In the beginning part of the movie, the German officer dismissed someone named Adolf with the Hitler's haircut. Did anyone catch that? The scene was very brief. Was that a reference to Adolf Hitler?
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The cameo of the young Hitler is by the director, Philippe de Broca. He comes in and says something I cannot catch in German that is subtitled as "Colonel, my Ideology!", to which Colonel von Krack replies, "Later, Adolf, later". This was WWI, so his ideas are being dismissed for a later time.
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It is indeed supposed to be Hitler, although photos taken of him as a soldier in World War I show him with a full mustache, with very pronounced curls.
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They put one of the most notorious and evil characters of all time - before his rise to power - in this movie. I don't think many would argue that the Allies should not have entered WWII to stop Hitler.
So here he is - probably one of the most valid reasons to go to war of all time - placed in an antiwar movie.
What is the point that is being made? That war is insane - but it may be necessary?
A popular belief for a long time after World War II was that none of it would have happened if not for World War I. In sum, while Hitler was going to be a nasty, bitter guy no matter what the external circumstances, World War I created the material that allowed him to twist a nation to his will.
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