much! She deserves much recognition for her talented performances.
she is genius
lar hjp yes
We had the same high school history teacher, me and Vera!!
Trueee
I know when people think of Vera Farminga they only think of the conjuring series or maybe Bates Motel but this is the movie I think of when I hear her name or see her on the screen
When he said they smell worse when their burnt I felt sad
Made me shiver.
krafty1708 damn you're so brainwashed
El Chapo And your not
xAcee same here
xAcee me too I cried when the two little boys died
She should've gotten at least a nomination at the Oscars. She's an exceptional actress and definitely way better than half of the best supporting actress winners!
I agree. This film should also been nominated for best director, best actor for the Asa Butterfield (which would have had him the youngest nominee since Kramer v Kramer) and best picture.
She is Leading.
*sees wife crying on the floor*
here have some chocolate it'll make you feel better
Lol
Man. I wish that had been in the movie. Ralph giving his wife chocolate adds a whole level of creepiness to his character. It shows he has compassion to her as a husband, but it also shows that he sees his actions as something that can be excused with a pointless. The humanity of the action contrasts sharply with the inhumanity of his crimes.
@@nathanseper8738 Its a reference to harry potter
This made me wheeze 😂
@@nathanseper8738 You looked far too much into that
i don't know if this was intentional, but notice that in this scene elsa's wearing stripes...
Pinkpanda73 and...?
Equestrian Liv stripes in this movie represent Jews
It is intentional. A lot of thought goes into the backgrounds, shots, costumes etc when it comes to films. It gives the film another dimension.
Mickey Mouse what does it mean though? That shes a secret Jew?
A little bit of Grandé please. Maybe that the likes the jews?
For me the mother was by far the most interesting character, I wish we had a whole movie about a character like her. A genuinely good person realising she's married to a monster, at a time when, for married women, escape was impossible.
And the grandmother too. Realizing her son has become so sinister and was expected to just go along with it and be proud of him
@@eoinoconnor5783 agreed
Even in her death they put the Nazi symbol at her memorial:(
And people think she "claimed the credit" for patching up Bruno's leg. She was saving Pavel's life by so doing.
@@thecrucible4126 why are you sad about that? as the mother says, it's lucky for her that she wasn't a man, but that comes with a price. im fairly certain that the father saying "his choice" about it was in direct reference to her talking about "her luck" in the scene immediately before. its not sad, its the way things are. i feel more sorry for the men that died in the front lines, and not in any nicer conditions than the Jews did in the camps.
How is he a monster? He was carrying out orders. Would you have said no to Hitler?
Sometimes, when I watch a movie, I sometimes forget that it was JUST a movie. After watching this i really stopped and thought
"This shit ACTUALLY happened. This aint just a movie this was real." And then it hurts 20x worse
Yes.... this actually happened !!! :(
It is just a movie.
There is a thing called realistic fiction.
CaptinHoot51 no this actually happened. I have family that died in The Holocaust. This is sadly real
Hey I just wanna day thank you for commenting this and also I love ur profile pic
I cried the first time I watched this movie
+Jack Sin wtf I hope your joking...although that's not even funny -.-
Jack Sin you better be joking you ass. And if you aren't you are one of the people I hate most in this world, so go to hell.
+Cassia Thackray yeah I agree he better be joking!
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+Jack Sin city
I remember watching this movie in class my junior year in high school, and i could tell almost everyone had not seen it. Everyone left teary-eyed that day. That ending hits hard.
Bro the ending hit hard for me
Jr High School in English class
kudos to the teacher whose decision it was to show it
I watched it in my AP European history class my senior year. I watched the end of it the day before at my house and my jaw was on the floor at the end of it. At the start of class the next day, I gave some in class a heads up to have tissue on hand.
My class valedictorian left in tears at the end of class as we finished the movie. Nearly 13 yrs later, I still don't blame her.
same i watched in my 8th grade social studies class and at the ending i remember looking around the classroom and everyone had their hands over their mouths
It's easy for us to judge the people in history from this time period giving we know everything happening back then but Vera's performance and simply the naive way she says "What?" just emphasises that there was such an ignorance to the truth not unlike what is happening today. That not everybody knew the true horrors until it was too late to stand up
This particular scene, especially the mother's not knowing 100% what the father's actually doing, reminds me of the story that the residents of a village were led by US troops into a concentration camp once the Germans had cleared out, and made them look at the shit they'd done... They never knew what truly happened until the Allies made them look. That's just as scary for me.
