Crossroads - Friedhelm [Generation War]

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My take on piecing together a tribute to Friedhelm Winter, arguably the most interesting character in Generation War. He slowly turns from a witty, reading boy into the brutal and terrorising monster he needs to be in order to survive this impossible era. I've tried to capture his transformation in this video.
If you haven't watched Generation War yet, I highly recommend it, you can read up on it here: www.imdb.com/title/tt1883092/
Music:
Ólafur Arnalds - The Journey
• Ólafur Arnalds - The J...
Secession Studios - The Untold
• Most Powerful and Dram...
Software:
Adobe Premiere Pro
All rights go to ZDF, teamWorx Television & Film, and Beta Film.

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  • @jakobweberauthor
    @jakobweberauthor2 жыл бұрын

    everybody who says that this movie series glorifies Germany in WWII hasn’t understood the message…

  • @Mautiks

    @Mautiks

    2 жыл бұрын

    ok boomer

  • @TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32

    @TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32

    2 жыл бұрын

    People just hate seeing the germans soldiers as humans who had their own complexities and issues instead of just a mindless horde of Stalhelms to be mowed down for entertainment.

  • @jakobweberauthor

    @jakobweberauthor

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mautiks dude I am 23 haha

  • @erikzon8924

    @erikzon8924

    Жыл бұрын

    Even for a child who is 14 years old can understand that this movie does not glorify German. Surely you had found retards commenting on that.

  • @SukhoyBoy4113

    @SukhoyBoy4113

    Жыл бұрын

    But they did spill innocent blood didn't they? They could've rebelled against Hitler, couldn't they? When Goebbels asked the German nation if they want total war, they loved it and went on with it. Now that they have lost, I am supposed to believe that in the end they had no choice but to kill 40 million people? 26 million of which were the Russians that I am supposed to see as problem for the world? I don't think I will buy that.

  • @edmund6392
    @edmund6392 Жыл бұрын

    One of the best war series ever.

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi2 жыл бұрын

    The key character in this tale. He never wanted to be a monster, but was forced to become a monster in order to survive.

  • @veronicav27

    @veronicav27

    2 жыл бұрын

    they are evil sadistic insane villanous monsters. no excuses accepted

  • @cosairfps

    @cosairfps

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@veronicav27 room temperature IQ comment

  • @veronicav27

    @veronicav27

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cosairfps don't make excuses for them

  • @cosairfps

    @cosairfps

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@veronicav27 I'm not going to enter a discussion, as I'd just end up making fun of you.

  • @veronicav27

    @veronicav27

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cosairfps I'm not entering stupid discussions either. sorry

  • @carolinagaggero5806
    @carolinagaggero58062 жыл бұрын

    Friedhelm make this show great: he was forced to become a monster and he's disgusted by him self that he rather chooses to die at the end of the war. Great charcterisation

  • @norelcass9434
    @norelcass94342 жыл бұрын

    All Friedhelm wanted to do was survive as a human being. In the end, they left him only one choice. That's survival.

  • @yannick245

    @yannick245

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, the _"real Friedhelm"_ died long before May 45. He didn't just want to physically survive the war. He wanted to survive as a human, in which he didn't succeed. That's why he made his last stand.

  • @jochensch8821

    @jochensch8821

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yannick245 english beow: Ich denke meine Großväter waren Leute die versucht haben zu überleben und dabei Mensch zu bleiben. Die Männer aus der Familie meiner Mutter waren bei der Flak. Ihr Onkel hatte eine Freundin in Frankreich. Der andere Großvater war in der Sowjetunion und von der Kompanie hat nur ein Fahrzeug mit 6 Männern überlebt. Warum? Mein Opa hatte sich mit den Frauen in deren Haus er lebte angefreundet und konnte daher russisch. Sie kamen nach Italien und in den 1960er Jahren war er mit seiner Familie in einer Stadt und Italienerinnen erkannten ihn, freuten sich ihn gesund zu sehen, das nur weil er anständig zu ihnen war. I think my grandfathers were people who tried to survive and stay human. The men from my mother's family were at the Flak. Her uncle had a girlfriend in France. The other grandfather was in the Soviet Union and of the company only one vehicle with 6 men survived. Why? My grandfather had made friends with the women in whose house he lived and could therefore speak Russian. They came to Italy and in the 1960s he was in a city with his family and Italian women recognized him, were happy to see him healthy, just because he was decent to them.

