about MoonNazisinvading Earth in the year 2018. It premiered at the Berlinale Film Festival on February 11th, 2012, and released to theaters on April 4th.The history: In the year 1945, Nazi scientists under Hans Kemmler develop revolutionary anti-gravity technology at a secret base in Antarctica. While the technology offers an enormous advantage in many fields, it came too late to save the Axis cause. The last representatives of the Third Reich construct saucer-shaped spaceships using the anti-gravity technology and retreat to the dark side of the moon. There, they establish a new base, Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun), and spend 70 years developing new technology and preparing for a full invasion of Earth.Meanwhile on Earth, things have been going about as normally as you'd expect. After the apparent defeat of the Third Reich there was the Cold War, the Space Race, various social upheavals, unpopular wars, technological revolutions, economic rollercoasters, a Sarah Palin expy got elected President...And now the United States is ready to send a man back to the Moon.This can onlyend well.
Assault on Earth begins on 5:45 a.m., not unlike German invasion of Poland that started World War II.
A Nazi by Any Other Name: Vivian bases the President's re-election campaign speech on Renate and Alder's Nazi rantings.
Awesome, but Impractical: The Nazi Death machine, the Götterdämmerung AKA the biggest war machine ever built by mankind. It's a ridiculously sized (not to mention constructed) flying engine of destruction that needs an iPad to handle its computing needs. It has the capability to blow up entire planets with it's main weapon, and blows off about a quarter of the Moon with said gun. However, the weapon system has to be manually reset and reloaded after every shot, which obviously takes a while. Also, it can easily be rendered powerless by removing the iPad that's powering it.
Until The Starscream Klaus Adler kills Kortzfleisch and is instead Big Bad rest of the movie.
The Big Board: The Nazis have some kind of operations room to plan their invasion, and we see Wolfgang Kortzfleisch playing with the models like a 5 year old plays with his plastic army men.
Bling of War: Klaus Adler ordering "a uniform fit for a Führer". Later we see him in a uniform trimmed with an excessive number of chains.
Also Vivian Wagner's inexplicable feather-trimmed catsuit, which she wears on the bridge of the USS George W Bush.
Downer Ending: Quite so, the Nazi invasion force is defeated, but the heroes (and the civilians on the moon) are stuck in a nuked moonbase. Not to mention every nation on Earth descents into a nuclear war, with the end credits rolling over a slow panning shot of the Earth tearing itself apart.
Irony: Moon Nazis want to use Götterdämmerung to blow Earthling armies to smithereens but end up only blowing up a fifth of the moon, while the people on Earth end up starting World War III over Nazi resources on the Moon. The only people left in peace are a ragtag bunch of Nazi civilians with a single black man.
Evil vs. Evil: No-one comes out of this looking good.
Killed to Uphold the Masquerade: Before leaving, the Nazi elite kill off all excess people in the Antarctic base as to leave no evidence warning of their return.
Even subverted when Indian politician tries to hide his traditional swastika-adorned ring.
A representative: So it was YOU, India!
Overly Long Title: some of the Moon Nazi military titles spoof Actual Nazi military titles with glee. One of them is long enough to take a full row in subbing.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: The movie is, ultimately, all about this; first with the Nazis wanting revenge on Earth, then Vivian taking revenge on Klaus and USA waging revenge for the Nazi attack, then the other nations of the world get into the fight back against bullying America...
Rule Of Cool: Nazis on the moon. With a Doomsday weapon and an army of space zeppelins. Also, every nation in the world (exceptFinland) has an armed space program to join battle against said space zeppelins.
Running Gag: Moon Führer Kortzfleisch is annoyed when his subordinates salute him with "Heil Hitler!"
Screen Shake: In the USS George W Bush, when fired upon, the entire ship shakes in a way reminiscent of another show...
Schizo Tech: The Nazis have a secret moon base, flying saucers, GIANT space zeppelins, and they're still using trenchcoats, motorcycles, and MP-40 submachine guns.
In their defense, those must be some advanced trenchcoats and motorcycles to work on the moon's surface.
The creators have Shown Their Work; the moon motorcycle runs on biodisel distilled from the waste of a hydroponic greenhouse, and has a separate oxygen tank to allow it work in the vacuum. The official explanation is the motorcycle engine is converted to run on hydrogen peroxide monopropellant. Peroxide is introduced into the cylinder via a catalytic nozzle, which turns liquid peroxide into superheated steam and replaces the combustion in power stroke. Peroxide is run through hollow cylinder liners which act as regenerative coolant jackets.
Also they wear their trenchcoats over pressurized suits.
Secret Weapon: In violation of the UN's rules, every nation turns out to have a secret militarized spaceship... apart from Finland.
Doktor Richter: That... is not a computer. *Gilligan Cut* Zis is a computer!*Motions to a room-sized Zuse computer*
Justified, provided they are closed community cut from all information about Earth.
Sequel Hook: after dealing with Moon Nazis for the entirety of the film, the final shot of the film shows the Moon eclipsing the sun, which slowly pulls back to show an Earth riven by nuclear war, until finally it pulls back far enough that Mars appears at the bottom of screen. Hmm... the Red Planet, huh?
Wide-Eyed Idealist: Renate really believes that national socialism is all about bringing peace, cooperation and unity. She was apparently never told about real outcome of the World War II.
Woman Scorned: Do not ever piss off Vivian. She even quotes the preceding line of the poem (Hell hath no fury).
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