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Hitler Mash-Ups and the Credit Crunch

Geoff Riley

2nd December 2008

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Bruno Gantz gives a spellbinding performance in The Downfall - a film that was released in 2005 and remains a remarkable and powerful movie even in DVD format. But one scene in particular has become the focus for a vast and growing number of mash-ups - using the original scene and dubbing commentary on entirely unrelated but often extremely funny scenarios - such as Ronaldo leaving Manchester United, Hitler being removed from Wikipedia for falsifying information - or in this case his reaction to the US sub prime crisis and the all-engulfing credit crunch.

Ok - so here is the clip!

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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