Summaries

In 1938 Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have a love/hate relationship with their Jewish neighbors in this bizarre spoof of 1950s American sitcoms.

In 1938, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun live next door to Jewish couple Arny and Rosa Goldenstein in a spoof of mid-20th century American sitcoms which is driven by Hitler's inability to get along with his neighbors. The first episode opens with a caption card explaining the fictional back-story: it supposedly comprises the rediscovered "lost tapes" of an abandoned, never-aired American sitcom created by "Brandon Thalburg Jnr". Hitler and Braun have little in common with their historical counterparts, acting more like a stock sitcom husband and wife; Hitler, for example, appears in a golf sweater and cravat as well as military garb. The series is a spoof, not of the Third Reich, but of the sort of sitcoms produced in the United States between the 1950s and 1970s "that would embrace any idea, no matter how stupid." In this spirit, the title, plot, and dialogue are deliberately vapid and corny, and the characters have New York accents, and every time they appear on set they are wildly applauded.

Details

Keywords
  • reference to adolf hitler
  • parody comedy
  • controversy
  • crude humor comedy
  • sitcom comedy
Genres
  • Comedy
  • History
  • War
Release date Sep 29, 1990
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production companies Noel Gay Television

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Tech specs

Runtime 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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