The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
A traumatized young man, abused by his father, imagines himself as Adolf Hitler when dreaming of revenge. Schlingensief released this film, which follows no linear narrative structure, at a moment when right-leaning German intellectuals argued for a coming to terms of the country’s relation with its Nazi past. Schlingensief disagreed. (MoMA)
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Christoph SchlingensiefDirector
- Christoph SchlingensiefScreenplay
- Helge SchneiderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anna FechterGroßmutter Anna
- Reinald SchnellGroßvater Ludwig
- Helge SchneiderJoe
- Sergej GleithmannEvi
- Dietrich KuhlbrodtNazi-Offizier De Pen
- Thirza BrunckenKrankenpflegerin
- Alfred EdelCuca
- Wolfgang SchulteLedertyp
- Joe BauschJoes Vater
- Annette BleckmannJoes Mutter