Hitler: A man for our time.... or for any time.... or a nightmare
The satirical German comedy 'Look Who's Back' hit so many nails on the head that I find my head still spinning long after watching it. The feature-length movie includes documentary-style shots and unrehearsed scenes with ordinary passersby. Showing Hitler on screen is one thing, showing him as a man of the moment who finds many modern Germans agreeing with his views and ideas, that is new in the German experience. Not too long ago such matter-of-fact in-your-face honest film making that shakes the very core of German society, its identity and values, showing real Germans voicing agreement with the ideas of a 125-year-old Hitler, would have been unthinkable. How can this be true, after all Germany is considered one of the main support pillars holding up the whole edifice of the EU, a beacon for democracy and the highest human values. This movie represents a watershed moment for a nation that for 70 years has had to look long and hard into the mirror of its own past and