Yes true but there are lots of cuts in this scene and in general that movie. I can imagine they played it dozens of times each sequence and picked out the best one of course. "The river derchy scene" is also full of cuts

The look he gives Fassbender then Kruger when he's puts his fingers up wrong is brilliant.....especially her being German and fucking the Nazis over.

He stole the sceene!

The acting by everyone is this scene is off the charts

Epic lines from Fassbender when he speaks in his native tongue and accent saying he may as well “Go out speaking the King’s”

"GorLamehh"

Germans Big On Guns Pistols & EveryThing ThemSelves Included Are Boss HugoBoss , 3 Fingers Sequence German Style Make Pistol GUN POW WOW , Thumb Gun Pistol Firing Hammer Index Finger Pistol Gun Barrel

Yea tarantino is a perfectionist. The movie altogether was never going to happen had he not found "the one" to play Hans Landa.

It’s interesting too that even though I speak relatively little German, I could also tell that the accent of Michael’s character was off (totally sounds like a Brit speaking German).

Michael Fassbender is not native. His father is German and his mother Irish. Michael grew up in Ireland and London. He has a very obvious accent when speaking German.

And we'll spoken it was.

​@@tarmbruster1of course... german actors!

@gigachadsbigbrother92 in the movie, the British Captain was said to have a rather flat dialect. No one could figure out where he was from. Actually, he could have made out quite well in Berlin...

@@tarmbruster1 ja genow

У актера Майкла Фассбендера отец Немец, а мать Ирландка

August Diehl was brilliant in this scene.

Yeah, if you notice the slight double blink from Fassbender at 3:58 ... In body language that generally signifies anxiety or sudden nerves. That coupled with the concerned look in his eyes, realizing he will never see his loved ones again. Fuck i love this movie.

briish

Also, a split second after Hicox shows his fingers and a split second before the camera cuts to the Major, Fraulein von Hammersmark's reaction

3:58 you can also see the eyes capture the sad realization that he is going to die.

you can also tell fraulein knew the second he put 3 fingers up, they were FUCKED

You don’t see five emotions, you see two. The realization, and the “I’m gunna gut him”.

Can someone explain why the 3 fingers was a fuck up. Did Germans not do that?

by all means Captain

That's exactly what I keep saying. Nobody writes dialogue like Tarantino!

what's the meaning behind that line ??

@@sunnyboy8644 British people call their language the Kings/Queens English so he’s basically saying if I’m going to die I’m going to in my native tongue.

@@charlie7329 i see.

3:42 was gangster. Kill and be killed.

Best move, kill the spy and happen to die as well but did stop youre people from being taken advatage of. Even if on wrong side still honorable.

i think it's just coincidence because 4 could give him out just as much as 3 edit: did the commenter just edited his comment after my reply because now my reply looks like nonesense lol

Well, he can't peacefully go with them because they'd kill him and get away, and they can't force him to leave with them because he'd resist, shoot and get everyone else involvled, so it's not like they had any alternatives

PrideO'ukraine as einstein would say vicey versa

Goddamn. That was sick!

Right! It’s great how you try and focus on the captain but it’s the major you need to watch to see that breath and be like “oh shit, wait a sec he got em!” It changed the tune real quick lol

@@alexblack6421 He realize that even he is not walking out of the pub alive given his distance with Hugo Stiglitz.

The way he smile, he’s the same I used to smile when a situation was getting awkward

The term Nazis is used to whitewash the Germans. That are Germans and that's why the title should be GERMAN TAVERN GUNFIGHT.

who Says Classical Acting Language Pronounciations have 0:28 to be UKukrainian Classy Royale , Everybody Knows German is Just As Persuasive & Sophisticated as UKukraine Language of FrillyPirate Toilet Paper Sales ; just Ask Putin who's Fluent in German not english

Yes! The shit goes beyond acting if you ask me. Such real life situations

So that's where I have seen him. 😅. I was wondering why he looked so familiar

@@michaelknight27 Do you're parents know you seethe this much on the internet, or were you planning to tell your therapist instead?

