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In early-1930s Berlin, on the eve of the Nazi rise to power, a Polish-born Jewish blacksmith named Zishe Breitbart (Jouko Ahola) is turned into a stage strongman symbolizing the Aryan hero Siegfried by charismatic seer/hypnotist Erik Jan Hanussen (Tim Roth), and quickly finds himself caught up in a growing wave of anti-Semitism. Based on a true story, German filmmaker Werner Herzog's first dramatic feature in a decade also stars Anna Gourari, Udo Kier. 135 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English. Filmed in English.