  • @tavish4699

    @tavish4699

    6 ай бұрын

    he made that last stand to first of all end his life cause he was ashamed of himself and was an empty vessel, and because he wanted to show thosae young hitleryouth boys what war truely is its cruel@@yannick245

  • @yannick245

    @yannick245

    6 ай бұрын

    @@tavish4699 Yeah, well. You just elaborated my answer. I don't see a contradiction.

  • @SlapShotRegatta22
    @SlapShotRegatta22 Жыл бұрын

    You know, it's funny. We watch movies for the character "arc". To see how the characters change given their circumstances. But what most people resist most in life is, in fact, change. So through watching movies, are we vicariously living the change that we fear the most?

  • @captainyossarian388
    @captainyossarian3882 жыл бұрын

    (spoilers) Friedhelm's fate is the worst, a gentle soul ground down until only a monster remained. At least he spared Viktor and killed that SD officer piece-of-shizer.

  • @kllk12ful

    @kllk12ful

    5 ай бұрын

    Actually compared to Wilhelm who had survived the war and has to deal with the fact that his entire platoon had been wiped out spent the last two years of the war believing his little his little brother was dead to find out that Friedhelm had survived for the last two years of the war only to die just days before the end of the war Friedhelm wouldn't have to deal with the massive survivor's guilt that Wilhelm would have to live with for the rest of his life

  • @mirzafehratovic2845
    @mirzafehratovic2845 Жыл бұрын

    i love war movies , but these series are something more... this is brilliant

  • @user-hb4zz4gh5e
    @user-hb4zz4gh5e Жыл бұрын

    The acting in this show was so good

  • @rijnvanessen7359
    @rijnvanessen73592 жыл бұрын

    Resist the temptation to be humen. Those words I won't forget.

  • @leomduffy794
    @leomduffy7942 жыл бұрын

    Masterpiece truly.

  • @sands7779
    @sands77792 жыл бұрын

    everything about the series was so good that I didn't notice I was reading subtitles. thank you for the edit

  • @cindywu9193
    @cindywu91932 жыл бұрын

    German picture ‘s background music is always the best.👏🏼👏🏼

  • @PeterSeidel-So-geht-Trading
    @PeterSeidel-So-geht-Trading2 жыл бұрын

    Dieser Film war so intensiv. Es war so schrecklich, sich vorzustellen, dass das passierte. Gänsehaut.

  • @soccer4life607

    @soccer4life607

    2 жыл бұрын

    Und jetzt sind wir wieder zurück im Krieg. Putin hat es uns erlaubt, das selbst mitzuerleben.

  • @milesbrown8016

    @milesbrown8016

    9 ай бұрын

    Genau....

  • @urwrstntmre

    @urwrstntmre

    6 ай бұрын

    All die Gründe der vorherigen Jahrzenten, woraus die verschiedenen Seiten gekämpft haben sind ebenso schrecklich. Und manche wollen den Krieg, auch heute. Für manche gibt es Vorteile von Kriegen, sonst würde es keine Kriege geben.

  • @spodium398
    @spodium3983 жыл бұрын

    That was insane thank you for making this

  • @rickygrenadier6303

    @rickygrenadier6303

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @greenlime1997

    @greenlime1997

    2 жыл бұрын

    What is your guys’ opinion as to why Friedhelm killed himself? His character broke my freakin heart probably because he reminded me of myself in a lot of ways. Me personally I thought he decided to sacrifice himself because he simply couldn’t live with the person he had turned into, he never wanted to be a soldier yet the war conquered him and turned him into someone he hated. He may have felt guilt for the actions he had committed during the war and he felt that he had failed himself for not living up to his moral convictions so sacrificing his life for the kids was a way to amend the terrible wrongs he had committed during the conflict. Which is one hell of a sacrifice in my opinion and it says a lot about the strength of his character. Anyways sorry for the long tangent, I’d love to hear what you all think

  • @yannick245

    @yannick245

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@greenlime1997 You got it. And his _"suicide"_ is like a last stand. The _"real Friedhelm"_ died long before...

