I agree with all the items on the list except Henry Gibson’s performance.
Some honorable mentions:
— Josef Mengele’s death in Boys from Brazil (very fitting)
— Colonel Hessler’s death in Battle of the Bulge
— The Nazi tank commander in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
— Most of the Nazi deaths in Fury
Even though he didn’t die right away, the attack on Heydrich in “Operation Daybreak”.
What, you don’t like Nazis getting squashed in a Ford Pinto?
That’s the stuff cinematic dreams are made of.
**I thought Robert Shaw in the otherwise painful Battle of the Bulge singing Das Panzerlied was pretty amazing.**
**— Colonel Hessler’s death in Battle of the Bulge**
He was hard to figure out until the end. He knew Germany was losing. His troops were very green. He had a big problem with the Malmedy massacre suggesting he knew military tactics and strategy.
“This war can go on!” I knew then he was crazy. Kicking out that fraulein in the beginning I liked as a 10 year old. Then when I saw it again as a 17 year old I was confused.