"Filmaker Rudolph Herzog succeeds in putting across the full drama of this daring adventure [...] In the stillness of one's sitting-room, one is nothing short of amazed - and how often is one truly astonished in front of the television?"
BERLINER ZEITUNG

"intrguing...[a] fascinating study of jokes during the Third Reich...raises compelling questions"
-THE SUNDAY TIMES

"Filmaker Rudolph Herzog succeeds in putting across the full drama of this daring adventure [...] In the stillness of one's sitting-room, one is nothing short of amazed - and how often is one truly astonished in front of the television?"
BERLINER ZEITUNG

a symphony of pristine images
Film of the Year.
-TIME