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i cant remember if this has ever been discussed here before - but i got thinking about old films and how they always used to use guys with british accents to portray germans.

i wish i could think of some examples off the top of my head but i cant ... i just remember seeing it several times.

also - in many many american films (non war) the villian is often the refined british guy.

i think the device was to make the bad guy the one you'd least suspect (proper british gentleman - or butler) but i'm pretty sure there was more to it than that.

anyone acting too posh and uppity must be taken down .. he's a bad guy !

but mostly it was the war films i found funny - either they couldnt find german actors - or they figured - any foreign accent will do - and the british are all evil anyway :)