What if? Adolf Hitler wakes up in present-day Berlin? This question is Timur Vermes in his bestseller “He’s back,” followed. On Thursday, the film adaptation of the satire directed by David Wnendt hits theaters. And the first time was faced with the challenge: How do you get 400 pages, which are written in the first-person form, to the big screen? Wnendt had his own idea …
The Story
As in the book template wakes up Hitler (Oliver Masucci) in Berlin today, is powered by a kiosk owner (Lars Rudolph) added and finally discovered for television – as an alleged comedian. Using the editor Fabian Sawatzki (Fabian Busch) and the program chief of a private radio station, Katja Bellini (Katja Riemann), he is a celebrated TV and Youtube star. However sawed Christoph Sense Brink (Christoph Maria Herbst) powerfully at Bellini chair – and wants to use the politically not quite correct Comedian Hitler to get rid of …
In addition comes in the film but to wear Wnendts idea Hitler to send to the public and to merge these documentary elements with the fictional story. At the beginning of the film thus makes the straight-fired editor Sawatzki with his discovery of Hitler on a road trip through Germany to collect material that he may submit his boss to his job back. And what would happen if a Hitler look-alike shows up? The result was comical, but also quite disturbing encounters …
Masucci alias Hitler goes into the film in the partly improvised and partly provided documentary-like scenes with politicians, dog breeders, takeaways employees … And lets people talk. Whether what is going to see and hear, really reflects the German society, is an open question. “Many people have been looking forward properly, to see Hitler,” says David Wnendt. “It was as if they had encountered a pop star. And although she knew very well that this can not be the real Hitler, they have accepted him and opened against him “and executive producer Oliver Berben says:”. We wanted to make a film that holds our society in an entertaining way a mirror. “
The Cast
Many fans of the audio book of” He’s back, “ 
Christoph Maria Herbst as power maniacs Television People Sense Brink there are yet to be seen. An important role also received Fabian Busch, who must shine as hapless television editor. In addition to some famous Youtube-Stars also Jörg Thadeusz and frank plasberg have in the strip appearances – greet Hitler in their talk shows.
A balancing act
If the strip which does really well maybe – And at Plasberg the film also takes a whole new twist … Not only here puts the director of the book original from. the crucial question: Is it possible to laugh about Hitler? “It is important that you do not do in the film about Hitler’s deeds or his victims funny. But to laugh at the person Adolf Hitler, I think basically correct, “says the film’s director. The matter also goes well because the audience as planned laughter “sticks in the throat” often. The film manages to then also especially towards the end, to create a contemplative mood.
“There is this beautiful award,” says producer Christoph Müller, “if you want to overcome Hitler, you have to dare, to laugh at him. So far, the witty, anarchic and polarizing satires about Hitler came only from abroad. But our generation is now ready to show Europe and the world, that such films may also arise in Germany. “As the strip arrives in Germany, the filmmakers will see first time on Thursday.
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