Fascinating drama

This is a genuinely interesting drama focusing on the fictional but highly plausible relationship between the young Adolf Hitler and Cusack's Jewish art dealer. It highlights the problems of post-First World War Germany and shows exactly the evolutionary stage that took the country on to further warmongering and genocide. Cusack is superb, filling the screen with a warmth and star quality that contrasts well with Taylor's vicious and disturbed Hitler. The background detail and design of the film is also excellent, and there are moments of suprising visual poetry here. Occasional humour also leavens the bleakness of the subject matter, which will always be relevant, especially given current times.