Some film sequences give themselves willingly to online spoof as the German film, Der Untergang (Downfall) that depicts Adolf Hitler's maddened rage against disloyalty in his besieged Berlin trench.

The video has been played again and again on YouTube and other websites millions of times, with the tyrant's subtitles cleverly modified to mock at contemporary setbacks, generally of a less disastrous nature.

Constantin Films, the company, which produced the 2004 movie, is starting its campaign to affirm its exclusive rights to the matter and demand that the parodies should be removed.

One of the first lampoons entailed the surly Nazi leader being given the typed-up football effects and discovering that Sheffield United has been demoted. "Now we will have to live with this injustice", the Führer seethes.

Other versions have the German actor, Bruno Ganz, fuming at the news that Oasis is separating, that Usain Bolt has broken the 100 meter record, or on being prohibited from playing his Xbox Live.

This is not the first time that the German film company has tried to put a stop to viral videos producing sequels across the web. Earlier this year, it was calculated that there were 68 diverse versions posted on YouTube and other platforms.

"Until recently, Hitler was demonized and portrayed not as a human being but as the devil himself", commented Daniel Erk, a German critic.