Akhternbusch's masterpiece yields to 'Ghost' Anti-war (and anti-religious) opus of the “universal amateur” Ahternbusha. At first it looks like something unprecedented, but then the interrelations appear, and the structure of the Bavarian eccentric comes to life. And although a comedy on the theme of war is a dubious enterprise, the director copes with it due to the caricature of the main character (played by the author) and other characters who do not stand up to responsibility. Akhternbush's Bavaria is filled with incest and promiscuous ties, but a book about the Holocaust is kept in a leather rose handbag. We no longer have commies or Nazis, we have only money, too much or not enough. Boring? It's not fair! says the heroine, and even an axe fight with cakes seems symbolic. The German sense of humor is specific, I remember the comedians Loriot and Didi, the Fleischmann films and the productions of Bockmeier, but it is a drop in a sea of drama. Achternbusch seems frivolous, his careless jokes are wilder, but he acts alone, as his early heroes proclaimed – “We have no chance, so let’s create them!” (and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean). Moments of pure cinema, for which it was worth shooting, here at the expense of music.
7 out of 10