Hitler: The Comedy Years

May 10, 2007

0h 48m

★ 5.0

Overview

A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

World of Wonder

Channel 4 Television

Hitler: The Comedy Years Trailers

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Cast

Self

Neil McCaul

Self

Guy Siner

Self

Richard Gibson

Arthur (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arthur Askey

Norman Stanley Fletcher (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ronnie Barker

Joe Walker (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Beck

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Boris Becker

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Neville Chamberlain

Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mel Brooks

Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin

Joachim von Ribbentrop (archive footage) (uncredited)

Graham Chapman

Adolf Hitler / Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Cleese

Josef Ganz, editor of trade journal Motor-Kritik, amazed Germany by appearing in a revolutionary tiny car in 1932. It was his dream: a people's car anyone can afford. The idea made its way to new Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler. But in Hitler's dream there was no place for Jewish inventor Ganz. This is the story of the man whose designs led to the invention of the Volkswagen Beetle, and who ultimately lost everything. In the film, Ganz's relatives and admirers bring his lost heritage back to life.

6.4

Hitler's Hollywood

Feb 23, 2017

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015.)

6.1

The Case of Bruno Lüdke

Feb 17, 2021

The incredible story of Bruno Lüdke (1908-44), the alleged worst mass murderer in German criminal history; or actually, a story of forged files and fake news that takes place during the darkest years of the Third Reich, when the principles of criminal justice, subjected to the yoke of a totalitarian system that is beginning to collapse, mean absolutely nothing.

7.5

Mein Kampf

Apr 24, 1960

Using exclusively archival footage, Erwin Leiser traces the rise and collapse of the Third Reich, from Adolf Hitler’s early years to the devastation of Europe and his suicide in 1945. The film draws heavily on material produced and preserved by the Nazi propaganda apparatus to confront the mechanisms, imagery, and consequences of totalitarian power.

7.0

Holy Silence

Jan 21, 2020

As World War II looms, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evils of Nazism and anti-Semitism. But death intervenes, and Pope Pius XII now carries out a very different response to Hitler and the Holocaust.

10.0

The Crucible

Jan 10, 2002

Canada: A People's History - Episode 14: 1940 to 1946 CE. Canada comes of age in the anguish of World War II, with soldiers on the beaches at Dieppe and women in the industrial work force back home. The country's military role, and the domestic, social and political consequences of the war are traced through poignant stories of Canadians on both sides of the Atlantic. The horrific global conflict steals the innocence of a generation... but brings hope for a new future.

0.0

Hitler Stole My Ideas

Jan 1, 1994

Using archive film material never seen before, Hollywood veteran Leon Askin portrays Adolf Lanz (1874-1954), the man who gave Hitler his ideas.

0.0

Hitler's Religion

Jan 1, 1995

Explores the influence of propaganda on religion during Hitler's reign as well as his representation as the new Messiah.

6.2

Operation Valkyrie: The Stauffenberg Plot to Kill Hitler

Nov 4, 2008

July, 1944. As WWII raged on, a group of conspirators, led by Claus von Stauffenberg, plotted to assassinate Hitler and end his reign of terror. Using rare color footage, painstakingly recreated dramatizations, detailed CG reconstructions and exclusive interviews with leading historians, this thrilling documentary presents the definitive record of what happened before, during and after these pivotal events.

0.0

Hitler's Germany in Color

Apr 1, 2004

This documentary is showing Nazi Germany in color. The original and unique color images are portraying the war and German life of the time. You will see the Nazis at work but also in their private situations. All film images are original and fully restored color recordings.

7.0

Hitler's Evil Science

May 25, 2019

In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history to legitimize a hideous system and was an accomplice to its unspeakable crimes. The story of the Ahnenerbe, a sinister organization created to rewrite the obscure origins of a nation.

7.0

Søren Kam: Nazisten, der aldrig fortrød

Apr 12, 2017

No overview available.

8.0

June 1940, the Great Chaos

Jun 14, 2010

From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the country folds, and then collapsed in facing the attack of the Nazi Germany. On June 1940, each day is a tragedy. For the first time, thanks to historic revelations, and to numerous never seen before images and documents and reenacted situations of the time, this film recounts the incredible stories of those men and women trapped in the torment of this great chaos.

0.0

21 rue la Boétie

Mar 12, 2017

No overview available.

0.0

KinderblocK - L’ultimo inganno

Feb 2, 2020

No overview available.

6.8

Don't Be a Sucker!

Jul 4, 1943

Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States. The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the United States armed forces.

0.0

Osteuropa zwischen Hitler und Stalin - Das große Sterben

Jun 10, 2025

Between 1930 and 1945, Eastern Europe experienced mass violence on an unprecedented scale. Hitler and Stalin exploited the vast region for their respective expansionist plans. It is estimated that around 14 million civilians were murdered—primarily Jews, Poles, Balts, Belarusians, and Ukrainians.

8.5

Belgique nazie

Dec 10, 2021

No overview available.

6.6

Adolf Island

Jun 23, 2019

Caroline Sturdy Colls, a world leader in the forensic investigation of Nazi crime scenes, is chasing clues to an unsolved case: a concentration camp that existed on the British island of Alderney. Witnesses and survivors claimed that thousands died there, but only 389 bodies have ever been found. Under heavy restrictions imposed by the local government, which may not want its buried secrets revealed, Colls must uncover the truth using revolutionary techniques and technologies.

7.9

Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy

Feb 2, 2021

How did Nazi Germany, from limited natural resources, mass unemployment, little money and a damaged industry, manage to unfurl the cataclysm of World War Two and come to occupy a large part of the European continent? Based on recent historical works of and interviews with Adam Tooze, Richard Overy, Frank Bajohr and Marie-Bénédicte Vincent, and drawing on rare archival material.