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Overview: A provocative and ironic pamphleteering documentary about the making of Christoph Schlingensief’s Nazi-'Hamlet’ (2001). Both a media event and a form of political action Schlingensief let ex-neo-Nazis play themselves. His provocation in so-called Nazi-free Switzerland was not appreciated and when he added fuel to the flames by calling for the local political party SVP to be banned, his media offensive made front-page news far beyond Switzerland.

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
media
power
identity
art
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	5
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Peter Kern
Written by: Christoph Schlingensief, Peter Kern
Starring: Christoph Schlingensief, Bibiana Beglau, Irm Hermann, Sebastian Rudolph
Runtime: 81 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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