Hitler instructs how to commit suicide
Hitler talks about suicide.
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Hitler instructs how to commit suicide is a scene in Downfall that is sometimes used in parodies.
In Downfall [ ]
Hitler is talking to Eva Braun , Traudl Junge and Gerda Christian about how shooting oneself in the mouth is the best way to commit suicide, since it cracks the skull, which leads to an instant death. Eva is disgusted by what Hitler is saying, and she tells him that she wants to be a beautiful corpse, so she will take poison. She also says she wants a painless death. Hitler reassures her that the death is indeed painless. Gerda and Traudl then say they also want to have some poison, after which Hitler gets up to get some from his desk drawer. He then gives Traudl a capsule saying he is sorry for not being able to give her a nicer gift.
In Downfall Parodies [ ]
The scene is used fairly often in parodies. One notable example is in Hitler's banana experience by TheSilverUniverse .
The manner in which Hitler places his fingers into his mouth can easily be portrayed in a sexual manner. Eva's disgusted response can amplify the effect.
Trivia [ ]
This is one of the few scenes in which actor Bruno Ganz hints at Hitler's slight Austrian accent. While Ganz speaks Standard German for the most parts, he pronounces the "ch" in "durch" more as a guttural sound, something most Bavarians and Austrians even do when they try to speak German without accent.
Gallery [ ]
Eva takes out her medicine.
Scenes in Downfall's timeline
Prologue
Hitler's Secretarial Interview
Battle Scenes (first part - bombing)
Traudl, Gerda and Constanze wake up to artillery fire
Hitler Phone Scene
Eva and Traudl discuss in the kitchen ext [ext]
Fegelein and Himmler at Hitler's birthday
Schenck and the burning of documents
Himmler greets Hitler (aka Hitler Wants Himmler Scene)
Himmler and Fegelein at the garage (garage )
Hitler walks around the model of Berlin (Germania )
Hitler Youth Artillery Scene
Hitler Planning Scene diff [diff]
Hitler's Generals Discussing Scene
Hitler congratulates the Hitler Youth
Traudl, Gerda and Constanze talk in bed
Schenck and Müller around a bonfire
Party Scene (beginning)
Hitler and Speer chat on the couch
Party Scene
Battle Scenes (second part - Weidling)
Mohnke calls Schenck
Weidling goes to the Bunker
Schenck in the Hospital
Wilhelm and Dorothee Kranz arguing ext [ext] noDl [noDl]
Singing Burgdorf Scene diff [diff]
Peter Kranz's street battle
Fegelein talking to Traudl and Gerda
Original Bunker Scene
After the Original Bunker Scene
Fegelein and Friends
Traudl and Gerda talking in bed
Eva walks Blondi
Hitler Laughing Scene (aka Hitler's Trollface) ext [ext]
Battle Scenes (third part - Mohnke)
Schenck and Müller in a truck
Schenck enters the shelter ext [ext]
Mohnke talks to Goebbels
Eva talking on the phone with Fegelein
Magda Goebbels and the Goebbels children arrival noDl [noDl]
The Goebbels children sing to Hitler
Schenck and Haase operating ext [ext]
Hitler instructs how to commit suicide
Eva and Magda write their letters
Hitler stares at his favourite painting
Peter Kranz in the bomb shelter ext [ext] noDl [noDl]
Battle Scenes (fourth part - Peter Kranz)
Hitler talks about the Battle of Berlin (aka Bunker Scene 2) ext [ext]
Peter Kranz hides in the artillery crater noDl [noDl]
Keitel, Krebs and others talk ext [ext]
Hitler talks to Keitel
Battle Scenes (fifth part - well)
Bormann informs Hitler
Speer and Traudl talk
Peter Kranz in the fog noDl [noDl]
Magda, Eva and Bormann talk to Speer
Speer's last conversation with Hitler
Peter returns home ext [ext] noDl [noDl]
Traudl and the singing Goebbels children ext [ext] noDl [noDl]
Hitler meets Greim and Reitsch
Hitler Eating Scene
Hitler Explains Scene
Traudl and Eva discuss Fegelein's flee ext [ext] noDl [noDl]
Hitler, Grawitz and Günsche (Reviews / Informed / Pros and Cons )
Grawitz family's suicide
Högl enters the brothel noDl [noDl]
Fegelein's Arrest Scene
Eva wants Hitler to spare Fegelein
Weidling and Mohnke inform Hitler (Bunker Scene 3, pt1)
Generals discuss and Burgdorf gets angry (Bunker Scene 3, pt2)
Fegelein Execution Scene
Traudl is late to Hitler's dictation diff [diff] noDl [noDl]
Hitler will scene
Hitler wedding scene diff [diff]
Goebbels crying scene
Mohnke caught in the artillery fire noDl [noDl]
Mohnke talks to Hitler
Hitler and his generals receive telegram from Keitel (Bunker Scene 4, pt1)
Hitler instructs Günsche (Bunker Scene 4, pt2)
Haase, Flegel and Schenck meet Hitler
The doctors and the drunken people / Bunker Jokes
Soldiers deliver gasoline to the bunker
Blondi is killed
Traudl's last chat with Eva noDl [noDl]
Hitler's last supper
Traudl and Gerda smoke in the generator room ext [ext] noDl [noDl]
Hitler's Farewell Scene
Magda begs Hitler
Hitler Suicide Scene
Krebs and others walk through the streets of Berlin noDl [noDl]
Krebs meets General Chuikov diff [diff]
Goebbels Rants Scene
Magda drugs her children
Joseph Goebbels gives a last testament
Goebbels Children Murder Scene
Weidling announces Berlin's surrender diff [diff]
Krebs and Burgdorf's suicide
Joseph and Magda suicide
Mohnke convinces Schenck to evacuate ext [ext]
Berlin's breakthrough diff [diff]
Soviet women in the Bunker
German soldiers gathered in a plaza
Günsche scouts the Soviets noDl [noDl]
Traudl and Peter walk past the Soviets noDl [noDl]
Schenck's conversation with Stehr and Hewel diff [diff]
Traudl and Peter leave Berlin
Fates of surviving characters scene
Epilogue
ext Scenes only in extended edition, diff Scenes differ between theatrical and extended edition, noDl Scenes without known download link
List is part of the Grand Unified Downfall Scenes Database .