My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbour Adolf (2022) Set in South America (Columbia) in 1960. We find a lonely old man, who is a concentration camp survivor a Polish Jew called Mr Polski. He's lost his whole family in the holocaust and now he is hiding from the world and his past. He falls out with his new elderly neighbour whose house borders his, when they argue over the the deeds of their respective houses and the building of a fence. Suspecting that the neighbour is Adolf Hitler, he can't convince the Israel embassy of Hitler's existence. Polski has to find the proof.

What we find is the developing relationship between the two men. Despite their obvious respective histories they slowly become friends.

The film does have its comic moments, I suspects it is marketed as a comedy. The underlying sadness prevails and that along with the two leads, David Hayman and Udo Keir are excellent and they make it a great gentle film. PS there is a twist which I won't give away. 7/10.

Summary: a film about friendship.

The movie "My Neighbor Adolf" is a comedy-drama that follows the story of a Holocaust survivor who believes his neighbor is Hitler and embarks on a mission to collect evidence to support his theory. Despite the heavy subject matter of the Holocaust and World War II, the movie manages to maintain a light tone. However, it falls short in terms of depth, direction, and script. While the plot has some originality, director Leon Prudovsky's inexperience may have contributed to the movie's lack of coherence.

David Hayman as the Polish character Mr. Polsky, and Udo Kier, as the German character Mr. Herzog, deliver very good performances in spite of the film's direction.

The premise of this film is brilliant. A grumpy Jewish holocaust survivor who lost his entire family lives in seclusion in Colombia. When the vacant house next door is sold, a wealthy German moves in complete with an entourage of suspicious looking helpers.

A dispute over a part of the garden where he planted the roses that his murdered wife used to plant leads to him and the neighbor crossing paths. He suspects that his neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. The Israeli embassy doesn't believe him, so determined to prove his theory, he gets close to his neighbor. They develop an uneasy relationship and eventually a sort of friendship. This is a story about two old men who have lost everything and finding their place in a world that has moved on while they have not.

The acting is stellar. Udo Kier is brilliant even at 80. The premise is heartbreaking and the story is bookended beautifully with the rose theme.

Unfortunately, the film tries to be a comedy, when it's really a character drama. The entire film is scored with a classic comedy soundtrack which is completely at odds with the actual story taking place on screen.

It's absolutely baffling how the production didn't understand their own movie like this. Yes, there are a few comedic moments, but the plot is 100% drama.

Maybe someone can filter out the music with AI and fanedit a dramatic thriller score into it. That would make this film a 9/10.

Heartfelt and moving film about two neighbors. One is possibly Adolf Hitler and the other is a Holocaust survivor who is trying to understand his neighbor by spying with expensive photographic equipment and daring break-ins. Excellent acting, directing, overall a very thought-provoking and creative approach to a subject that is sensitive to a large audience. Highly recommended. I especially liked the portrayal of the new suspicious neighbor by veteran actor, Udo Kier, who is a very well-known actor in Europe and in the US for his many films, including Andy Warhol productions ("Flesh for Frankenstein" and "Blood for Dracula"). In his early 20s he was considered the world's most handsome man.

"My Neighbor Adolf" seems quite refined in its treatment of the subject of Hitler's possible escape to Argentine , or having doubles across the world,, Feels to me this film unfolds like an earnest, low-rent "Rear Window," which is more psychological than suspense-driven in nature, which is admirable, if disappointing in the end. Instead of escalating to a dramatic and potentially violent confrontation, this film seeks to offer its protagonists some respite from the trauma each has experienced - to bury the past, and that's never an easy thing to do, if not outright impossible as this movie clearly demonstrates to us.