Yeah like the evil of abortion
Very succinctly put Joshua. Ignorance is a war crime as well but sadly, the true horror of it is that there isn't anyone to take the blame for it!
@@blondepotatoboi They knew, everybody knew. But they just did not care. Look documentary movies about german civilians in the camps right after the liberation (US or British troops brought them inside) - they laughed there! Passing by those mountains of corpses, they were bored or they laughed.
They knew and they are guilty.
Actually, normal people only knew what was told to them. Either from advertisements or propaganda.
Nazis made videos about concentration camps, where they were portrayed like the perfect place to live in. Like a "paradise".
And even though many didn't take the bullshit they were told, they couldn't do anything about it.
Two options were given: accept the lie or be dead.
The Moment you realize ilsa had a heart
effooo2000 and Nieva Elsa didn’t know about the camps
And also noticed with pavel when Bruno fell over and she thanked him for helping her.
And common sense
And she didn’t want Bruno to be brainwashed
for germans it is. they are that badshit crazy. and they will do it again.
Seeing this hurts even NOW at this moment there are concentration camps in China, uyughurs are treated just like this. Please, I beg you to spread this, speak about it. It's horrible and deserves attention. It's a tragedy happening under our noses
Yes. And your pension money is being used to fund it. Every year China invites Western investment firms to pour billions into their economy ... and then the firms do so.
They are not being treated as badly as the Nazis did to the Jews. That was a whole other level of evil.
@@FlutePlayer777 It doesn't matter which is worse, what's going on there is cruel and evil regardless
nothing will be done about it.... companies make too much money from china to speak out against it and public outrage is borderline worthless as it lasts only as long as its "popular" these days
@@FlutePlayer777 No? forced to work until death? Having their organs harvested? Having medical experiments done on them? Being chemically paralyzed while their organs are harvested? Beaten, raped, tortured. Oh sure, it started off with forced sterilization and "reeducation", but it has escalated recently. The NAZI party did little worse to the Jew than China does currently to the Uyghur.
People who act like they would’ve rebelled against the holocaust are mostly those who grew up in a safe, free and cherished environment, they really don’t know what it feels like to live under oppression. I bet if those people lived in North Korea right now, they wouldn’t even dare to try and rebel. It’s so easy for me to act all high and mighty and say “well *I* wouldn’t have submitted to the oppressive forces” when I certainly know that I will never be oppressed, meaning I will never *have* to rebel against anything. This is just naive behaviour on our side.
Of course this is not an excuse for the terrible things that happened, but this is why I just do not believe anyone who says “oh I would have rebelled for sure”.
@@antiracismactivist841 oh great, a holocaust denier 🤦🏾♀️ idk wherenyou grew up but we learned about ALL the atrocities and heinous acts of WW2, from the US internment camps to the USSR to the Holocaust, almost all parties involved were quite disgusting in their acts. To say one is less important or somehow okay because something else happened is idiotic.
Jenna Maria exactly.
Jenna Maria you’re so right! Thank you for saying this. People are extremely ignorant if they believe that the few people against Hitler were born as better people than everyone else, no they just weren’t under the same amount of risk.
Thank you! I hate it when people claim they would have went against the odds and tried to save people. Like no, you wouldn't have. The threat the Nazis posed to all of Germany was just as real, there was no real chance to rebel. They had spies and were too powerful for the average citizen to do much of anything other than die. Everyone likes to think they're brave but having the guts to give up your life in an instant for another is something the average citizen just doesnt have, especially if they have a family to think about. There was nothing the citizens could have done when they could just as easily be killed or get their loved ones killed
Ikr? If I was in that position I would fucking love to help but I know I'd be too afraid
I must say she is such a beautiful lady
Lucarinho she really is, and in the book, its suggested that she had an affair with lieutenant kotler
Lucarinho yeah!omg she 's pretty!
Vera farmiga ❤️
Lucarinho i have a cousin who looks exactly like her (from jordan)
Lucarinho *Norman Bates is prettier*
She was literally sick to her stomach. She couldn’t believe that she’d married and had kids with that monster😫😫
The real problem was that Hitler and Nazis actually carried out what they said they were going to do. Most Germans just thought it was talk or deportation at best.
@@ciaranoconnell4783 Did they think it was just banter as well?
Gustavo de Anapolis Snowflake for not condoning a genocide? If so then all good people are snowflakes
@@gustavosouza45994 you little pathetic troll
@Jazzy4eyez - A lot of German soldiers - including their wives - didn't know about the concentration camps as they were happening. Soldiers who were in the dark only knew about the war that was going on - not the atrocities. I think that's very telling of the wife's reaction: She was one of many who didn't know she was being hidden from the truth.
