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The original Indiana Jones: Otto Rahn and the temple of doom

telegraph.co.uk — Like Jones, Rahn was an archaeologist, like him he fell foul of the Nazis and like him he was obsessed with finding the Holy Grail - the cup reputedly used to catch Christ's blood when he was crucified. But whereas Jones rode the Grail-train to box-office glory, Rahn's obsession ended up costing him his life.

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  • vigimice, on 05/26/2008, -16/+0front page with no comments?
    • lcarsdeveloper, on 05/26/2008, -0/+19I'd rather have no comments than comments like yours.
    • Murdats, on 05/26/2008, -5/+2front page with only 150 diggs and 23 comments?
  • myass666mlong, on 05/26/2008, -12/+1that guy is ugly?
    • Philoushka, on 05/26/2008, -1/+4Please don't be a homophobe. RTFA.
  • Surfrock66, on 05/26/2008, -10/+19This movie should have been "Indiana Jones and the Epic Fail." Think of all the money people in the 50s could have saved buying refrigerators instead of building bomb shelters.
    • thinkart, on 05/26/2008, -2/+6i can't believe people are digging your comment. try adding your negative indy 4 comments when the article is about indy 4. this has ***** nothing to do with the current indy movie.
    • Tomchei, on 05/26/2008, -0/+4That refrigerator scene was a nod to the original Back to the Future script.
  • Ammattiki, on 05/26/2008, -0/+10Dugg for being the first time Ive ever seen anyone with the same name as me, Rahn.
    • einrobstein, on 05/26/2008, -1/+12It's so sad that you've never even seen your parents.
      • Ammattiki, on 05/26/2008, -0/+6First name.
        • harkoninuse, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2Do you have a brother named Alex? If not, I know a guy with first name Rahn too.
    • marc123, on 05/26/2008, -8/+2try facebook dumbass
      • LegalizeGanja, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2try not writing like you're a ***** ***** dickwad
    • tnoo, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1I'm friends with a few Rahn's. I didn't think it was all that uncommon of a name.
  • bonjourmr, on 05/26/2008, -0/+7If only Short Round were real also.
  • jgambleii, on 05/26/2008, -0/+15Sounds like Otto's story would make a pretty interesting movie in itself.
  • itsgotyou, on 05/26/2008, -10/+2Well what do you know? Indy was a *****.
  • Zaetha, on 05/26/2008, -0/+3"What gives Rahn's dilemma peculiar piquancy is that there's evidence to suggest that he was Jewish himself - although it's not clear if he was aware of it. He was also gay."
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCcofGO3ymo
  • mavar, on 05/26/2008, -0/+6Dugg for real-life proving to be more dramatic than reel-life once again.
    He started out innocently enough, looking for the grail. Didn't realize what he got himself into, until it was too late. Except, he didn't have a choice. No one turns down Himmler.
    Guess it all started with writing a book so good that Himmler was impressed.
  • tinfoilhatboy, on 05/26/2008, -10/+4crazy fool.. thinking holygrail and god exists.. man why are people so guilible..
  • lcarsdeveloper, on 05/26/2008, -0/+7I'm such a geek...I immediately thought "but hang on, Indy wasn't obsessed with finding the Grail, it was his father".
  • MooNinja, on 05/26/2008, -1/+8A gay jew, in the SS. Sounds like a Family Guy flashback!
    • nickert0n, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1himller didnt care cause he was hittin that *****
  • Goblin, on 05/26/2008, -0/+27"Rahn's obsession ended up costing him his life."

    I guess he chose... poorly.
    • nickert0n, on 05/26/2008, -3/+1Obviously, wow 21 diggs for your ***** comment? LOL@DIGG
      • Goblin, on 05/28/2008, -0/+2I guess that whooshing sound was the Indiana Jones reference flying right over your head?
  • luckyguy2000, on 05/26/2008, -4/+6the holy grail was not used to catch christs blood when he was cruzified. it was the cup that jesus used at the last supper and was filled with wine symbolizing his blood. god damn. read the bible before talking about it.
  • gryphon50, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1It's not surprising that Himmler would not let him go. Himmler totally believed in that kind of thing (occult artifacts) and he probably thought that Rahn would eventually find the Grail and that it might get into non-Nazi hands.
  • Dystisis, on 05/26/2008, -4/+1Some people claim the grail is a symbol of the blood of christ, ie. his family. Personally, I am not sure I believe that, but the whole grail issue is so weird there is bound to be something distorted over time throughout history regarding it.

    If you want to hear about an at least equally bizarre story, regarding the same issue, check out Rennes le Chateau and Berenger Sauniere.
  • MarsSentinel, on 05/26/2008, -7/+1uFcking Holy Grail. It is a METAPHOR people. It is not an actual cup. Sheesh.
    • Elranzer, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Put down the Dan Brown material...
    • tangofish, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Dan Brown stole that idea. Read "The Holy Blood & The Holy Grail". You may have written it poorly MarsSentinal but I know what you mean.
  • pjthemodder, on 05/26/2008, -5/+3um the Holy Grail was the cup used at the last supper
  • ancalagon73, on 05/26/2008, -2/+2He didn't kill himself. Himmler marooned him for all eternity in the center of a dead planet, buried alive.

    RHAAANNNN!
  • pennvneff, on 05/26/2008, -0/+6American Myanist Sylvanus Morley was the original Indiana Jones, Otto Rahm was Rene Bellock.
  • Caleb666, on 05/26/2008, -7/+1What a waste of time, it's obvious that the Holy Grail does not exist, for the obvious reason that the existence of Jesus himself is pretty doubtful.
    • mxmj, on 05/28/2008, -0/+1I thought there was actually a lot of evidence that a 'Jesus' figure DID exist at some point.
  • dmkirt, on 05/26/2008, -2/+1The quest for fame and money.
  • diggdong, on 05/26/2008, -3/+1If Jesus were alive today he would be drinking Camo and driving a bulldozer in the West bank.
  • smek2, on 05/28/2008, -0/+2Creativity is just hiding your sources. Nobody knows that better then George Lucas.
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