History Main / BritishNazis

* Creator/EddieIzzard in ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}''

* ''BenHur'': The Roman officers speak with British accents.

->''"And the most bitter pill to swallow is that [the British-accented {{mooks}}] [[PuttingOnTheReich look like Nazis]]. '''[[DudeWheresMyRespect We helped defeat the Nazis!]]''' Maybe we won't next time, America. Maybe after [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China buys you and puts you all to work in the sweatshops]] and you crawl to Europe for help, we'll go: 'Hmm, well, we would, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil but apparently we're evil]], so hands tied.'"''

-->-- '''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''', Killzone 3

** James Mason again as Seibert in ''TheBoysFromBrazil''. Which film however subverts the trope as the even more evil Dr. Mengele is played by Gregory Peck.

* An inversion in ''Film/BitterVictory'', in which German actor Curt Jergens plays an ''Allied'' ([[FakeNationality South African]]) officer.

A sub-trope of EvilBrit and PuttingOnTheReich. Related to ThoseWackyNazis.

[[IThoughtItMeant This trope is not about]] British people who were members of the Nazi party, or British fascists.

It is also not about British actors playing German characters – such as Creator/AlanRickman in ''Film/DieHard'' – as contrary to [[AllGermansAreNazis this trope]], Not All Germans Are Nazis.

* MalcolmMcDowell in ''The Passage''

* James Mason as Field Marshal ErwinRommel in ''Film/TheDesertFox''.

* RalphFiennes as Amon Goeth in ''Film/SchindlersList''.

* Creator/RobertCarlyle played Hitler in a film called ''Hitler: The Rise of Evil''.

* RalphFiennes as [[CompleteMonster Amon Goeth]] in ''Film/SchindlersList''.

* The Imperial Navy in ''Film/StarWars''. Most Imperial characters who aren't Vader and the Emperor speak with British accents (and Ian McDiarmid, who played The Emperor, is British). Of particular note is the casting of veteran horror actor PeterCushing in ''A New Hope'' as Grand Moff Tarkin. Should also be noted that this could arguably be justified in that the films were shot in Britain, so most of the smaller parts (which most of the Imperial characters were) would be filled by British actors.

* The Imperial Navy in ''Film/StarWars''. Most Imperial characters who aren't Vader and the Emperor speak with British accents (and Ian McDiarmid, who played The Emperor, is British). Of particular note is the casting of veteran horror actor PeterCushing in ''A New Hope'' as Grand Moff Tarkin. Should also be noted that this could arguably be justified in that the films were shot in Britain, so most of the smaller parts (which most of the Imperial characters were) would be filled by British actors

The trend to cast British actors as ThoseWackyNazis. Because, y'know, [[EvilBrit British people are evil]].

A sub-trope of EvilBrit. Related to ThoseWackyNazis.

It is also not about British actors playing German characters - such as AlanRickman in ''Film/DieHard'' - as contrary to [[AllGermansAreNazis this trope]], Not All Germans Are Nazis.

* AlecGuinness played Hitler in ''Film/HitlerTheLastTenDays''.

* EddieIzzard in ''{{Film/Valkyrie}}''
* Averted in ''Film/IngloriousBasterds'', where the main Nazi is played by an actual German, ChristophWaltz.

* RobertCarlyle played Hitler in a film called ''Hitler - The Rise Of Evil''.
* An inversion in ''Film/BitterVictory'', in which German Curt Jergens plays an ''Allied'' ([[FakeNationality South African]]) officer.

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* AlecGuinness played Hitler in ''HitlerTheLastTenDays''.
* DavidThewlis in ''Film/TheBoyInTheStripedPyjamas''
* EddieIzzard in ''Film/Valkyrie''

* RalphFiennes as [[CompleteMonster Amon Goeth]] in [[Film/SchindlersList]].
* RobertCarlyle played Hitler in ''HitlerTheRiseOfEvil''.

[[IThoughtItMeant This trope is not about]] British people who were members of the Nazi party, or British fascists such as (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Mosley)[[Oswald Mosley]].

[[IThoughtItMeant This trope is not about]] British people who were members of the Nazi party, or British fascists such as [[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Mosley Oswald Mosley]].

It is also not about British actors playing German characters - such as [[AlanRickman]] in ''[[Film/DieHard]]'' - as contrary to [AllGermansAreNazis this trope]], Not All Germans Are Nazis.

The trend to cast British actors as [[ThoseWackyNazis]]. Because, y'know, [[EvilBrit British people are evil]].

It is also not about British actors playing German characters - such as [[Alan Rickman]] in ''[[Film/DieHard]]'' - as contrary to [AllGermansAreNazis this trope]], Not All Germans Are Nazis.