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

Half a comedy

As I heard, that there will be a new comedy about the king of villains, I was positively surprised. In Addition to that, Helge Schneider, a discussable but in my eyes brilliant comedian was chosen to play the "Führer". Unfortunately, I had to recognize, that this movie was not, what I had in mind. Instead of creating an outstanding satire about the history of Germany and its development in our minds, they just couldn't manage to cross the border of moral standards founded in our own history school lessons. Not able to make real fun out of it, it seems that they just shot another movie to strengthen old-fashioned prejudices and long lasting jokes about the misuse of the word "Heil", at which has been laughed for about nearly 60 years now. Concerning these redundant lacks in satire, it is necessary to warn especially German viewers: it's not really funny, believe me !