An actor who looks exactly like Hitler has been scaring the residents of Berlin lately. The man regularly appears in the city dressed as the dictator, as a promotion for the film 'Er ist wieder da'. The film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name is a sensitive subject in Germany, where Hitler is generally not seen as a funny man. Yet the story puts the dictator in a humorous setting. In it, he returns to German society after seventy years and gains fame because everyone thinks he is an actor who blends very well into his role. The actor Oliver Masucci seems to bring the story into reality with his spontaneous performances on the eve of the film shooting.

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