@@michaelknight27 I hope you stay mad.

Michael Knight Mate... He is simply recounting a dear memory. Do you realize the irony of your comment?

@@michaelknight27 And you know for a fact he made it up how, exactly? 🤔 I can’t wait to hear this.

@@michaelknight27 damn ur life must sucks bad to be this triggered, you must be going thru tough times kid, feel sorry for you 😭😭

How did the 3 give it away?

@@yooginava1828 Germans tend to count from one starting with their thumb whereas the Brits count starting with their pointer as one and their thumb as five... 👍

@@marko247 AHhhh that makes this even better

In June 1981, when I first arrived in Germany, one of the first things I learned was the thumb, not the index finger, signifies "one (ein)" and the index signifies "two (zwei)". Secondly, the letter "ß" is not a "b" but a "double 's'" found in such words as "straße (street)", "gruß gott (good day)", and "tchuß (goodbye)". Lastly, when walking into a structure that has two or more floors, the ground floor is the "Erdgeschoß (ground floor)" and the FIRST floor is the next floor up. Nur ein wenig "Deutsche Trivia", was absolut nichts bedeutet.

The first clue the SS officer picked up was of course the accent. The second one was the Captain answering the 10th question of the game which Germans know you aren't supposed to answer. The Captain trying to escape the situation by accusing him of intrusion must've also played a role. The three fingers was just the final nail in the coffin.

It’s amazing too how you can look at Hellstrom after he sees the three fingers and watch him go from realising that he was right, to realising that he’s dying in the bar, to deciding that if he’s going down then he’s going down fighting.

Why didnt thr german officer nust leave without telling them , they gave themselves away😮

@@spellsword_fn6799 probably cause of Tarantino. He shows that nazi are not stupid, they are brave and that they can die for what believes . Also it would be funny. If he left them alone the movie was lost so powerful scene

3:42 was gangster. Kill and be killed.

@@spellsword_fn6799 1. They could have vanished by the time he came back with reinforcement. 2. Because he's about that fucking life. He could certainly have pretended to not notice and slither away calmly without making a scene to then come back with a squad of soldier to clean the place of the spies. But he's not a rat or a snake, you have to understand that these nazis saw themselves as lions and eagles instead. So it would have been the dishonorable thing to do and would have tainted his flawless victory in his mind. He was willing and ready to instead make a last stand and die for his cause, rather than dishonor himself and feel like a coward for the rest of his life.

Interesting take, I've seen this scene a million times but never noticed any reaction from her

@@Subsbenchyeah me either and then I looked closely and you can clearly see here eyes widen and her jaw clinch

@@Subsbench Even the other guys sitting at the table too. The two other men at the table both give each other a look because they also know the jig is up right after he makes the hand gesture.

Yeah that's so good! Then when you see her again, you notice how uncomfortable she is. Nice catch!

It’s classic Tarantino And I love it

it was more than 5. More like 10. this clip starts from the middle.

Classic Tarantino, everything became chaotic less than a minute

God I Love ww2 Germans More Than americans , is That wrong ? That Is My ReichRight as an american no ? Ya Da That's German Russian

The Hostage Rescue abilities 5:00 of an ukrainianAmerican SWAT Team Ya Da German Russian Again , saying we Defused The Threat ? by whom ? ooo

So does the Scotsman at 3:56

@@justinv6410 Hicox is most likely an Englishman. His accent is definitely a well-to-do 'English English' accent rather than a Scots English one.

Agree. This scene and the opening are my favorite parts of the movie. I've seen them multiple times.

Who wouldn't have met such fate if he hadn't so overt about his suspicion

Gestatpolizei officer or short - Gestapo. Not SS this one. But yes, exellent acting !

His face gets me everytime istg. Bros like “🙄I know he did not just put that gun where I think he did.”

