Laughing With Hitler

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MOVIE

Laughing With Hitler

"Laughing with Hitler" is a journey into a supposedly humorless time. In the Third Reich, however, the Führer and his Nazi bigwigs were laughed at. The political jokes of the Hitler years were a barometer of true public opinion. But those who dared to make jokes critical of the regime lived dangerously. In the early Nazi era, Hitler jokes were punished as "insidious", during the war even as "undermining of military strength" and the penalty was the death penalty! The conflict with the Nazi authorities ended more mildly for other pranksters: the cheeky cabaret artist Werner Finck was deported to a concentration camp, but was released again.

Original Title

Heil Hitler, das Schwein ist tot! - Humor unterm Hakenkreuz

Release Date

2006-08-29

Year

2006

Duration

59m

Status

Released

Score

6.50

Cast

Hubertus Bengsch

Hubertus Bengsch

Narrator (German)

Volker Michalowski

Volker Michalowski

Hitler

Klaus Stiglmeier

Klaus Stiglmeier

Göring