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Poll: Chilling Nazi Performances

In your opinion, who gave the most chilling performance as a Nazi whether it was real or fictional? If you feel none were chilling, whose performance did you appreciate the most? Since some actors played the role of a Nazi in more than one movie, let's limit the list by each's best performance and only one performance for each film.

Discuss the list here

Results of 3,258 votes:

  1. 1.

    Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

     
    Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  2. 2.

    Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List (1993)

     
    Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List (1993)
  3. 3.

    Bruno Ganz in Downfall (2004)

     
    Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in Downfall (2004)

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