This is indeed the best individual scene of any movie of cinematic history, to the best of my knowledge and taste, and I applaud the OP's brilliant analysis. Th

This is indeed the best individual scene of any movie of cinematic history, to the best of my knowledge and taste, and I applaud the OP's brilliant analysis. The whole movie is a gem, and a rich source of unforgotten quotes ("Major Strasser appears to have been shot - arrest the usual suspects", "This is the begin of a wonderful friendship"), and the "anthem-against-anthem scene" evokes that rare combination of tears and goosbumps that is only present where human sacrifice is needed and volunteered, but without guaranteeing a happy outcome. Other posters have suggested a range of other scenes; I shall just propose one more movie - a lesser known one - that is sacrifice-themed: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi4263229465/ https://www.imdb.com/video/vi4263229465/