History Film / LookWhosBack

* ActorAllusion: Creator/KatjaRiemann as Hitler's new ladyfriend. She played Eva Braun twice before, in 2001's ''Film/GoebbelsAndGeduldig'' and 2007's ''Mein Führer''.

** The film {{Book End}}s with two music pieces that were heard in ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', namely the overture of Music/GioachinoRossini's ''Thieving Magpie'' at the beginning when Hitler awakens in Berlin, and Henry Purcell's ''Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary'' at the very end with the montage of populist parties and anti-Islam demonstrations. What's more, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm81Ml8STZg one of the trailers]] featured a quick montage of scenes and one-word inter-titles with Rossini's ''William Tell'''s overture playing, just like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI1204n6GZw one of the old trailers]] of ''A Clockwork Orange'' did back in the day (that piece was used for a sex scene in the 1971 film, besides).

* CelebrityParadox: A montage of media mocking Hitler is shown, which includes the famous scene from ''Film/{{Downfall|2004}}''. Fabian Busch, the actor for the filmmaker Fabian Sawatzki, played Obersturmbannführer Stehr in ''Downfall''. Thomas Thieme, who played Martin Bormann in ''Downfall'', has a minor role as a TV executive.

** Sensebrink, who opposes "the Hitler Show" in the movie was one of its chief (if craven) architects in the novel.

* AlwaysSecondBest: {{Discussed}} by Hitler regarding Sensenbrinck. He identifies right away that Sensenbrinck is someone who wants to succeed, but will always only ever be an accessory to success.

* DaEditor: Sensenbrinks fills this role for the media company Hitler ends up in.

** When the real Sensenbrinck visits [[ShowWithinAShow the set filming "Er Ist Wieder Da"]], the actor playing Sensenbrinck in that movie[[note]]basically ''not'' Christoph Maria Herbst[[/note]] starts mimicking Sensenbrinck's movements, even mouthing his words along with the real Sensenbrinck.

* HypocriticalHumor: Sensenbrinck is very disappointed that to play him in the InUniverse version of "Er Ist Wieder Da" they cast a complete unknown actor, when of course the ''real'' Sensenbrinck is played by Christoph Maria Herbst, one of the most famous German actors.
-->'''Sensenbrinck:''' Couldn't you have gotten Benno Führ or Creator/BrunoGanz?

** InUniverse, possibly combined with TookTheBadFilmSeriously. The actor playing Sensenbrinck in the InUniverse movie adaption of "Er Ist Wieder Da" is star struck to meet the real Sensenbrinck, mentioning that he's "begun to dream like him" and even [[FunnyBackgroundEvent starts copying him]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sensebrink (a hero in the sense that he opposes the literal ''Adolf Hitler'') tries to get Hitler fired by [[spoiler: showing his dog-shooting footage on live television, but that only succeeds in freeing Hitler up to write a new book, which instantly becomes a bestseller and redeems his image. Meanwhile, Sensebrink fails to maintain the ratings that his company got while Hitler was still on-air, forcing him to begrudgingly work with Hitler again and making him far more popular than before.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: Sensebrink opposes Hitler's rise less out of moral fortitude and more because it becomes the project of his rival Katja Bellini. [[spoiler: He's quick to try and get Hitler back when the network's ratings tank after he forces Hitler off the air.]]

** There's a shot for shot recreation of the infamous "Hitler rants" scene from ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' (which was [[CompanyCrossReferences produced by the same company]], Constantin Film). Only this time it's [[DaEditor Sensenbrinks]] who has a fit of anger and not Hitler. A brief glimpse of the scene itself shows up earlier, where Hitler learns of the Hitler imitators that showed up in his absence.

Creator/OliverMasucci plays UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, who somehow resurrected or time-travelled in 2014. He's a FishOutOfTemporalWater in a UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} he [[UsefulNotes/TheBerlinRepublic no longer recognizes]] at first, but quickly realizes that he can go back in the political business thanks to modern technologies and many people being as gullible as ever.

