Führer Ex is a German

neo-nazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and racial supremacy (often white supremacy), attack r ...

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directed by Winfried Bonengel and based on the autobiographical book ''Die Abrechnung'' by

Ingo Hasselbach Ingo Hasselbach (born 14 July 1967 in Berlin-Weißensee) is a German well known for being a former neo-Nazi. He is the author of the book ''Führer Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi'' (with Tom Reiss), also made into a movie directed by Winfried ...

. It was entered into the

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Plot

Hacky friends Heiko and Tommy dream of escaping from communist Berlin that has become disgusting to them. Attempting to cross the border leads them to jail. In contrast to the sluggish and closed Heiko, the experienced and courageous Tommy is already familiar with the harsh orders of the model prisons of the GDR, where neo-Nazi groups are in charge. Caught in this hell, where only the snitches and mad beasts survive, Heiko escapes, enlisting the friendship of a local fascist leader, and Tommy decides to desperately escape. They were destined to see each other only four years later, in Berlin, where Heiko, who became a staunch Nazi, commanded a team of skinheads who had left the underground after the fall of the

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Cast

* Aaron Hildebrand as Tommy Zierer * Christian Blüme as Heiko DegenerChristian Blümel
at the actorscut.com * Jule Flierl as Beate * Dennis Grabosch as Olaf * Maxwell Richter as Psycho *

Dieter Laser Klaus Dieter Laser (17 February 1942 – 29 February 2020) was a German actor. Laser's career spanned over five decades, appearing in both German and English-language productions. He achieved recognition for his lead role in the 2009 film ''The ...

as Eduard Kellermann * Harry Baer as Friedhelm Kaltenbach * Matthias Freihof as

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officer

Reviews

"'Führer Ex' is not a particularly clever or even elegant film. He achieves a directness that otherwise only B-films allow ..'Lack of differentiation', 'showmanship', 'one-dimensional characters', 'simplified schemata of cause and effect' — such and similar phrases are the two infried Bonengel and Ingo Hasselbachhave heard so often, until the nausea made further conversations impossible ..But it could be that Bonengel and Hasselbach, after years of dealing with right-wing youths, simply had no desire, a film for critics and television editors close. That they may have seen their audience elsewhere, on the street perhaps, and that they wanted to get into heads that the ruling discourse just can not reach.", Tobias Kniebe,

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. Histo ...

References

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