Hitler “Downfall” Parodies Removed from YouTube

Marshable Social Media ^ | April 24th 2010

[Steelfish]

Hitler “Downfall” Parodies Removed from YouTube

The movie studio responsible for the award-winning, German-Austrian film Downfall (German: Der Untergang) has asked YouTube to take down several videos from the massively popular subtitled “Hitler finds out…” meme, and the site has complied.

Search YouTube and you’ll still find hundreds of Downfall parodies, but click through to some of the bigger ones and you’ll now get the message, “This video contains content from Constantin Film, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.”

According to TechCrunch, the first Downfall parody to be taken down was the one about the iPhone 4G leak, but other popular parodies followed. At four million views, “Hitler Gets Banned from Xbox Live” was one of the most watched and thus among the casualties. The remaining videos might get taken down soon as well.

[OCC]

Thanks for the link. One of the best versions yet!

[eclecticEel]

It was free advertisement for their movie, idiots.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[Moltke]

Excellent movie. Go rent it, buy it what ever. Bruno Ganz does one hell of a job playing Hitler.

Yes he does. But it's most likely a caricature or, if you will, dramatization/exaggeration of Hitler. I hope folks don't start confusing movieland fiction with historic reality...but perhaps it's already too late for that? The monster that Hitler was has now been reduced to a ridiculous clown. Not really helpful.

[UCANSEE2]

We aren’t evolving. We are devolving.

[Yardstick]

Just watched that one — very funny.

[reagan_fanatic]

They were funny at first, but it’s time to move on to something else.

[chemicalman]

Yeah...Like subtiteling Obama’s speeches.

[Dallas59]

Very few movies try and capture Hitler for what he was.

[TBP]

Well, there’s still “Springtime for Hitler”...

[Billthedrill]

Hmm, well, this one's still out there:

Hitler Finds Out He Has Been Banned From FR.