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Asked 3 years, 8 months ago. Active 3 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 3k times. Is it just a plot hole or could there be another more interesting reason? Improve this question.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. He diligently inquires about her aunt and uncle when she mentions them, what their names are, what they are doing now. And with all that prompting, he conveniently forgets to ask the most natural question of all:. This is so far out of character for Landa that the only reasonable conclusion is that he did not forget the question, that he deliberately did not ask it because he already knows the answer, and thus, who Shosanna is.
He doesn't ask the question because he doesn't want to spook Shoshanna more than he already does. He does not want to press her for a no doubt prepared lie about her parents, like he will press von Hammersmark before the film's climax, or even be forced to arrest her on the spot in order to not compromise himself. He simply doesn't want to push her anywhere near a lie.
And yet he can't help but enjoy the little game he's playing with Shosanna and for our, the viewers', benefit , by dropping hints that he knows: ordering milk for her, by being exceptionally jovial in what is a life-or-death situation for Shosanna, by meaningfully extinguishing the cigarette butt in the cream.
That also means he's already been planning to betray his country for his own advantage at that point, and is only looking for a real opportunity. He recognizes the cinema as that opportunity for acquiring the ultimate bargaining chip with the Allied command. That requires letting Shosanna off the hook and giving the go-ahead for the movie night.
This heavily depends on interpretation of the scene. While it could easily be true that Landa indeed knew "Emmanuelle's" true identity, it could also just as easily be true that he was unsure and was just toying with her emotions to see if she would break, similar to the farmer who silently gave away his position after Landa stared at him intensely. Hard to say, but considering from the audience's knowledge, he never got a detailed look at her when he massacred her family.
Whether he had a better description of her is questionable, otherwise I doubt he would keep her alive for that long. I think he knew Shosanna only by reputation, and not by physical means. However, it is certain that he was indeed suspicious of her in the restaurant - but he could have been testing her to confirm, otherwise if he knew it was her for sure, he wouldn't need to play games - regardless of the fact that that's part of his wicked personality. The milk, cream and strudel - all point out to the fact that he is considering she may very well be Shosanna, but also to see how she would react.
Would she keep her cool, or would she give her position away? The fact that she held up her facade amazingly well could've tuned in to Landa that she wasn't easy prey, and perhaps not Shosanna I would say that Col. Landa actually did know. One thing you have to actually believe is that Col. Landa really forgot what he was trying to say Think about it It seems that Landa is already letting events unfold. He knows its her. Nazis probably did have picture identifications of her.
If not, there are so many other ways. For example, it really isn't hard to recognize that Shosanna actually hasn't been living with her "aunt and uncle. Another assumption you could make is that he changes his mind about what he wants to do when he says there was something he actually wanted to talk about with her. His facial expression already posed to deal her death sentence and all of a sudden he lets her live again.
It might have been planned out, but it could be coincidence that he let her live twice just to have one Jew roaming around to give him meaning to his job. Of course he knew who she was and would be insulted that you presumed otherwise. Throughout the movie he is 10 steps ahead of everyone. Also, he likes to mess with people and make them squirm. In this case, he wants to make sure everything goes according to his plan. Oh yes. He knew. And anyone who thinks otherwise is just wrong.
He is a detective first and foremost, as Tarantino stated He knew, and what's more, he must have regarded her with a certain respect in being able to hide in plain sight like she was, after escaping from the death squad. He would've known that it must not be easy to keep her cool whilst sitting with the very man who ordered your entire family to be killed. Then, as if to test her resolve one final time, he says the crack about wanting to ask her about something else, but not being able to remember Like he said to Aldo Raine, sometimes things aren't too good to be true.
The universe can be very giving one time out of a million. Colonel Landa said "au revoir" in French, meaning "I'll see you again", or "until we meet again". I think he did know very well that it was her.
But he was a strange man. I think he respected her a bit for escaping the Germans twice, with the way he thought so highly of Germans and so lowly of Jews.
He thought perhaps that she was different. He alludes to her life hiding on a dairy farm, "for the mademoiselle And the question at the end, he likes to watch the anxiety and perhaps he respects her even more for showing so little. But I think at that time, he wasn't so concerned anymore about his work with the army, the government was making strides to see that the Germans preserve their nation pride.
He knew it was going bad for Germany and he was on the wrong team. So he wasn't going to go out of his way to prove Emanuelle was actually Shosanna.
I'm convinced he knew of her true identity. I believe the reason he decided to let her be was because he had probably reported to his superior commanders that he had executed the entire Dreyfuss family. No way he would have reported that he allowed one to escape. When she's not writing, you can find her trying to learn a new language, watching hockey go Avs!
Breakfast food is life and coffee is what makes the world go round. It was great. By Adrienne Tyler Published Aug 22, Share Share Tweet Email 0. But, it was deleted in the film considering the runtime.
He is portrayed by Austrian actor Christoph Waltz. He shouts Au Revoir loudly enough so that Shoshanna will hear the promise that they will meet again.
In Inglourious Basterds Hans Landa is ordering two strudels, one for himself and the other for Shosanna.
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