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 ...
Helge Schneider
Adolf Hitler
Ulrich Mühe
Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
Sylvester Groth
Joseph Goebbels
Adriana Altaras
Elsa Grünbaum
Stefan Kurt
Albert Speer
Ulrich Noethen
Heinrich Himmler
Lambert Hamel
Obergruppenführer Rattenhuber
Udo Kroschwald
Martin Bormann
Torsten Michaelis
SS-Mann Moltke
Victor Schefé
Rottenführer Puffke
My Führer is a war, comedy, drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of berlin, germany, nazi, propaganda, concentration camp, world war ii, attempted murder. Directed by Dani Levy, it stars Helge Schneider, Ulrich Mühe, Sylvester Groth. 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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