Other eligible directors IMO: Hitchcock, Spielberg, Ridley Scott.

Too bad this otherwise genius movie has a crater-sized gaping hole in the form of, “A jewish revenge fantasy starring an SS Jew Hunter-turned-turncoat-to-the-Nazis, but not even a MENTION of Himmler?!”

So nothing for Christopher Nolan?

🤣🤣🤣

I call it "mood". Tension and suspense require an engrossing story, which this and most of his films lack. He is a master of mood, however.

Star Trek TOS The King's Charlie X's accent oh 4:28 , O Ya The ww2 German Does a Sharp Double V Vice Versa ReSponse Back

He played a main role in Master and Margarita and made triumph now

​@@olegdc40Someone actually tried to adapt "Master & Margherita"? Is it any good? That book seems almost unadaptable, but Cronenberg managed to make "Naked Lunch" and more recently Villeneuve made two "Dune" films, so I guess anything is possible!

​@@zonesquestiloveunderworld the new movie is great. Best adaptation in my opinion. The plot is changed but it's even better that way.

I think Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch" proved it was impossible to make a good film from that book.@@zonesquestiloveunderworld

Agreed, watched this 100 times still love it.

The whole movie was a masterpiece

@@hussienjaafar915 almost every movies of Quentin Tarantino is a masterpiece imo 😁

@@namchau7712 not realistic no correlation w history

@@kerizmimar as a Vietnamese , i don't give a damn about that tho 🤓 as long as it's fun to watch , having Tarantino's violence and Brad Pitt, i'm cool 😌

Yeah Quentin has always been a total copy cat of Sergio Leone. Can't come up with his special way like Sergio did. Its Hollywood plagiarism. Not so nice job Quentin when you can't be unique and genuine and do your own thing but I would rather watch a REAL Sergio spaghetti western.

@@darylsmioth1904 Well Tarantino has never hidden his influences. Just introduced them to a new audience. Don't see the problem?

No. Spaghetti-O Western

@@darylsmioth1904 uh huh. just like sergio leone ripped off kurosawa. everyone has their inspirations, it really isn't a big deal.

@@darylsmioth1904 nobody cares kid

Say Adios to your Huevos.

The best part of this whole scene is Hugo’s face the whole time, you can tell he genuinely hates nazis. And of course that comment “Say auf wiedersehen to your nazi balls” 😂😂

@@TheLeaf50 gotta remember that one for my spanish speaking asshole of a roommate....

“From this distance, I am a real Frederick Zoller” *laughs maniacally at his own joke*

The term Nazis is used to whitewash the Germans. That are Germans and that's why the title should be GERMAN TAVERN GUNFIGHT.

Well said old chap

Bravo old bean!

It's a hong kong style thing... trust me Quentin knows the tension.

no lie

You mean german standoff

😂🤙🏻true

In France

@@Tipping_Point-ir6mn led by a Brit git =/

He would die anyway, keeping him alive was too risky and they had orders to kill everyone who knew if they were compromised, no vitnesses, he basically decided that if he is going to die then others are going down with him.

Throughout this movie pretty much all the characters who get screen time are written very well, with the high ranking Germans all showing they'd rather die with their pride than surrender, and they're not generic morons like 99% of movies. It makes scenes like these that much more intense when you never know who's going to out wit who I'm not supporting the Germans during WW2 obviously... but I feel the need to make that clear these days

I think its more along the lines of him knowing if he leaves with them he'll die way more painfully than if he dies in that bar lol

@@slip-n-slide4807 a formidable antagonist is what make quentin film so good

Not rather, but obligated

Bro, did you watch the whole movie? It was the 3 fingers that gave him away. A few scenes later that's revealed.

@@cluman1 I wasn’t talking about the big reveal, I was talking about her reaction. The big reveal was later explained in the movie when Lt. Raine interrogated her. I’m 100% sure you didn’t catch her pupils dilating nor that she pulled her back slightly upon seeing those three fingers the first time. If so, then I guess you have an incredibly acute observation. This is a Tarantino movie, after all. It’s full of moments like this.

