Singing Burgdorf Scene

The Singing Burgdorf Scene is a scene from Downfall, sometimes used by the Untergangers in parodies, due to being one of the few amusing parts from the film.

In Downfall
The scene begins with Burgdorf, who, being drunk, starts to sing while Krebs, Bormann and Weidling can't do but listen. As he does that, the officers from the hallway are looking amused while Weidling seems iritated. After Burgdorf stops singing, Bormann congats him. Weidling looks at his watch, saying that he should of been with his troops by now. Bormann tells him that he made a good impression to the Führer. Krebs asks him wether Steiner will attack, and Weidling is unsure and tell them that they should know better. Burgdorf says that if Steiner doesn't attack, all would be lost. At that moment Keitel enters and congrates Weidling for his raport: the Führer appointed him Commander of Berlin’s Defence. Weidling becomes sad and says that he would of prefered to be shot than had that honor.

In Downfall Parodies
The scene is Burgdorf's most famous one, and many parodies involve Burgdorf singing for various things, such as in Hitler and the Burgdorf shooting Fegelein incident, where he sings his succes, after he thought he killed Fegelein.

Trivia

 * The first part of the scene, where Burgdorf sings is included only in the Extended Edition.
 * The part where Weidling looks at his watch is present in the Theatratical version.
 * This scene shows Burgdorf can sing.
 * The singing incident is noted in James P. O'Donnell's book The Bunker, where he tells that the song he sings is a mixture of German and English (as shown in the film) and that it comes from a sailor's song.