The image above depicts Adolph Hitler learning to use a personal computer. It’s taken from a scene in the German movie with English subtitles called “Guess Who’s Back?” It’s quite brilliant and available on Netflix. Here’s the premise: Hitler is resurrected from the site of his 1945 bunker into modern day Berlin. He is none the worse for wear although initially disoriented. People immediately recognize him as the Fuhrer but, of course, think it’s a joke. Seeing him on the street many offer a campy Nazi salute, slow to realize he is the real thing. Hitler has lost none of his slyness and quickly sees how he can advance his agenda with the aid of modern technology. He becomes a media sensation, at first evoking gales of laughter on German television but very soon having many people nodding their heads and thinking, “hmm, this man makes some good points.” Resurrected Hitler identifies the refugee crisis as the key to his success. “I can work with this,” he says.
This is a film which is both very funny and very scary: the idea of a buffoon coming to power, someone no one took seriously initially, who taps into a general undefined dissatisfaction in the electorate—it seems very current and adds yet another layer of insight to the amazing goings-on south of the border.
But please don’t get complacent; it can happen anywhere, folks.
This is a film which is both very funny and very scary: the idea of a buffoon coming to power, someone no one took seriously initially, who taps into a general undefined dissatisfaction in the electorate—it seems very current and adds yet another layer of insight to the amazing goings-on south of the border.
But please don’t get complacent; it can happen anywhere, folks.
