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A traumatized young man, abused by his father, imagines himself as Adolf Hitler when dreaming of revenge. Schlingensief released this film, which follows no linear narrative structure, at a moment when right-leaning German intellectuals argued for a coming to terms of the country’s relation with its Nazi past. Schlingensief disagreed. (MoMA)

Top Cast

  • Anna Fechter

    Anna Fechter

    Großmutter Anna

  • Reinald Schnell

    Reinald Schnell

    Großvater Ludwig

  • Helge Schneider

    Helge Schneider

    Joe

  • Sergej Gleithmann

    Sergej Gleithmann

    Evi

  • Dietrich Kuhlbrodt

    Dietrich Kuhlbrodt

    Nazi-Offizier De Pen

  • Thirza Bruncken

    Thirza Bruncken

    Krankenpflegerin

  • Alfred Edel

    Alfred Edel

    Cuca

  • Wolfgang Schulte

    Wolfgang Schulte

    Ledertyp

  • Joe Bausch

    Joe Bausch

    Joes Vater

Overview

A traumatized young man, abused by his father, imagines himself as Adolf Hitler when dreaming of revenge. Schlingensief released this film, which follows no linear narrative structure, at a moment when right-leaning German intellectuals argued for a coming to terms of the country’s relation with its Nazi past. Schlingensief disagreed. (MoMA)

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