Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds hits theaters this Friday and while Christoph Waltz’s Col. Hans Landa will certainly go down in history as one of the greatest Nazi movie villains (if not one of the best movie villains, period), Joel Massie investigates the top 10 evil movie Nazis that reigned terror down upon the various protagonists in these films.
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10. Lieutenant Kotler from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Though realistically young Bruno’s father is more of a villain, Kotler receives the brunt of the animosity as the sadistic Nazi lieutenant who brutalizes the Jewish prisoners.
9. Blackwolf from Wizards
Two million years in the future there are still Nazis. Somewhat. The dark wizard Blackwolf uses Nazi propaganda to inspire his troops and win battles against his twin wizard brother Avatar. Fairies, elves, and robot assassins must wage war against Blackwolf to prevent another Holocaust. I couldn’t make this stuff up.
8. Dr. Elsa Schneider from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Working as a double agent for the Nazis, Austrian art professor Elsa Schneider seduces both Jones boys and causes her employer Donovan to disintegrate before her eyes. Plus, her carelessness brings the entire Grail Temple crashing down at a most inopportune time.
7. Neville Sinclair
from The Rocketeer
When he’s not James Bond or fending off Fran Drescher, Timothy
Dalton is usually filling more villainous roles. His arrogant
actor turned Nazi spy, Neville Sinclair, was one of the most memorable
as the vicious scoundrel planned to turn the Rocketeer’s jetpack
over to the Nazis and took advantage of a young Jennifer Connolly.
Eh, maybe he wasn’t so bad.
6. Ilsa from Ilsa She Wolf of the SS
Inciting countless spin-offs, sequels, and copycats, no wicked Nazi warden could measure up (in more ways than one) to Dyanne Thorne’s Ilsa. Nazi Love Camp, SS Experiment Camp, and The Gestapo’s Last Orgy are just a few of the colorfully titled additions to the Nazi Exploitation genre started by this She Wolf.
5. Nazi Zombies from Shock Waves, Zombie Lake, Dead Snow, etc.
No list would be complete without some zombies, and none would fit this assortment better than Nazi zombies. Ranging from ferociously scary to make-up falling off pathetic, these baddies sport the garb and follow a simpler rule of raining terror – just eating the living.
4. Christian Szell from Marathon Man
Perhaps violent Nazi Christian Szell is most memorable for the bad dentistry techniques he used on Dustin Hoffman’s “Babe”, but he did a lot of other evil things too, like, well the dentist stuff was about the worst of it.
3. Amon Goeth from Schindler’s List
In perhaps the most acclaimed movie to deal with Nazis, Ralph Fiennes portrays the monstrous real-life Amon Goeth with award-winning precision. Apparently he did such a good job that the actual Holocaust survivors on set were scared of the actor.
2. Karl Ruprecht Kroenen from Hellboy
Sporting razor-sharp swords, a gas mask, and a mean black trenchcoat, Kroenen brought hell to the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense by unleashing the slimy hound Sammael and offing Hellboy’s “father”. Though he was practically a rotting corpse under his black garb, Kroenen was still a Nazi.
1. Major Arnold Ernst Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark
Supposedly Spielberg originally envisioned Toht as a cyborg with a flamethrower for an arm, but it’s hard to imagine him more sinister than as portrayed by Ronald Lacey. The whiney Gestapo agent provides plenty of suspense, terror, humor, and face-melting fun.
- Joel Massie
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These Top 10 lists are great dude. I love the topics. You should totally do the top ten greatest nazisploitation movies or the top ten best nunsploitation movies somewhere down the line.