S4YA S3E9 – Deaths-Head Revisited – Twilight Zone

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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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