Query: Political satire films from Australia or Germany, or alternative history films from Australia
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Look Who's Back (film)
A Sting in the Tale
Children of the Revolution (1996 film)
Threads (1984 film)
The Return of Captain Invincible
Welcome to Mooseport
Iron Sky
Young Einstein
Curveball (film)
The Third Generation (1979 film)
Evidence from documents: Look Who's Back (film): '''''Look Who's Back''''' (, ; ) is a 2015 German satirical black comedy film directed by David Wnendt, and based on the eponymous bestselling 2012 satirical novel about Adolf Hitler by Timur Vermes.
A Sting in the Tale: '''''A Sting in the Tale''''' is a 1989 Australian political satire film
Children of the Revolution (1996 film): '''''Children of the Revolution''''' is a 1996 Australian black comedy film, depicting Joseph Stalin and his son's somewhat deterministic path into The Revolution in modern-day Australia. It stars Richard Roxburgh Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, and F. Murray Abraham as Joseph Stalin.
Joan (Judy Davis) is a young Australian communist who goes to the Soviet Union as part of a work study program in the 1950s. There she catches the eye of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (F. Murray Abraham) and the two sleep together just before Stalin dies. Returning to Australia, Joan discovers she is pregnant and gives birth to Stalin's love child, whom she names Joe (Richard Roxburgh). Her son (who does not know who his father is) has a troubled upbringing, rebelling against both his mother's left wing politics and Australian society in general. He spends time in jail where he learns about Stalin's crimes from a fellow inmate. Upon release, he marries Anna (Rachel Griffiths) a police officer who had arrested him. She is the child of Latvian refugees who fled to Australia to escape Stalin's Great Purge. Pledging to go on the straight and narrow, Joe rises to become the head of Australia's police union and seizes more and more political power. Anna learns of Joe's true parentage, but keeps this secret from Joe out of love and a conviction that she cannot truly know for certain. The secret eats at their relationship and Joe resents the secrecy when it is revealed.
Threads (1984 film): '''''Threads''''' is a 1984 British-Australian apocalyptic war drama television film jointly produced by the BBC, Nine Network and Western-World Television Inc. Written by Barry Hines and directed and produced by Mick Jackson, it is a dramatic account of nuclear war and its effects in Britain, specifically on the city of Sheffield in Northern England. The plot centres on two families as a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union erupts. As the nuclear exchange between NATO and the Warsaw Pact begins, the film depicts the medical, economic, social and environmental consequences of nuclear war.
The Return of Captain Invincible: Political: A congressional investigation accuses him of being a communist, citing his red cape and "premature anti-fascism". He is charged with violating U.S. airspace by flying without a proper license, impersonating a military officer, and wearing underwear in public. He disappears from the public eye, moving to Australia and becoming an alcoholic.
satire films from Australia: '''''The Return of Captain Invincible''''' is a 1983 Australian superhero musical comedy film
Welcome to Mooseport: ' is a 2004 political satire comedy film
Iron Sky: '''''Iron Sky''''' is a 2012 Finnish-German-Australian comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. It tells the story of a group of Nazi Germans who, having been defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon, where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth.
Young Einstein: films from Australia: '''''Young Einstein''''' is a 1988 Australian comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Yahoo Serious.
alternative history films from Australia: It is a fantasized account of the life of Albert Einstein which alters all people, places and circumstances of his life, including relocating the theoretical physicist to Australia
Curveball (film): '''''Curveball''''' is a 2020 German political satire film drama
The Third Generation (1979 film): a 1979 West German film, a black comedy about terrorism,