My Führer (2007)
"Mein Führer - Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler" (original title)

Director:

Dani Levy

Writer:

Dani Levy

Stars:

Helge Schneider, Ulrich Mühe, Sylvester Groth

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Helge Schneider	...	Adolf Hitler
Ulrich Mühe	...	Adolf Grünbaum
Sylvester Groth	...	Joseph Goebbels
Adriana Altaras	...	Elsa Grünbaum
Stefan Kurt	...	Albert Speer
Ulrich Noethen	...	Heinrich Himmler
Lambert Hamel	...	Obergruppenführer Rattenhuber
Udo Kroschwald	...	Martin Bormann
Torsten Michaelis	...	SS-Wachmann Moltke
Axel Werner	...	Erich Kempka
Victor Schefé	...	Rottenführer Puffke
Lars Rudolph	...	Kammerdiener Heinz Linge
Wolfgang Becker	...	KZ-Kommandant Banner
Bernd Stegemann	...	Dr. Morell
Shawn Karlborg	...	Adam Grünbaum

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

dark comedy | berlin germany | nazi germany | speech | german shepherd | 

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Taglines:

The bastard love child of Chaplin's Great Dictator & Mel Brooks' The Producers

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [de] Official site [fr]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German Hebrew Yiddish

Release Date:

11 January 2007 (Germany)

Also Known As:

My Führer

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

€1,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,197 (USA) (14 August 2009)

Gross:

$2,388 (USA) (4 September 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arte, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White (archive footage) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Klaus Maria Brandauer was considered for the role of Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum.

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Connections

References Kolberg (1945)

User Reviews

More squirming than laughing in this misguided comedy

The movie poster and description might lead you to believe that this was a joke-a-minute "Springtime for Hitler" comedy. But it's not. It's really more like the Nazi version of "The King's Speech," with a supposedly famed Jewish actor being forced to help Hitler make a key speech in Berlin late in the war.

I suppose there might have been a way to make this succeed as a drama, but the creators chose to go the comedy route, and there are far too many squirm-inducing scenes of questionable taste for it to be genuinely funny. I will admit that there are some humorous bits: Hitler playing with a battleship in the tub, Hitler singing a love song while accompanying himself on the Hammond organ, Hitler giving a speech in a "borrowed" mustache; but they don't make up for the "jokes" about gas chambers, "dirty Jews," etc. The writer also seems to think that watching guys say "Heil Hitler" is funny in itself. There are poignant moments involving the Jewish actor's family, and one especially good scene in which he talks on the phone to a friend who's in a concentration camp. But then we jump back to more tasteless humor.

The climactic scene has some funny lines, but the way it plays out throws a bucket of cold water on the entire project. Don't watch this if you are expecting a light comedy, or even a well-made dark comedy. If you want to laugh at Nazis, watch Mel Brooks.