** The film {{Book End}}s with two music pieces that were heard in ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', namely the overture of Music/GioachinoRossini's ''Thieving Magpie'' at the beginning when Hitler awakens in Berlin, and Henry Purcell's ''Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary'' at the very end with the montage of populist parties and anti-Islam demonstrations. What's more, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm81Ml8STZg one of the trailers]] featured a quick montage of scenes and one-word inter-titles with Rossini's ''William Tell'''s overture playing, just like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI1204n6GZw one of the old trailers]] of ''A Clockwork Orange'' did back in the day.

** A couple to well known TimeTravel movies: Sawatzki is dressed very similarly to [[Film/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]]'s iconic appearance, and from what little we see of Hitler materializing in contemporary Germany, it's similar to [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]] appearing in modern day.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler lost the presidential election in 1932 and didn't ever have an absolute majority at the federal election that same year, but as far as most people are concerned, the people of Germany elected him, and that is how this movie treats it, not taking time to make the distinction. The Nazi Party received the most votes in the federal election, but it wasn't enough for a clear majority, and despite this, President Hindenburg (under heavy pressure) still appointed Hitler chancellor -- the Nazis came to power in January 1933 without a coalition, which usually forms when no party has the absolute majority. They briefly formed a coalition with the conservative German National People's Party, though the Nazis weren't able to take control entirely until March, when the Reichstag Fire had been used as an excuse to purge their main opponents (the Communists). After this they got the center-right parties to grant them full "emergency" powers and the dictatorship fully took effect as a result.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler lost the presidential election in 1932 and didn't ever have an absolute majority at the federal election that same year, but as far as most people are concerned, the people of Germany elected him, and that is how this movie treats it, not taking time to make the distinction. The Nazi Party received the most votes in the federal election, but it wasn't enough for a clear majority, and despite this, President Hindenburg (under heavy pressure) still appointed Hitler chancellor -- the Nazis came to power in January 1933 without a coalition, which usually forms when no party has the absolute majority. They briefly formed a coalition with the conservative German National People's Party, though the Nazis weren't able to take control entirely until March, when the Reichstag Fire had been used as an excuse to purge their main opponents (the Social Democrats and Communists). After this they got the center-right parties to grant them full "emergency" powers and the dictatorship fully took effect as a result.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler lost the presidential election in 1932 and didn't ever have an absolute majority at the federal election that same year, but as far as most people are concerned, the people of Germany elected him, and that is how this movie treats it, not taking time to make the distinction. The Nazi Party received the most votes in the federal election, but it wasn't enough for a clear majority, and despite this, President Hindenburg (under heavy pressure) still appointed Hitler chancellor -- the Nazis came to power in January 1933 without a coalition, which usually forms when no party has the absolute majority. They briefly formed a coalition with the German National People's Party, though the Nazis weren't able to take control entirely until March, when the Reichstag Fire had been used as an excuse to purge their main opponents (the Social Democrats and Communists). After this they got the center-right parties to grant them full "emergency" powers and the dictatorship fully took effect as a result.

** The literal gun which Hitler uses in said incident. Sawatzki takes it from him because he can't be trusted with it. [[spoiler: It comes up again in the ending when Sawatzki now realizes Hitler is the real deal and has to stop him.]]

* AlwaysSecondBest: {{Discussed}} by Hitler regarding Sensenbrinck. He identifies right away that Sensenbrinck is someone who wants to succeed, but will always be an accessory to success.

** Sawatzki thinks Hitler is an actor that takes this trope very seriously, so he does not drop character one second. [[spoiler: Seeing Hitler stay in-character even after distressing a Holocaust victim is what finally clues him in that Hitler isn't an actor.]]

** After getting beaten by Neo-Nazis, the public begins to view Hitler as a noble political activist who got assaulted while trying to mock and satirize the far-right's idol. Hitler, of course, is just being himself the entire time.

** Upon being introduced to Wikipedia, Hitler is moved to tears with pride as he believes that the name is a portmanteau of "Wikinger" (the German spelling of Viking) and "Encyclopedia", thus demonstrating Aryan superiority. In reality, "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" and has nothing to do with the Vikings.

* CelebrityParadox: A montage of media mocking Hitler is shown, which includes the famous scene from ''Film/{{Downfall|2004}}''. Thomas Thieme, who played Martin Bormann in ''Downfall'', has a minor role as a TV executive.

* WorthyOpponent: Hitler laments that the old Social Democratic leaders in his time were charismatic, able men very much different from then SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel.