Happy 70th to "The Voice," a legendary stage presence in Germany best known to international audiences as Cassiel in Wings of Desire and Kapitänleutnant Philipp Thomsen in Das Boot. Tributes in the German papers: Irene Bazinger (Berliner Zeitung), Hilmar Klute (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Gerhard Stadelmaier (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) and Peter von Becker (Tagesspiegel). And Peter Zander talks with Sander for Die Welt.
- 6/30/2011
- MUBI
COLOGNE, Germany -- Dani Levy's comedy "Mein Fuehrer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler" is stirring up controversy in Germany ahead of its Thursday release, but not in the way the director or observers expected.
Instead of sparking outrage and uproar, most critics have greeted the "first German comedy about Hitler" with a yawn and a shrug.
"What you can reproach Levy for is not for making a comedy about Hitler," Peter Zander wrote in national daily Die Welt, "but for making such a half-hearted one. ... 'Mein Fuehrer' is -- maybe the worst thing one can say about a comedy -- too harmless."
Christoph Petersen, in his review posted at filmstarts.de, said: "Every single Hitler gag is proudly cemented in intellect, every satirical charge against the Third Reich secured with several safety nets. In the end, cowardice is victorious, and there's a good chance that the majority of the audience will have dozed off in boredom before the final speech."
Oddly, the film's harshest critic is its star, German comic Helge Schneider, who plays Hitler.
Instead of sparking outrage and uproar, most critics have greeted the "first German comedy about Hitler" with a yawn and a shrug.
"What you can reproach Levy for is not for making a comedy about Hitler," Peter Zander wrote in national daily Die Welt, "but for making such a half-hearted one. ... 'Mein Fuehrer' is -- maybe the worst thing one can say about a comedy -- too harmless."
Christoph Petersen, in his review posted at filmstarts.de, said: "Every single Hitler gag is proudly cemented in intellect, every satirical charge against the Third Reich secured with several safety nets. In the end, cowardice is victorious, and there's a good chance that the majority of the audience will have dozed off in boredom before the final speech."
Oddly, the film's harshest critic is its star, German comic Helge Schneider, who plays Hitler.
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