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Munich, 1918. German-Jew Max Rothman has returned to much of his pre-war life which includes to his wife Nina and their two children, to his mistress Liselore von Peltz, and to his work as an art dealer. He has however not returned to being an aspiring painter as he lost his dominant right arm during the war. He is approached by an aspiring painter, a thirty-year old Austrian war veteran named , who wants him to show his works. Although he doesnt think the paintings are all that original and he doesnt really like Hitler as a person, Rothman takes Hitler under his wings if only because of their camaraderie of being war veterans, and knowing that Hitler had nothing and no one to come back to after the war unlike himself. Rothman believes that Hitler has promise if only he can find his original artistic point of view. In part out of need for money, Hitler, on the urging of Captain Karl Mayr, agrees to work for the army as a political spokesman in anti-Semitic propaganda. Slowly, Hitlers view becomes a holistic one of a new world, where he begins to meld his art and politics. Rothman becomes excited about Hitlers artistic viewpoint, despite its anti-Semitic bent. The question becomes if the sentiments behind the view will take over its artistic merit.
A Jewish art dealer, who lost an arm during World War I befriends a young art student named Adolf Hitler, encouraging his artistic aspirations. However, the bitter and penniless Hitler is torn between his artistic desires and the increasing influence politics begins to play in his life.
John Cusack
Max Rothman
Noah Taylor
Adolf Hitler
Leelee Sobieski
Liselore von Peltz
Molly Parker
Nina Rothman
Ulrich Thomsen
Captain Mayr
David Horovitch
Max's Father
Janet Suzman
Max's Mother
András Stohl
NCO
John Grillo
Nina's Father
Anna Nygh
Nina's Mother
Krisztián Kolovratnik
Nina's Brother
Peter Capaldi
David Cohn
Yuliya Vysotskaya
Hildegard
János Kulka
Mr. Epp
Kata Pálfi
Mrs. Epp
Kevin McKidd
George Grosz
Heather Cameron-McLintock
Ada Rothman
Joel Pitts
Paul Rothman
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