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)

it's not funny and has nothing to do with reality

This is really an awful movie. The director, who also wrote the script, Dani Levy did a incredibly stupid job. I still wonder how he god money from German fonds for this script. I think in general, that he is overrated ("Alles auf Zucker" is anything but interesting or funny) but this is even though a huge disappointment. First of all the plot is far from any reality. There never was any Jew who had to help Hitler overcome his depressions. Also Hitler was not observed by Goebbels and Co. He also never wanted to flee. His hole character is wrong. This Hitler is just not the real Hitler. This film gives the impression of a nice Hitler who was not responsible for anything. Just a poor guy in a bad situation. That Helge Schneider said in public that this movie is not good, says everything.

What I don't get is the lack of ideas in this film. The Nazis and the second world war give plenty of possibilities to make funny scenes of it. Levi must be a very unintelligent and uninterested person.

Also the camera work is really bad.