@@cluman1 and this scene shows that she knew he blew his cover the same time the major did, not after

Holy shit, your right. It’s very subtle but it’s there.

I think it's universally agreed upon that Pulp is an all time great movie but this Tarantino masterpiece is right there with it. I think these 2 movies are 1A/1B.

It could save your life....

Same here. It comes in handy when I'm giving my gf the 3

@@aksjdlasjdf4595 me three

less finger cramping

I didn’t even know about it until I saw a covert specialist talk about it. Now I tend to do that as well.

why is that?

@@unnamed5603 people from the uk tend to do the sign like the captain did in the scene but german people do it with the thumb, pointing finger and middle finger

did the captain really have an odd accent ?

@@emilianosintarias7337 i mean not really odd but just a slighty english accent

@@mistahcow you can bearly hear it .. But yes ..

Hes awesome in 300 as well. Small role but nails it

@@codymachado Add to 12 years a slave truly horrible character but played by him so well

He would make a great "old school " James Bond, in the mold of Sean Connery.

@@codymachado he was in 300? he was also in band of brothers

@@zeffmalchazeen3429 yeah he like jumps out of the circle or whatever at the end. Dope scene

God I Love ww2 Germans More Than americans , is That wrong ? That Is My ReichRight as an american no ? Ya Da That's German Russian

The Hostage Rescue abilities 5:00 of an ukrainianAmerican SWAT Team Ya Da German Russian Again , saying we Defused The Threat ? by whom ? ooo

Star Trek TOS The King's Charlie X's accent oh 4:28 , O Ya The ww2 German Does a Sharp Double V Vice Versa ReSponse Back

The German & the girl know the scotch 1:28 is poisoned ; ) so Nein for them ooo ; dummHorsehead UKukrainesDuh as usual

The German 0:20 Just Went DeathConn3 On the ukrainianUK Horses'Heads , u canNot outWit outSmart A German I Know Because I Am Kaiser Caesar GermaniCuss

This movie was a little too goofy.

Can you explain why holding up a three was a give away? Did Germans not do that?

@@grantga01 Germans and those of the European continent, count by starting with their thumb, followed by the index, middle, ring and lastly, the pinkie finger. Americans and those of the America's, tend to start off counting with their index, followed by the middle, ring, pinkie and lastly, the thumb digit. So when he gestered for the 3 shot glasses by displaying his index, middle and ring fingers, it was a dead giveaway that he was not a German, but an American which was infiltrating, and it solidified and confirmed his inkling. It is a well-known cultural difference between nationalities for eons. At 1:34 immediately after his gesture, notice the shocked eye widening of Fräulein Bridget von Hammersmark? It is a fraction of a second before the camera switches to another shot. But in that fraction of view, you can see her eyes widen for she catches his slip as well. Then, her guilty smirk and wary body language from 1:53 to 1:56. Plus, the Majors exhale at 1:57 following his moment of clarity that things are about to get violent in which he may meet his end. There are just so many little body languages in this movie which give more context to a scene than the actors themselves verbally speaking. This is another example of just absolutely phenomenal direction by Tarantino, and the professionalism by these actors to pulloff such great and natural reactions of tell-tale signs of human behavior. I love to truly watch movies with an in depth keen viewing of attention for these types of subtle actions. It's what makes an exceptional movie in comparison to just a good movie! I tried to explain it as thoroughly as possible. Hope that helps a bit, Grant GA.

@@user-xi9oe8yw6v You're mostly right but Hicox was a British spy, not an American. 👍

@@marko247 Thank you for that! It's been some years since I've seen the film, so I've forgotten his nationality. Though the hand gesture for Brits and Americans are the same, even having Britain being in the same continent as Germany. The two countries still share some similarities even to this day being both English nations. Watching this clip yesterday and these little chat interactions now have me yearning to watch it again. Gonna make this Friday night a movie night with this flick on the home projector. (in a very bad Italian accent) Arrivederci! 🎥🍺🍕🍿👡🎞️

You're right. I just wish the cam hadn't cut away so soon. She's so nervous from that point on.

count with the thumb as 1

@@gregoryeverson741 No, like this...👌

What exactly did he do wrong? I don't get it.

