The great Paul, owner of @Thenightgallery Twitter account and Shadow & Substance website visits the show again to discuss Deaths-Head Revisited!
Paul Gallagher is a writer-editor who works in the Baltimore-Washington area. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and studied at Georgetown University. He writes on a range of topics: history, public policy, film, books, music … and the work of Rod Serling.
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SHOW NOTES – Deaths-Head Revisited
Show Info
Originally aired: 1961-11-10
Starring:
Joseph Schildkraut as Alfred Becker
Chuck Fox as the Dachau victim
Oscar Beregi as Gunther Lutze
Directed by: Don Medford (5 episodes, including passage for trumpet and The Mirror)
Teleplay by: Rod Serling (Yeah, duh)
You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:
* You: An unrepentant nazi founds out the hard way that justice delayed is not justice denied
* Me: A Nazi piece of crap visits the concentration camp he ran but the ghosts there have a few words for him
IMDB: A former German SS captain returns to Dachau concentration camp and begins reminiscing on the power he enjoyed there, until he finds himself on trial by those who died at his hands.
Discussion:
Initial thoughts
One of Serling’s finest efforts
Light touch and heavy touch
Remembering with pleasure
Truth run away from… he goes back to Dachau
Stray Observations
“Functioned as I was told”
A go-to defense that never works. Taught to military 23:28 ramble on
The hanging victims on tv seem bold
The gate closes and locks by itself but he doesn’t freak out
Such good times – a dude in the window in the shot…
Memorials in general (OKC building, 9/11, etc)
Impressive
What do you rate the episode?
Both of us give it an A
Choose your Own Endventure
Paul – He’s recognized and tried as a Nazi after going back to town as a mad man
Brandon – An extension of the ending. Someone from the town actually reports Lutze and though he’s insane, he’s still tried as a Nazi. It’s not enough that he’s in anguish… he’s gotten away by being incognito
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