Laughing With Hitler

Overview

"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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 29, 2006

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

NDR,Brümmer & Herzog Filmproduktion,BBC Four,Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction

Cast

Volker Michalowski,Hubertus Bengsch,Klaus Stiglmeier

Director

Rudolph Herzog

Cinematography

Henning Brümmer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0826734