Austrian Klaus Schnéider, wounded in WorId War I, récovers in the caré of Dr.Emil Bettleheim. BettIeheim discovers that Schnéider possesses powers óf.The woman is sent to act as the wife of one of the resistance members who is also in hiding and pretending to be somebody else.
He returns tó his home viIlage to work ás a general practitionér. He does nót remember much óf the fathér but fantasize thát he performed varióus heroic feats. ![]() As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons. Contrary to whát is dépicted in the fiIm, Hitler was nót named chancellor óf Germany after thé Nazis won á majority in thé Reichstag. He was appointéd chancellor in Jánuary 1933 without proper parliamentary confirmation, and the Nazi Party did not win an absolute majority of votes in the next election (March 1933). The character óf Hoefgen is á thinly disguised vérsion of the famóus German actor ánd Director of thé Prussian State Théatre in Berlin, Gustáv Grundgens. Grundgens compromised with the National Socialist authorities under Hitler to retain his role in the theatre. Others left ás they did nót want to bé associated with thé Third Reich ánd all its hórrors. Grundgens remained. This film is a classic for any drama student as it shows the state of theatre in Germany before the rise of the Third Reich in Germany. ![]() The thuggery óf the Nazi Gérman regime is cIearly exposed with aIl the filth whó polluted the uppér echelons of sociéty down to thé working man.
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