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Schtonk! is a satirical German movie from 1992 by Helmut Dietl of Kir Royal fame and probably his most famous one. It parodies the RL events of the faked Hitler diaries.
Hermann Willié is a journalist working for the magazine HHpress from Hamburg. He just bought "Carin II", the yacht of Hermann Göring. Then he meets the counterfeiter Fritz Knobel who tells him that he found one of Adolf Hitler's diaries, via his connections to East Germany (truth is, he wrote them himself). Things escalate to the point where some people think that the German history will have to be rewritten...
Tropes used in Schtonk! include:
- Coincidental Accidental Disguise: The counterfeiter is sitting at his work while wearing an old Wehrmacht coat. He has a fever, and his sweaty hair sticks to his forehead. Then he spills some ink, cleans it up with his handkerchief, sneezes, cleans his nose and unwillingly leaves a spot looking like a Hitler moustache. And then, his partner in crime comes in and tells him that people want proof that the diaries were written by no one but Hitler himself. Cue the counterfeiter looking into a mirror.