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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Dalya Alberge

Hitler film made in Slovakia as Germany resists production of Nazi dramas

Fritz Karl plays Adolf Hitler in the soon-to-be released Führer and Demagogue.
Fritz Karl plays Adolf Hitler in the soon-to-be released Führer and Demagogue. Photograph: Zeitsprung Pictures/Südwestrundfunk

The German filmmakers behind a forthcoming major feature film about Hitler had to shoot it in secret, due to “resistance” in Germany against dramas “in which Hitler takes centre-stage for fear that the audience will start identifying with the protagonist”, according to its historical adviser.

The film, titled Führer und Verführer (Führer and Demagogue), was turned down for public funding in Germany and was made instead in Bratislava.

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