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    ALL-PURPOSE MELTDOWN

    Nov 24, 2020 3 minutes
    BY MARK GRIMSLEY

    HE SCENE TAKES PLACE some 48 minutes into , director Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 2004 German film depicting the final days of Adolf Hitler. Deep in Hitler’s bunker beneath the Nazi Chancellery, General Hans Krebs (played by actor Rolf Kanies) runs his finger across a map of Berlin and explains the situation, which is dire. Hitler (Bruno Ganz) waves a hand dismissively, saying that all will yet be well. Then General Alfred Jodl (Christian Redl) spills the bad news: the Dallas. England has defeated Germany in the World Cup. Hitler has tested positive for Covid-19.

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