  • @greenlime1997

    @greenlime1997

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yannick245 I agree he was already dead, I’m not sure what he would’ve been like if he decided to survive. I have no doubt we would’ve suffered from terrible PTSD from all the trauma he had witnessed and from all the atrocities he had committed. Just goes to show you how tragic and senseless war is and how it can turn good people into shells of their former selves.

  • @tomservo5347
    @tomservo53472 жыл бұрын

    The ones that were able to maintain their humanity in the human meatgrinder were the real heroes, regardless of nationality.

  • @mamavswild

    @mamavswild

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m not so sure. Sometimes they were the ones least inclined to empathy and merely regarded ethics as a clinical matter. I put a lot of thought into this as a combat veteran. It has bothered me greatly. Often, the most sensitive and kind were the ones more cruelly distorted and used.

  • @user-we4ug3ws6f
    @user-we4ug3ws6f7 ай бұрын

    *Перевод на русский* -Ты был прав -Это выявит в нас только самое худшее. -Ага -Я знаю. -Но это ничего не меняет в том факте, что завтра мы снова выйдем туда драться. -Пока никого не останется. -Ровно до тех пор, пока никого не останется. -Сколько из тех, кого мы знали, пало за эти два года, а? -Шнайдер, Боргалор,Вербински,Бертиг -Все они просто.. -Прекрати это! -Это прекратится только тогда, когда придет и закончится! -Ты еще этого не понимаешь? -Мы человеческий скот для большой бойни! -Сегодня мы герои, завтра свиньи. -Но это не имеет никакого смысла! -Нет никакого смысла! -Бог покинул нас! -Есть только мы! -Ни гребаного генерала, ни отца. -Только мы, эти мужчины! -И если мы завтра выйдем туда и умрем, хорошо! -Быть по сему.Но ты поведешь нас, я ожидаю этого от тебя!

  • @user-no7eh9le6d
    @user-no7eh9le6d3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video and the great editing

  • @rickygrenadier6303

    @rickygrenadier6303

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words!

  • @yannick245

    @yannick245

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rickygrenadier6303 Thank you! How about making clips like that about Victor and Wilhelm too?!

  • @dolguldur1833
    @dolguldur1833 Жыл бұрын

    Wie das geschnitten ist ab 3:30 mit der Musik und allem. Einfach nur genial, ganz großes Lob. Gänsehaut.

  • @tartzmir7934

    @tartzmir7934

    Жыл бұрын

    Fr 💀🗿

  • @Lee-hd3gf
    @Lee-hd3gf Жыл бұрын

    Young men made to do horrible things.

  • @wwp3576
    @wwp3576 Жыл бұрын

    Love this, very well done. Shivering.

  • @noiceforyou7987
    @noiceforyou79872 жыл бұрын

    Gut gemacht - traurige Realität des Krieges

  • @shimmyshimmy6724
    @shimmyshimmy6724 Жыл бұрын

    Indeed, war made a monster out of one. Excellent movie 💯

  • @holeefukonline
    @holeefukonline11 ай бұрын

    Einfach super geschauspielert!

  • @sandymiller870
    @sandymiller8702 жыл бұрын

    Time for this movie to go on Netflix or Prime...

  • @phillip7731

    @phillip7731

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is actually in some countries

  • @maryreid4273

    @maryreid4273

    Жыл бұрын

    It's purchasable for a small fee on UK Prime.

  • @AnnamariaLeprini

    @AnnamariaLeprini

    Жыл бұрын

    In Italy they show it on tv almost every year. Yes it should be on Netflix but the american critics slaughtered it

  • @maryreid4273

    @maryreid4273

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AnnamariaLeprini it is on Prime though. I am British so my ancestors may have fought in this war, and against the German side - however to me this film simply shows the horror and pointlessness of war, and how one person has to essentially 'become a monster' to get through it. Even if he had escaped the Russians at the end, his life would have no doubt felt like a death sentence anyway, because of what he had to do. I watch it over and over, it makes me sad that we still don't seem to have learned from this. I don't doubt there were thousands of real 'Friedhelms' out there. :(

  • @unbekannt2a

    @unbekannt2a

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maryreid4273 I am a German.

  • @charles_0017
    @charles_00172 жыл бұрын

    Do you choose to survive and lose all your humanity in the process or do you choose to die?

