70%User score 70 percent
The Young One
1960 · Drama
User Score
78 votes
Know our enemy and he will reveal himself.
South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.
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r96sk
May 19, 2023
<em>'My Neighbor Adolf'</em> - a rather average flick. I was anticipating something more comedic and more dramatic, but in the end it is neither one nor the other. it holds a decent premise, while leads David Hayman and Udo Kier give good performances, but there isn’t much else worth noting unfortunately. This 2022 film is, in my eyes of course, limply paced and doesn’t have nearly enough meat on the story for it to…
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January 14, 2026
Filming a dark comedy about an inherently controversial subject is an exceedingly risky moviemaking proposition. If it works, the payoff can be huge. But, if it falls flat, the project not only fails financially and artistically, but it can devastate a filmmaker’s reputation, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of viewers, critics and possible prospective backers of future productions. And that fate could very well bef…
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