Mein Führer - Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler (2007)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Dani Levy

Writer:

Dani Levy (written by)

Release Date:

August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot Keywords:

Paul Joseph Goebbels | Dog | Assassination Attempt | Plot To Kill Hitler | Speech

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Helge Schneider	...	Adolf Hitler
Ulrich Mühe	...	Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
Sylvester Groth	...	Dr. 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

Also Known As:

Mein Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler (International: English title)
My Fuhrer (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:89 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | Hebrew | Yiddish

Color:

Color | Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Arte

Trivia:

Ulrich Noethen also played Heinrich Himmler in Der Untergang (2004).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Making of 'Mein Führer' (2007) (TV)

Poor Helge

Surprisingly, a lot of controversy has started around it in Germany. Many Jewish NGOs and notable persons like Marcel Reich-Ranicki criticize this movie, saying that making a Hitler-Satire offends the memory of all those lives murdered in WWII. They say, this movie ridicules Hitler's evil and therefore makes him human (Err, what else was he? Elephant?) PC-drivel. I couldn't care less.

The problem with this comedy is, it is not funny. Levy was obviously concerned about exactly these reactions and therefore included a morality play about Gruenbaum's attitude and difficulties. This in itself is a bad idea, but it sinks this wreck of a movie even faster by being overemphasized with no end.

To make a biting satire about Hitler, you have to go all the way like "To be or not to Be" did. If you're not the man to do it, don't try.

Awful, boring, not funny, hypocritical, totally irrelevant and definitely not recommended. I am not a friend of Helge's surreal antics, but he didn't deserve to sink in this tripe.