A Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2001)

It is a very funny movie, but it is by no means just light entertainment. The comedy got people to pay attention to a message that they might have ignored otherwise.
A the time, many people though that he treatment of Jews in Germany couldn't be as bad as was depicted in the film, but if anything, this movie is mild compared to the real thing.
It's important to remember that this movie was made when the US was fairly anti-semitic.
The movie was also contreversial because it didn't just take on Naziism, but oppression wherever it occurred. The final speech is about more than Naziism.