My Führer

My Führer

My Führer

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My Führer

2007

1h 29m

5.6(116 votes)

War

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to create one of his famous fiery speeches to mobilize the masses. Goebbels therefore brings a Jewish acting teacher Grünbaum and his family from the camps in order to train the leader in rhetoric. Grünbaum is torn, but starts Hitler in his therapy ...

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Helge Schneider

Helge Schneider

Adolf Hitler

Ulrich Mühe

Ulrich Mühe

Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum

Sylvester Groth

Sylvester Groth

Joseph Goebbels

Adriana Altaras

Adriana Altaras

Elsa Grünbaum

Stefan Kurt

Stefan Kurt

Albert Speer

Ulrich Noethen

Ulrich Noethen

Heinrich Himmler

Lambert Hamel

Lambert Hamel

Obergruppenführer Rattenhuber

Udo Kroschwald

Udo Kroschwald

Martin Bormann

Torsten Michaelis

Torsten Michaelis

SS-Mann Moltke

Victor Schefé

Rottenführer Puffke

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Directed by: Dani Levy
Produced by: Stefan Arndt

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