| “ | I don't want to have to blow your handsome head to pieces. | „ |
| ~ Tanz threatening Hartmann. |
Lt. General Wilhelm Tanz is the main antagonist of the 1967 war drama film The Night of the Generals. He is a sadistic Nazi general who rapes and murders women in addition to the other war crimes he commits as part of the Third Reich's "Final Solution".
He was portrayed by the late Peter O'Toole.
History[]
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What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He decided to fight for the Nazis.
- He uses dead enemy soldiers as sandbags.
- His torture of prisoners is considered cruel and sadistic, even by his fellow Nazis.
- He rapes and murders several prostitutes.
- He destroys Warsaw, killing hundreds to thousands of civilians.
- He frames Kurt Harmann for one of his murders.
- He kills Major Grau for no reason.
- He tars Grau's reputation by blaming him for the plot to kill Hitler.
- Raping and murdering another woman after being released from prison.