  • @ww2enjoyer951
    @ww2enjoyer9512 жыл бұрын

    I thought this is was for the movie until i see comments Amazing!!! One last thing what's the song name?

  • @rickygrenadier6303

    @rickygrenadier6303

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Soundtrack is in the description.

  • @edefuchs7085
    @edefuchs70852 жыл бұрын

    Es gibt keinen Film der dem gerecht wird was damals passiert ist, schon gar nicht gegenüber Menschen wie Friedhelm.

  • @biglebowski5737

    @biglebowski5737

    2 жыл бұрын

    ...so what?

  • @susannesperre9573

    @susannesperre9573

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@biglebowski5737 Falsche Frage

  • @biglebowski5737

    @biglebowski5737

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@susannesperre9573 ......so what?

  • @susannesperre9573

    @susannesperre9573

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@biglebowski5737 Nix what! Hat sich ausgewhattet....Ich finde die Bemerkung in diesem Fall unpassend. Mehr als na und kommt da nicht?

  • @biglebowski5737

    @biglebowski5737

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@susannesperre9573 ....so what?

  • @robertbench5187
    @robertbench518721 күн бұрын

    Did he just shot a young boy?

  • @gabelgy8361
    @gabelgy8361 Жыл бұрын

    It’s pretty tragic to see good german soldier who didn’t want war or do bad things was forced or else they would be executed for treason which they didn’t deserve to die for

  • @apparatchiktgru8481
    @apparatchiktgru848111 ай бұрын

    Let us stop this .I have been in it,and disliked the aftertaste. A very good portrayal.

  • @luizaandradedossantosandra3144
    @luizaandradedossantosandra3144 Жыл бұрын

    Te amo Tom schilling você é o amor da minha vida um beijo pra vc meu bem 💋💋💋💕💕💕

  • @iggyplayer3192
    @iggyplayer31922 жыл бұрын

    4:26

  • @kllk12ful
    @kllk12ful5 ай бұрын

    I can't help but wonder how Friedhelm and Wilhelm would have fared if they fought in North Africa, Italy or even occupied France and the low countries The Eastern Front chewed up Wilhelm and Friedhelm and spit them out ghosts of themselves

  • @schwedenify
    @schwedenify2 жыл бұрын

    Jegliche Menschlichkeit verloren ,das kann Krieg aus ein machen !

  • @biglebowski5737

    @biglebowski5737

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ich mach auch immer im Krieg ein. Marmelade zum Beispiel.

  • @xorksantamonica5183
    @xorksantamonica51837 ай бұрын

    RIP FRID

  • @francescomartella9048
    @francescomartella904823 күн бұрын

    Ma cosa dicono?

  • @pamelacareysaltmer6644
    @pamelacareysaltmer664411 ай бұрын

    Friedhelm personifies the Wehrmacht.

  • @wazxm5072
    @wazxm50722 жыл бұрын

    我最爱德军!

  • @jaejoongjae3973

    @jaejoongjae3973

    Жыл бұрын

    И японцев?

  • @nightcall7603
    @nightcall7603 Жыл бұрын

    videon

  • @phongthanhluu-ne6hq
    @phongthanhluu-ne6hq3 ай бұрын

    Totalwar😢

  • @mikhailjairnisbett441
    @mikhailjairnisbett4412 жыл бұрын

    Simpleplanes

  • @panzer2525
    @panzer25258 ай бұрын

    los soldados alemanes fueron heroicos, luchando contra enemigos superiores en número, las atrocidades comunistas no se exponen aquí solo es un mea culpa , Alemania sigue ocupada actualmente

  • @rommelhermann163
    @rommelhermann163 Жыл бұрын

    If there weren't the horrible war, WW2, Friedhelm would have lived and died with his brother peacefully. If there weren't the crazy Hitler, he would have lived peacefully. It's digsgusting.

  • @elbretto6062

    @elbretto6062

    11 ай бұрын

    And how many more wars in history, how many bloodthirsty dictators there have been

  • @user-fc6lt7cc7p
    @user-fc6lt7cc7p11 ай бұрын

    When you swim in a sea of $hit, it doesn't take long to stink.

  • @mxmo1193

    @mxmo1193

    2 ай бұрын

    great quote!

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