German Film Series - Spring 2009: POST-REUNIFICATION REPRESENTATIONS OF NAZISM IN GERMAN CINEMA

Made by Swiss-Jewish director Dani Levy (Go For Zucker), this film created great controversy in Germany due to its attempt to make fun of Adolf Hitler. In the last year of the war, Hitler (German comedian Helge Schneider) is a nervous wreck. Incapable of mustering the energy known from his prewar speeches for his public appearances, Goebbels gets the Jewish drama teacher Professor Gruenbaum (Ulrich Mühe) released from Sachsenhausen concentration camp in order to coach Hitler…