You can see the look of disgust and horror on her face when she realizes what’s happening. She’s a brilliant actress.
This movie is just proof that nobody gives a shit about other people suffering until it affects them....
Elsa’s clearly repulsed and broken by the knowledge of what’s happening as soon as she figures out what it is. I mean, it’s at no personal cost to her. But she’s still stricken by it and drifts from her husband as a result.
yeah thats kinda how it goes
@@samjohnstonemusic6328 bring disgusted and actually doing something about it at the cost of something you love is different
@@AC-ri2ph what did you want her to do about the Holocaust my guy? 😂 she practically left her husband.
Its more about people can dismiss suffering in others when they've been dehumanised. Its why you have to be careful when anyone starts dismissing the rights and feelings of a group. As soon as we other people, their suffering get easier to ignore.
"They smell even worse when they burn don't they"
"What"
*it was at this moment when he realized, he fucked up*
0:40, did the guy ever think, "I have a skull on my hat, could I be the bad guy?"
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James George "are we the Baddies" 😂
James George
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Well if there's one thing we've learned from 400 miles of retreat it's that Russian agriculture is in dire need of mechanisation.
😂😂
Despite Elsas' powerful reaction, it should be remembered that this movie is fictional.
The sad reality is that most of these women knew exactly what their husbands were doing, and supported them. That was borne out by captured documents of the Einszatsgruppen and the German Order Police Battalions deployed on the Eastern Front at the time.
You want a detailed view of how it all went inside the camps? Read Treblinka WARNING THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!! My dad and his friends and one of my mom's friends in college read it and they had nightmares and night terrors. They would not eat anything and would vomit when thinking about it.
Philip Thomson it is fictional but based upon true events. This could be any one of those officers families.
Thankyou for this comment, saw a different comment here saying that 90% of Germans didn't know that the holocaust was happening which is absolute bullshit. They knew, they just didn't care because it didn't effect them. The standard of living was very high for Germans up until around 1942/43.
@@cookiebilbo9551 They heard propaganda from Hitler, they knew the Nazis were taking Jewish people somewhere. The horrors of the camps, though, were hidden from the general public. So no, the German Public did not know what was happening in these terrible camps.
@@justinthepirate4621 Kinda the same way we know about the concentration camps in China, yet both the people in power and citizens around the world barely address it.
This is why history must be taught and not forgotten. So this kind of thing never exists or happens again.
A very good point, but when it is revised to fit the conventional wisdom of the day it is worthless. Teaching American History by Zinn or one of his disciples is a good example.
But it is unfortunately. Many people are turning a blind eye to the genocide currently happening in China, and western media isn't reporting on it enough. Humanity will never learn.
Its happening in Palestine and china
It starts with innocent othering. Eventually you don't see the humanity in the other group anymore.
When I saw the smoke I lost it
I was talking about crying dinwit
loganatorgaming really because Muslims, Christians and Jews believe in Hell
Unknown attraction You clearly need to go and study some Science and Biology my friend. I'm not tryin to be rude to you, but that's one dumb statement.
Unknown attraction I believe in facts, not some man-made fairytales. All myths. From the Enuma Elish right trough to the Quran. But you have a right to have your own opinion on this matter.
Keep well
I know so your telling me the sun the moon all the planets just came from no where
The look of disgust and horror on her face when she finds out. Power
Brilliant actress btw
I remember sobbing uncontrollably when I first watched this movie. I’ve always been so empathetic, and this movie was able to portray this story so well. I could hardly imagine what it was like during this time
Schindler's list portrays the holocaust very well too, if you're interested. My mom had to hide it from me when I was younger cuz I was obsessed with watching it
That beginning scene was heart wrenching. When she looks up at the sky and sees the smoke and realizes the evil, that’s deep
Very talented actors and actresses...
I love this movie...
Those years were terrible...
Yeah because nowadays EVERYTHING IS FINE
Definitely the world got more peaceful after WW2.
"They smell even worse when they burn dont they?"
"What?!
Her little "what" kills me everytime
The way her face dropped when he said that was literally terrifying
Vera Farmiga is a stunningly talented actress. She left me in tears during this film.
MY FAVE!!
Imagine moving out to a nice house with your family only to learn that the “little cafe” was burning and killing innocent people. Not only would you yourself feel betrayed and sick, but you’ve brought your little boy there with you.
and the girl..
@@ciscoramon5767 I haven’t watched the movie in a long time so idk what girl
@@beelzemobabbityoh Bruno has a older sister as well!
