The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 4 nominations total
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
- Schuhback
- (as Hans Joachim Hegewald)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe title is a reference to The Great Dictator (1940).
- GoofsWhen Freya von Hepp hands Hermann Willié Göring's bathrobe and offers him to try it on, Willié's answer doesn't match his almost motionless lips.
- Quotes
Fritz Knobel: [writing Hitler's diary] The superhuman effords of the last days create flatulences in the intestinal and Eva says, I have bad breath.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993)
- SoundtracksPrologue 1st Act from Lohengrin
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by the London Philharmonia (as the New Philharmonic Orchestra London)
Direction by Alfred Scholz
Courtesy of Selected Sound Musikverlag
Featured review
A Wonderful Farce About Real Incidents
I was a kid when this incident happened. I still know the turmoils when the Stern magazine reported about the Hitler diaries, which were faked by the forger Konrad Kujau (in the movie: Fritz Knobel). The Stern Magazine payed 9,3 million Deutsche Mark for the faked diaries and made a big repotage, which short after turned out to be a canard, careless enquiered. The journalist who pushed the story was to fixated to his career to better check the authenticity of the diaries. So this is a movie about a real incident that happened nearly like the movie describes it. (1983 we didn't have the Euro as currency; 1 Euro was 1,95 Deutsche Mark).
'Schtonk!' shows how the incident happened, but also shows it a little overdrawn in a naive and sober way of storytelling. On the other hand the acting is very good, the production used some of the best German actors. I like the red line that goes through the storry, which is easy to follow. I like the increasing escallation of the story, step by step. It's a clear recommendation for people who want to know about that incident and also for people who like good press stories. This one is authentic.
'Schtonk!' shows how the incident happened, but also shows it a little overdrawn in a naive and sober way of storytelling. On the other hand the acting is very good, the production used some of the best German actors. I like the red line that goes through the storry, which is easy to follow. I like the increasing escallation of the story, step by step. It's a clear recommendation for people who want to know about that incident and also for people who like good press stories. This one is authentic.
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- Breumaster
- Feb 16, 2020
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- Budget
- DEM 16,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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