This is a poorly written, exaggerated article.

A. Person, Manhattan,

IT's a MOVIE!!!

Many movies have been made about horrific events that have happened in our history. Although they bring bad memories to those who lived through those events, those who didn't live through them need to know what happened. People need to be made aware of our history, the good parts and the bad parts. In order to make a moment realistic, real locations make for better scenes than made up sets.

This is not the first time a movie is shot about Hitler in Germany and I am sure it wont be the last. Once again, It's a Movie people, a Movie

s, Hackensack,

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Repression of free speach and punishment of images to the point where a film about a historical fact is controversial absurd and oppressive. Films like this ought to be encouraged notwithstanding Tom Cruise's personal irresponsibility in promoting scientology.

Jen, Albany, NY, USA

I'm not a big fan of Scientology, but does this current persecution sound familiar? Oh, the irony...

Why are people so concerned with the religion of the actors? The story obviously needs to be told. Most young people of my generation aren't even aware of this courageous episode which came out of one of the darkest periods of our collective human history.

If I could tell the people of Berlin one thing it would be to let the movie makers tell the story and drop it with the feigned outrage. If your grandparents could deal with the brutality of the actual Nazi regime, then surely you can deal with the fictional recreation of the Nazi regime which will undoubtedly denounce fascism and hopefully enlighten audiences around the world about the plot to kill Hitler.

P.S. No one thought Tom Cruise could pull off "Interview with the Vampire" (including Anne Rice) but he did...I think he might just prove the critics wrong again with this one.

A. Lawson, Kelowna, BC

Mr Fleming--
Most cities have Film Offices which approve or disapprove permits for shooting a film. It must have been approved by Berlin-- not a surprise-- as any large film shoot requires redirecting traffic, areas for parking etc.
The producer and director should not have to face criminal prosecution if they have abided by the permit they have received.

Tom Harris, Rome, Italy

Seriously - Anyone who puts Tom Cruise in a film should be tried for Crimes against Humanity.

Grow a sense of humor, Germany.

N, Portland, Maine, USA

Goes to show how far Hollywierd will go without concern for others - its all about the money. I feel sorry for the Germans that have to endure this. I for one, will NEVER see this movie. Since Cruises strange behaviours came into light some years ago, I stop patronizing all his movies. Not to mention how he behaved so rudely to Dakota during an interview here in Japan to promote last summers movie. Best way to get these types to wake up to NOT support any of their products. Gotta hit Hollywood in their pocketbook to get them to listen.

Betty, Chicago, USA

I find it amusing that people can become so upset over a film. It's history, and Germany is a part of it, no matter how ugly. Please, sweep it under the carpet so our children won't see!

J. G. Speas, Brno, CZ

Next up for Cruise is his role as Il Duce in "Beaten To A Pulp Fiction." Filming will begin in Milan next spring.

Michael Sekulich, Grand Rapids, MI USA

Why would a film about Nazi Germany- either pro or con- be a crime? Germany is approaching a "1984" status, imprisoning thought criminals and making opinions illegal.

An atrocity? Ask the Palestinians about atrocity. Ask any German left alive who remembers the days following the Versailles Treaty about atrocity. I wonder if the millions of Germans who starved as a result of punitive Allied post-war policies (Morgenthau, JCS Directive 1067, Soviet complicity) would consider this film an atrocity.

The winners write the history books. No rational person wants a return to National Socialism or admires the heinous deeds committed by the Nazis. But Germany and Germans have been demonized and brainwashed enough.

John Ross, Marietta, GA USA

Let's be real. The incident happened and it was an accident. Who has the right to censor or prevent any film from being procuced.....Oh yeah....Nazis.
If it were about Stalin who was responsible for more Jewish victims than the Nazis (not to mention starving ro death 15 million Ukranians and killing millions more in the Gulags) not an eyebrow would be raised. And let's not forget Mao, who takes first in the genocide sweepstakes.
Finally, Stauffenberg, White Rose etc. were not motivated against the regime until after the tide of war turned and Germany faced certain defeat.

Paul Brewer, Hayward, USA/California

Germans objecting to Nazi uniforms on the streets of Berling?

Better late than never, I guess.

Jack, STL,

Oh please David - that's like blaming ME for what our ancestors did to the Native Americans. Or how about blaming all of us for the god-awful invasion of Iraq.

Most of the people in Germany are sickened and disgusted with what happened during WWII just as I am disgusted with the war crimes the Bush/Cheney machine has inflicted on our soldiers and Iraqi civilians. Hitler was NEVER their ruler, just as Bush will NEVER be my President!

Kelly Cockrell, Fayetteville , Arkansas

This is one more evidence of Tom Cruise's lack of judgment . I hope that nobody will watch this film

Carlos Morales, McAllen, Texas

to begin with i know more than a few people who would agree that even though tom cruise has been in some good movies he really has made a fool of himself publicly lately and bringing these memories of pain and embaressment back into germany is just another example of what he's been showing lately

vladimir nunez, chicago, ILL

its a movie the German people are a highly intelligent group of people and while the filming of a movie may be disrupting traffic around the city i doubt the sight of a few flags and a few platoons of soldat is going to make much change. it wasn't to long ago east German soldiers with the same uniforms were marching around the Potsdam platz

mayer, bachtal, DDR

This is completely wrong and distgusting! The film should be shut down immediately. There is NO reason to reinact any of that. And dressing like Gestapo in Berlin? How riddiculous and shameful!!

Debbie Collins, Toledo, OH

I don't have a problem with it, aside from the fact that a terrible actor like Tom Cruise is in the film. It's time people got over their Naziphobia.

Jon, Ottawa, CANADA

I find it incredible that these modern-day Germans are acting as if Naziism was the result an alien invasion that the Germans themselves righteously cast off. The Germans provide unintentional irony when they display indignance over the fact that two or three people were injured during a filming, when just 60 years ago they thought nothing of mass murder and world war that resulted in tens of millions dead. The filming upsets them because it reminds them of their own past, not because they find the symbols and signs of Naziism so abhorrent. If anything, Cruise's movie - like many WWII movies - perform a service that the Germans have no right to protest - to remind the world that mankind's darkest days were a gift of the German volk.

David Hoffman, Philadelphia, USA

I'm no Tom Cruise fan, but there's no crime being committed here. The film is about a plot to kill Hitler, and doesn't glorify the Nazi movement whatsoever. For the sake of accuracy, people will have to wear period costumes, just like in any other historical drama. No getting around that, despite the insecurities it will raise among German bystanders. It's important to remember that the swastika and eagle are just symbols, and only have power if people regard them as still powerful 60 years after the fact.

This movie isn't going to be another "Triumph of the Will" or "Olympia;" I don't see what the furor (no pun intended) is about. I think it is getting all this bad press because the unpopular Tom Cruise is attached to it more than anything else...would this even be a story otherwise? I'm sorry the extras got hurt, but accidents happen in any profession. Let's save our righteous indigntation for something more worthwhile.

Chris, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

This is an atrocity of the first and highest order. The German government should have these imbeciles permanently expelled and forbidden ever to return.

The producer and director should be made to face criminal charges and possible prison terms.

I am disgusted.

Greg Fleming, Edinburgh, Scotland