German Daggers of World War Two

阿湯哥的新片《刺殺希特勒》在柏林開拍，劇組同時公佈了阿湯哥的定裝照，看上去他和扮演的原型人物施陶芬貝格非常相像，甚至可以說施陶芬貝格「比阿湯還像阿湯」。
《刺殺希特勒》根據真實事件改編，講述1944年德國軍官刺殺希特勒的故事。劇情大綱本片根據真人實事改編，德國軍官史陶芬柏格上校原本是宣誓效忠希特勒的高級軍官，在發現希特勒為鞏固強權而開始進行大屠殺的殘酷面貌之後，他便一直徘徊在究竟要對長官無條件的服從，還是該對未來德國國格忠誠的掙扎當中! 背負自己對妻兒的愛與責任，儘管眼前危機重重，有再多的不捨也仍然決定挺身而出，冀望盡一己之力終止戰爭和暴行。
他開始計劃 開始試探並邀集可靠的有志之士組成了一個機密小組，並以「華爾奇麗雅」(Operation Valkyrie)作為行動的秘密代號，計畫了一個只許成功不許失敗的暗殺行動，這是一個沒有回頭路的亡命行動，他和同伴們將如何展開這場驚天動地的暗殺計畫呢？ 時間分秒流逝，危機一觸即發!
湯姆．克魯斯在片中扮演具有貴族氣質的德國上校克勞斯．馮．施陶芬貝格。施陶芬貝格當時任柏林預備軍總長，他是德國反抗力量中惟一有機會接近藏身於「狼穴」內的希特勒的人。施陶芬貝格試圖通過藏炸彈的公文包殺死希特勒，從而結束戰爭，拯救德國。他的計劃幾乎成功，但功虧一簣。
　其他的演員包括在《哈利．波特和密室》中扮演「臭美老師」的肯尼斯．布拉納、在《加勒比海盜3》中扮演戴維．瓊斯的比爾．奈吉、曾因《臥室風雲》而獲奧斯卡提名的湯姆．維金森、《黑皮書》的女主演，德國女星卡里斯．范．侯登等人。
《刺殺希特勒》由布萊恩．辛格執導，他曾經執導過《非常嫌疑犯》、《X戰警》第1、2集、以及《超人歸來》。這部電影的編劇克里斯托弗．邁克奎爾曾經因《非常嫌疑犯》而獲得奧斯卡獎。這是辛格和邁克奎爾自1995年的《非常嫌疑犯》之後的首次合作。導演辛格說：「《刺殺希特勒》講述了一個不但令人興奮，而且具有重要意義的故事，拍攝這部電影是我和邁克奎爾一直想做的事情。我不能想像在德國以外的任何地方拍攝這部片子。而且我也因為能讓湯姆．克魯斯來演施陶芬貝格而感到驚喜。」
　不過，恰恰是「德國」和「克魯斯」這兩個關鍵因素給劇組造成了麻煩。因為克魯斯的「科學教」信仰，德國曾經反對他扮演施陶芬貝格，從而拒絕他在希特勒司令部原址拍片，辛格經過多方活動才最終得到在該處拍片的通行證。
　聯藝公司的CEO，克魯斯的忠實製片搭檔寶拉．瓦格納說：「《刺殺希特勒》是一部扣人心弦的驚險片，能把觀眾『鎖』在他們的座位上，同時它也提醒這個世界即使在納粹的高層軍官中也有真正反抗納粹的人。我們一讀這部電影的劇本，就知道它是我們一定要拍的片子。」《刺殺希特勒》將主要在德國拍攝，明年夏天由米高梅公司發行。






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"Das Großdeutsche Reich ist entstanden 1938 - 39"
Gold. The front bears an orb surrounded by the above inscription which translates "The Great German Reich has Arisen 1938 - 39". The back bears a portrait of Adolf Hitler with the surrounding inscription: "Der Einer und Führer aller Deutschen" (The Unifier and Leader of All Germans), Both sides are signed "Hanisch-Concée", a hallmark "986" on the rim. Diameter 36 mm. Weight ca. 33 g. Very rare.

Man rips head off Hitler waxwork at Berlin's Madame Tussauds

A man has torn the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum today.
A police spokesman said that the man, 41, had ripped off the head in protest at the exhibit.
The waxwork figure of a glum-looking Adolf Hitler in a mock bunker during the last days of his life had been criticised as being in bad taste.
A media preview of the new branch of Madame Tussauds on Thursday was overshadowed by a row over the exhibit.
Critics said it was inappropriate to display the Nazi dictator, who started World War Two and ordered the extermination of Europe's Jews, in a museum alongside celebrities, pop stars, world statesmen and sporting heroes.
Madame Tussauds had been forced to move the model after the row broke out over its inclusion in its German branch. The waxwork was isolated in a replica of the 'Fuhrer's' Berlin bunker, where he killed himself in 1945 at the end of the Second World War.
Dressed in a grey suit, the figure of Hitler gazed downwards with a despondent stare, his arm outstretched on a large wooden table with a map of Europe on the wall. The original plan was to have the dictator placed near his nemesis Winston Churchill.
Jewish and anti-fascist groups had criticised the decision to display the model saying that it was included 'merely to generate money'.
Under German law, the display of Nazi regalia is illegal.
'Of course the figure will arouse interest but we hope people will realise he is part of an exhibition with a range of attractions,' Meike Schulze for the company promoting the Madame Tussauds in Berlin, had said before the opening.
'It will be a shame if he dominates everything.'
Ms Schulze defended the decision to put the Hitler figure on show, saying that market research had shown there was demand for its inclusion, as long as the portrayal was sensitive.
About 25 workers spent four months on the waxwork, guided by more than 2,000 pictures and pieces of archive material and the model of the 'Fuhrer' in the London branch of Madame Tussauds.
To stop neo-Nazis from trying to pose with the figure for pictures, the bunker was roped off. Signs asked visitors to show 'respect for the millions of people who died in WW2'.
The wax Hitler was the latest in a gradual breaking down of taboos about him in Germany more than six decades after the end of the war.
A 'human' Hitler was brought to the screen in the 2004 film 'The Downfall' about his end and two years ago a comedy about him was produced by a Jewish director.

1939,on his 50th birthday, Hitler cuts a less than impressive figure as he poses with children at his Bavarian retreat, the Eagle's Nest.
Hitler invited the children, probably the sons and daughters of Nazi dignitaries, to his 50th birthday party on April 20, 1939.
The Fuhrer never had any children of his own but liked spending time with those of others - forever enthusing about how important they were to the biological future of the 1,000-year Reich.
His chief propaganda minister Josef Goebbels's six children were one of his surrogate families, as were the sons and daughters of his architect Albert Speer.