A comedy styled as a documentary about the rise of Adolf Hitler as well as the story of two brothers, one a magician and Nazi, the other an anarchist anti Nazi...
Acting
Celentano plays twins with zero subtlety, maximum commitment
Direction
Franco & Ciccio's relentless sketch-comedy pacing
Costume
Hitler looks like he raided a discount costume shop
Director
Pipolo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's bizarre 1970s trend of Nazi comedies (also see 'The Last Snows of Spring'), reflecting unresolved national guilt through grotesque humor.
Adriano Celentano was already Italy's biggest rock star; this was his attempt at Chaplin-level political satire. Critics called it 'The Great Dictator for people who hate subtlety.'
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