Professor Lupin and Lorraine Warren. What a duo
Noodles 007 haha
Fr
Ares and Kate's Mother
Eleanor Bishop
lmao fr
lupin really turned to the death eaters' side didnt he I suppose those werewolf insticts led him off the deep end
“They smell even worse when they burn”
“What”?!
“Uhhh the uhhh bread rolls!”
Monib Ehtesham lmfaoo he didn’t even try to play it off
i laughed so hArd at this omg 😂
Underrated comments
@@ronaldweasley4016 I know, Kotler is a funny guy.
Actually, it’s true that they didn’t know about the death camps unless they were local to the camp itself. Those that did know though looked the other way.
I love the ending, he's disgusted on how "weak" his wife is. He can't understand why she won't accept his reasoning, and imo chalks it up as weakness.
He's disgusted? More like she's disgusted, why would he be disgusted that his wife's weak? Their was low expectations of women in those days and that wasn't uncommon behaviour for them, men were the ones puttin' their foot down workin' dangerous jobs.
@@musahaque2000 shut up
@@dania2049 Kiss my ass byach
I only ever watched this movie once, I could never bring myself to watch it again.
Me too. I was depressed for weeks and felt such hatred , sadness and helpless all at once.
I know exactly what you mean
Me too. I actually remember in a history class back in high school we had to watch it and I skipped the class. I just...couldn’t do it. I feel guilty though because it’s such an important film. But the ending...😔 I never want to hear that again.
I pause the video immediately, i just came here to read the comments. I cant bring myself to even watch this scene again, what more the entire movie.
where can i watch it? i’ve been looking for it everywhere
These are literally the best actors ever. They seem like they’re actually in there.
Vera Farmiga deserves an Oscar for this performance. Carefully watch her and the subtle things she does as the conversations progresses. Amazing
"They smell even worse when they burn" - I wonder how did you smell when you lost the war 😡
Its a movie but yeah sure
Yash Nayak ok, i know this is a really touchy subject, and i understand that, but the phrase “he likely had another arse then into him” is the funniest thing i’ve seen all week
He's British, he didn't lose the war
STlTCHlZ he’s playing a German soldier did you watch the film lol
@@roisinh4635 The joke went over your head lol...
The acting, message, pacing everything about this clip is top tier cinema. Heartbreaking, real and just makes you think. Thank you to everyone for making this incredibly important movie.
Vera Farmiga is a talented actress
Oh god this scene made me fall of my chair. Really well done. I was so shocked when i realised what was burning.
카일라 ᄏᄏᄏ For the love of science and god, she meant she fell off from shock. Fucking idiot.
Me too. Damn, that was heartbreaking.....
Imagine how awful it must feel to realize the person you thought you were so in love with, you’re own husband, the father of your children, turns out to be a murderous monster. Her acting was phenomenal
This film made two things clear. First, in World War II, there was a difference between the Germans and the Nazis. Second, no matter the reason or the person, you can't hide the truth forever. Bruno would still be alive if his family hadn't kept secrets from him.
No, not really. Most of Germans knew what's happening.
@@Catkovi The scene where Bruno peeks in at the propaganda film at the concentration camp, without his Dad being aware of it -- became a major factor in Bruno's demise.....I'm in agreement with Zachari Sincennes.
@@laurawalsh2829 I'm not talking a out the film. I'm talking about the real life.
"IT'S A PART OF IT, IT'S VITAL PART OF IT!!" That part gave me chills
@National Socialist No it's not wtf
@National Socialist You don't need genocide to win a damn war. In fact it is takes out time, resources and stuff. But even without that, wtf, why would you think such a thing.
@National Socialist May I ask why you why you hold the opinion that there needed to be a genocide of 6 million people for the axis side to win the war?
Yes he has a fantastic voice
This is a powerful scene. Her realization of the fact that there are people burning next door. His realization that she had no idea about it. And her confrontation to her husband afterwards. Two very different sides of the Nazi Germany. Love this movie.
Vera’s acting in this film is phenomenal, her expressions and emotions were just breath-taking, especially that scream at the end, literally, I felt it..
David Thewlis is a f**king phenomenal and underrated actor.
Her face when she realized what was going on is very powerful! You could tell that they didn't know what was really going on!
This is by far my favorite scene of the movie. Her expression alone when she realizes what is happening... chills.
I admire these germans for their commitment to learn english. Agreeing to speak it even at home really speeds up the learning process.
Very Nice but also their accents are absolutely phenomenal. I honestly would have thought they were actually English. It’s amazing isn’t it?
