Blood & Gold Trailer: An Inglourious Tale Of Nazis And Treasure

Netflix is getting into the "let's kill Nazis violently" sub-genre of World War II films with the upcoming "Blood & Gold." This movie may not be on your radar just yet, but it seems like the kind of title that is destined to build up some buzz once it arrives on the streaming service next month. To that end, a new trailer for the German war flick has been released online that offers an extremely fun look at what promises to be a murder-heavy tale of revenge.

What's particularly entertaining about this "special trailer" is that it gives the film an old-school, grindhouse makeover that gives us a little bit of a Quentin Tarantino flavor, with "Inglorious Basterds" being the obvious touchstone. But it feels more at home with the fake trailers that were attached to 2007's "Grindhouse," even though this is a very real movie that you can watch in just a few weeks. Let's have a look.

Doesn't that look like fun? At the very least it offers a clever way to market a movie, rather than another run-of-the-mill trailer that could easily get lost in the shuffle. From the voiceover, to the grainy look, and even the gleeful framing of the violence, this gives the movie a very down-and-dirty, drive-in movie feel. Credit to Netflix for having some fun with the marketing here, especially when it seems like they often release movies and TV shows with very little promotion at all.

Also interesting is the fact that director Peter Thorwarth's Nazi revenge tale seems to be cut from a very similar cloth as this year's "Sisu" (read our review here), which has earned a great deal of critical praise for the story of one man against a squad of Nazis who are trying to steal his gold. As for the specifics of the story in "Blood & Gold," the synopsis reads as follows:

On his way to find his daughter, deserter Henrich is stopped by SS troops and hanged from a tree. Courageous farmer Elsa saves him just in time. United by their common enemy, the two fight for justice and for their families.

The cast includes Alexander Scheer ("The Spy"), Robert Maaser ("Barbarians"), Florian Schmidtke ("Blood Red Sky"), Stephan Grossmann ("Look Who's Back"), Marie Hacke ("Outlander"), and Petra Zieser ("Tatort"). Stefan Barth ("Motown") penned the screenplay.

"Blood & Gold" hits Netflix on May 26, 2023.