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A Hauntingly Humorous Tale
This is not your typical Holocaust film, not even in the post-life is beautiful-days. The plot, which is highly unusual, focuses on an ex-Nazi police comissioner who's being haunted by a Jewish comedienne he executed during the war. The policeman is trying to solve a series of sex crimes occuring, while those around him think he's going mad. Undeniably funny, heart-wrenching and thought provoking, this movie deserves to be shaken out of the dusty corners of obscurity and proudly shelved next to Shindler's List, Sophie's Choice and Life is Beautiful.

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If You Like Dark Comedy...
The first scene of this movie tells you right away that this is no "docu-drama" about the Holocaust. If you enjoy dark or bleak humor, this is the film for you. Robert Lindsay and Anthony Sher are brilliant (what else would you expect?), and the plot is a nice change from the usual subject matter. I greatly enjoyed it.

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Not your Schindler's List kind of picture.
This film makes its point with humor, which may seem bizarre when the topic is the Holocaust, but this picaresque tale of a former concentration camp commandant who is haunted by the ghost of a Jewish comedian is deftly scripted and directed, putting no foot wrong at any point. Add performances by Robert Lindsay and Antony Sher, neither of whom know any other way to act but brilliantly, and this becomes a very palatable moral tale. Throw in a supporting role by Diana Rigg, and surely by now you're asking yourself why you haven't seen this film before. See it now. It's like no other 80 minutes of film on this particular subject, I promise you.