You do realize this is a movie and these are English actors, right?
Vera is so pretty and talented
Bethany Monges ikr
0:54 this hit me so hard when she realized what was happening🥺😢very sad
“Get away from me” When she realized her husband is a monster and does not want to be touched.
Sure, but for what? In any case it would have already been handed over to him....
the ending of this movie literally made me not be able to eat properly for 2 weeks
As my grandfather once told me, “some of the worst things imaginable were done with the best intentions”
I’m sorry but every time I see the dad I’m like, “Remus Lupin come on, you’re better than this!”
IKR
Glad I am not the only one.
Truly a great and under-appreciated movie.
Usually I have the comfort in a sad film when I know it’s not real, but the fact this happened... words actually can’t describe it
The actors in this film are absolutely A M A Z I N G
I saw this movie in high school, and some teachers were against us watching it, but I'm glad we did.
Also, I never realized Remus was the husband, he did a good job
Bruno’s mother has a shining humanity but she knows she can’t do anything to change history. Her helplessness, her powerlessness is agonising to watch.
I swear everyone in this movie is fucking incredible
Vera Farminga ladies and gentlemen.. a truly talented actress! Her performance in this movie blew me away..
Her acting is AMAZING how she does sudden realisation of what's happening. The shocked response, and how it turns to anger. The soldier isn't bad either. His, "oh lord what have I done when he twigs that she didn't know and the penny has just dropped". Wonderful acting.
Vera Farmiga was brilliant in this! Such an underrated performance as Bruno’s mother. ❤️
This film (and the book it was adapted from) does such a hugely important job of allowing people to actually feel just a little (but a very important “little”) of the Holocaust and it’s legacy.
Vera Farmiga is an acting god. This woman will someday win an Oscar. That's not a prediction, it's a fact. She continuously delivers powerful earth shattering performances.
She should have won for this, but was overlooked.
Innocent children burning when they had the same rights to live like the other kids
His face when he realizes she doesn't know what's going on, says so much. He's almost embarrassed that he has to explain; as if he knows this deeply rooted hatred is actually bad and he knows people disapprove.
The horror in her eyes when she saw the smoke could let alone reflect how cruel the world is...
It makes me laugh when people say they would have been the heroes and saved the day but many Germans we’re like me and you normal people but us humans we a driven buy positions of power and we take great pleasure in oppressing others you can tell me you wouldn’t commit such disposable crimes all you want but the sad reality is no matter how much of a good person you think you are there is evil deep within all of us
"Nah m8 we had no idea what was happening." - German villagers 5 miles down the road whose houses are now blackened from ashes.
Very very very underrated movie. It absolutely broke me.
Love al the actors in this movie
But especially Rupert Friend (the German soldier)
He did a great job portraying this character
Those seconds when he realises she didn’t know are the only brief signs of humanity from him...
Thinking it’s not just a movie makes everything so sad...
I just finished Bates Motel and I came here to watch Vera again. She is a real actress. She is so powerful I can't even tell.
Me too. I came to know her with Bates Motel, and I was stunned to know she was in this movie, Orphan and the conjuring, also, among others. I didn't even know who she was before.
The acting in this movie has always given me goosebumps, I know this film is based on a true story but it felt so real the whole plot. Incredible !
It’s really not though lol
The most disturbing movie I've ever seen in my 67 years of life. I cried like a baby at the end, and can't watch it again. Just truly horrifying, albeit with stellar acting from the cast.
💯💯. One of the most depressing/terrifying films
Ever made
I'm 22 and same.
Vera farmiga I love you
I love Vera Farmiga. Her English accent is so good. 🥹🥹
you can tell the mother is disgusted by it. Should've taken initiative and gotten her son out, while she could.
Okay but can we take a moment to appreciate how beautiful Vera is, even when she’s crying 🥺😌
Her eyes are even bluer when she cries.
She is😍
because of Covid, the freshmen at my school were unable to read this book in 8th grade. it’s so tragic that most of them will never really experience that book and story of its entirety. this movie was fantastic too, but it’s not the same.
I remember watching this in year 9 at school I physically had to leave the room in tears because of how awful this was, the actors and the move honestly moved me! Amazing movie!
What year was it?
It’s so weird hearing Vera speak with a British accent after watching her in Orphan, Bates Motel, and The Conjuring films. Haha
That because she was speaking in her natural American accent but her British accent is fantastic too.
The look on her face....imagine living under the same roof with someone like that and there’s nothing in her power she could have ever done
You can’t have a dark film without Vera Farmiga! 😉