Mein Kampf

A darkly comic chamber piece that turns the banality of evil into uneasy laughter, watching history's monster as a pathetic, petulant young man.

Directed by

Urs Odermatt

Genres

Drama, Comedy

Starring

Götz George, Tom Schilling, Anna Unterberger

Tagline

The never before shown truth of Hitler's Reich!

Overview

The young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. He befriends the Jew Schlomo Herzl working on a novel with the title "Mein Kampf". Hitler is rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Herzl's concern for the sad young man continues, and leads him to a new career with disastrous consequences for world history.

How it feels

Satirical, dark, absurd and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Art, identity, obsession, power

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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