1K reactions · 121 shares | Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Richard Fleischer’s “Armored Car Robbery” (1950): “Well, first of all, only a very few people know about this [film]. It’s one of my favourite movies. Everything is perfectly made. No matter how many times I watch it, it’s a perfect movie. This is a movie where every single action tells the whole story, and it moves forward at an incredible speed.” (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Letterboxd, 2025) | History of Cinema | Facebook

Hitler's armored car – Mercedes Benz 770k – The rolling fortress of the Third Reich One of the most striking state cars of the Nazi leadership was Hitler's armored Mercedes-Benz 770K, often called the "Big Mercedes" – a monstrous armored car built for protection, propaganda, and showmanship. The original purchase price on June 9, 1933: 25,000 Reichsmarks – the equivalent of about five single-family homes at that time. A vehicle that symbolized not only status, but absolute power. With up to 40 m