@@InsaneDrummer99 the German way to show the number three is two fingers AND thumb up. Holding up three fingers is something they don’t do.

@@InsaneDrummer99 he asked for 3 glasses the way a Brit or an American would. By holding up the index,middle and ring finger up. Apparently Germans (or at least Nazis) do it as if you're giving the 👌 ok sign.

I usually hate reading subtitles but not in this film.

Sure he did.

Fathers father = grandpa. Why not just say that?

Continental Europe vs UK I am from Serbia for example and nobody shows 3 like Brits do We use German method

@@kostam.1113 Like hell nobody does. I am your neighbor and that is exactly how we gesture three here, which is logically next to the "V" for two. Four is all fingers up and the thumb comes into play only when five is concerned. We even have and euphemism for "the bird" - three with a strong middle dominance.

@@Olluwaaa perhaps OP has learned of these stories via his father, rather a than a direct relationship with this grandfather - since as you suggest, fathers father can be an unusually distant way to phrase it

MIGHT I ENQUIRE!

For this film only if you think that man your a loser

@@rm71991 ironic

@@rm71991 Damn, who the hell taught you English?

Fassbender´s acting is ok but August Diehl is phenomenal !

1:45 also hellstrom’s shit eating grin lol

i replay that part at least 3 times every time i watch this scene the delivery is so good

He's like "the one time I try to be the nice guy and this is what happens." lol

Magneto, karl Marx, Helen of Troy, Heinz Hammer and Kommisar Rex walks into a bar

@@Brownismyname that's what I was looking for!

These are getting very dumb

beau Brandenburg from Driven

The gigolo with the most below!

it's F.Burger

God I Love ww2 Germans More Than americans , is That wrong ? That Is My ReichRight as an american no ? Ya Da That's German Russian

The Hostage Rescue abilities 5:00 of an ukrainianAmerican SWAT Team Ya Da German Russian Again , saying we Defused The Threat ? by whom ? ooo

3 fingers?

@@redhatbanditt1181 The thumb is considered a finger.

Oh God I Love ww2 Germans More Than americans , is That wrong ? That Is My ReichRight as an american no ? Ya Da That's German Russian

The Hostage Rescue abilities 5:00 of an ukrainianAmerican SWAT Team Ya Da German Russian Again , saying we Defused The Threat ? by whom ? ooo

Star Trek TOS The King's Charlie X's accent oh 4:28 , O Ya The ww2 German Does a Sharp Double V Vice Versa ReSponse Back

I'm glad someone admitted to some weakness in the roles, after all the praise everyone here is giving everyone in the movie.

He had two guns aimed at his balls. He wasn't thinking rationally and his adrenaline levels were 110%

The bartender also saw what was going on and instead of leaving the place with his daughter he decided to stay in the shootout in a crammed bar with a shotgun that could possibly hit back on him by all the projectiles

What is the fan theory?

I was just thinking that watching the German spraying with his Schmeiser

Mich auch

There's just one thing that bothers me. There's no way the guys at the other table would react that fast.

@@alexandrefernandes3941 every male in that room were combat veterans excluding the barkeep they would react that fast to violence 100%

@@shadowbanned5164 all drinking eavily. And there's no way they would get those guns that fast. The only people ready were the bastards and the bar owner and they got no advantage at all. 4 guys ready (1 with a gun pointed to him) vs a drunk unaware table.

tarantino movies don't actualyl have logical fight scenes and he never wnated to create one. He is more of an artist than someone who tries to make it realistic. The shooting stopped as soon as it started. Rapid chaos after a slow starting diolouge heavy scene. It really was perfect.