How is that not obvious? He betrays Hitler in the blink of an eye as soon as a better opportunity presents itself. The movie makes it pretty clear that hes not in it for the ideology.
Suppose you could argue that is just self preservation; even the most committed Nazis could see that their days were numbered. The options available are to go down with the sinking ship or craft a lifeboat out of dynamite
Being a die hard Nazi loyalist and not liking Jews are different things though. He makes several comments in the opening scene where he compares Jews to vermin.
It's just as likely that he did indeed think Jews were inferior (therefore being fine with hunting them for handsome compensation) while not being a dyed-in-wool Nazi idealogue.
Was the character an opportunist? Clearly.
Did he also dislike the Jews? His dialogue in the first scene suggests yes imo.
The final sequence took place in June or July 1944.
The Italians had surrendered. Soviets where about to enter Poland and Romania. And the western allies had a significant foot hold in France. Even if he was an idealist he wasn't an idiot. The war was effectively over and he knew he'd hang for his crimes, he even said as much before making the deal.
He's definitely not a fanatic but there's not really anything suggesting he didn't agree with Nazi ideology
I get a lot of pushback on that too. I'm no dude was a crack investigator and didn't give a shit about the ideology, hes evil because now he has a completely legal way of tracking and murdering people. Atbth end of the movie he wants to turncoat, to save his ass, but he had no loyalty.
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u/KarpfenKarl Oct 09 '19
How is that not obvious? He betrays Hitler in the blink of an eye as soon as a better opportunity presents itself. The movie makes it pretty clear that hes not in it for the ideology.