Film· 2019· Comedy

Jojo Rabbit

by Taika Waititi

Jojo Rabbit: it draws on 2 recorded sources.

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Caging Skies

Book · 2004

AdaptationHIGH

Taika Waititi's film is credited as based on Christine Leunens's novel about a Hitler Youth boy who discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their house. It turns the book's dark story into satire, adding Jojo's imaginary friend, a comic Hitler.

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  • World War II

A boy in the Hitler Youth, whose imaginary friend is Hitler, finds his mother hiding a Jewish girl in the last year of World War II.

About the work

Jojo Rabbit

Roman Griffin Davis makes his film debut as the title character, Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a ten-year-old Hitler Youth member who finds out that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. He must then question his beliefs while dealing with the intervention of his imaginary friend, a childlike, eccentric version of Adolf Hitler with a comedic stance on the politics of the war. The film also stars Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, and Alfie Allen.