This scene is from the opening minutes of the film. It highlights the comedic nature of the film from the very beginning. By making Hitler appear funny, Lubitsch is taking away from his menacing nature. Hitler is separated from the Polish on l as the outsider to a land that he thinks belongs to Germany. He is the focus of the shot, as he walks up to the deli window, which has a very Jewish last name. Deli’s were brought to America by Jewish people, as the food is very ethnically Jewish. I chose this scene as it really sets the stage for the comedic overtones of the film. By having Hitler show up at the beginning of the film in a comedic setting, it leads the audience to not take the film so harshly.

This film showcases a resistance mentally of Lubitsch as he left Germany due to the rise of the Nazi party. The film is a battling the ideals of the Nazi’s by showing them to be incompetent instead of their supposed superiority. Hitler is also shown to not be an intimidating leader, but instead to be rather comedic. The film is basically a response to the propaganda films of the Nazi party, showing the fatal flaws of fascist beliefs.