Hahaha...what a creepy character he played.
On a related note, this past weekend, I went to a WWII museum near me that had a...well, not quite re-enactment, but they had encampments dug out in the nearby woods, a Nazi one and an American one. There was only a tiny bit of snow, but a good amount of mud.
(you may recall a news item a few months back about some people complaining to police that, at a nearby coffee shop that guys dressed in Nazi gear were buying cups of coffee...same museum, probably same guys. I had to shake my head at that.)
The event cost $35, and they gave you a ride out on a halftrack, the guy driving and the person talking to us were dressed in the battle garb of the day, complete with white helmet covers and such.
He told us that we would be stopping at a Nazi checkpoint, and he would tell them we were non-combatant Red Cross types, so they would let us through.
Sure enough, we came to their checkpoint, they had dug emplacements with an MG-42, anti-tank guns, panzerfaust, etc, all aimed our way on the road as we approached.
But...I found something odd, and amusing to me.
As we approached, with these “Nazis” standing in the road in front of a barrier lowered across the road, that...I didn’t want to make eye contact with them!
It was completely unconscious, I didn’t think they were really Nazis, but...when I realized what I was doing, I nearly spit out laughing! Hey, I have seen enough movies where you approach a Nazi checkpoint, and the actors were always keen to avoid noticing or being noticed by the Nazis!
Say what you will about Quentin Tarentino, but Hanz Landa is an iconic character, masterfully played by the actor.