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Noticed Something About One of the Gestapo Men


I just watched the film for the umpteenth time and noticed that the Gestapo man in the brown leather overcoat never wears his hat. In Von Luger's office he drops it on Von Luger's desk. Later in the train station, he's holding it in his hand while he looks over the train passengers. Ego on the part of the actor?

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Could be.
At this period men typically wore hats although they might take them off indoors. Perhaps the actor had a nice haircut he wanted to show off.

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