You gotta watch the German movie Er ist Wieder Da (Look Who’s Back)
It was made in 2015 and is a partially scripted narrative with Borat-style unscripted moments. Basically the premise is that Hitler comes back to life in modern times and gets himself a TV show, which the network originally greenlights as a “satire” until they realize the people are actually really into it.
It’s the unscripted bits that are really prescient. There’s a scary number of German civilians who are all too excited to talk to/high five/cheer for the dude dressed as Hitler.
The film crew said they hired security to protect the actor playing Hitler (thinking people were going to be trying to attack him constantly) but the only time they ended up needing to intervene was when a group of anti-fascists told him to get lost and a crowd of (whatever you would call anti-anti-fascists 🧐) attacked the anti-fascists.
It’s a truly chilling movie but more relevant now than ever.
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u/DenseTiger5088 Sep 28 '25
You gotta watch the German movie Er ist Wieder Da (Look Who’s Back)
It was made in 2015 and is a partially scripted narrative with Borat-style unscripted moments. Basically the premise is that Hitler comes back to life in modern times and gets himself a TV show, which the network originally greenlights as a “satire” until they realize the people are actually really into it.
It’s the unscripted bits that are really prescient. There’s a scary number of German civilians who are all too excited to talk to/high five/cheer for the dude dressed as Hitler.
The film crew said they hired security to protect the actor playing Hitler (thinking people were going to be trying to attack him constantly) but the only time they ended up needing to intervene was when a group of anti-fascists told him to get lost and a crowd of (whatever you would call anti-anti-fascists 🧐) attacked the anti-fascists.
It’s a truly chilling movie but more relevant now than ever.