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Director's Statement
The book is a tightrope walk, because the main figure is Adolf Hitler. Moreover, he is depicted not as a caricature or a buffoon, but authentic and at the same time different from what we expect. He finds good Turks, likes the Green Party, and cannot relate to the far-right party NPD. He is enthusiastic about Wikipedia and complains about the lousy evening program on TV. As readers we catch ourselves agreeing with him in many ways.
There are moments when we laugh at him and some in which we laugh with him. The question, of whether it is allowed to laugh at Hitler, has been answered with “yes” since Chaplin’s THE GREAT DICTATOR. Nevertheless, it is not a free-ride. Hitler remains a delicate figure. Sometimes you don’t know if you should laugh or cry.
For me, the book is not about Hitler’s psychograph, but about society, about contemporary Germany and about us. Would it be possible for Hitler to rise nowadays again?
LOOK WHO'S BACK shows us our reflection in the mirror. Hitler becomes a catalyst who lets us learn something about ourselves. Racial hatred, anti-Semitism, democracy sullenness are on the rise. Not in the fictional world of the book, but in reality. Hitler’s crude theories, his world view and the simple answers he would give could meet with many people's approval. LOOK WHO'S BACK puts the finger on this wound. This is why the protagonist interacts with normal people. Thesescenes are recorded documentary, to show the reality beside the fiction.