"Captain Berlin versus Hitler" is a relatively short German full feature film from 2009, so this one will have its 10th anniversary 2 years from now. The writer and director of this 75-minute movie is Jörg Buttgereit and for him it is a return back to the roots because one of his very early short films back when he was 20 or so also included Captain America. Actually, this one here is not really a movie and the only reason you could call it like that is that it was released on DVD I guess. It is actually a stage play from start to finish and you can clearly hear the audience's reactions on many occasions. Buttgereit does not play Captain Berlin himself like back in the early 1980s. Instead, Jürg Plüss does and Buttgereit is really just the man in charge behind the camera and stage. It is certainly not unexpected that the cast does not include any big names because Buttgereit never had famous actors in his many many works, including the most known ones like the Nekromantik duology. Instead it is all about gore and violence, frequently with an ounce of sexuality frequently too. So this one here is also an exception to the rule as there are more comedic situations in here with fantasy and history coming next. The way Hitler is depicted here is really all entertainment from start to finish and also his female Mengele as well as Dracula do not really aim at being taken seriously. All in all, this is probably much more entertaining to be seen live on stage than on the screen, where also all the weirdness is transmitted only partially successful. But it is still better than some other Buttgereit stuff I have seen, but the reason is not this one being particularly great, but the other stuff being very bad. I give "Captain Berlin versus Hitler" a thumbs-down. Not recommended.
Captain Berlin versus Hitler
(2009)
On par with the very old Captain Berlin film, nothing convincing
1 August 2017
Warning: Spoilers