Hades

This German political drama from iconoclastic filmmaker Herbert Achternbusch takes a slightly askew look at neoNazis and the Holocaust His nonstory a typical trait of Achternbusch films is divided into three parts The first introduces Hades an eccentric halfJewish coffin maker Also introduced are the women in his life The second part depicts different scenes from the citys Jewish ghetto Included are disturbing film clips from Nazi propaganda footage that shows the naked corpses of starved Jews piled up in the streets with the insinuation that the heartless relatives of the dead would unceremoniously toss them out when they expired In the third part Hades is buried at sea In between neoNazis march unopposed in Munich Hades battles skinheads and Hades shop is repeatedly vandalized A scene where Hades is fascinated with death is also seen