
Anything that makes people happy can't be bad, can it?
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Cast
- Viggo Mortensen
- Jason Isaacs
- Jodie Whittaker
- Steven Mackintosh
- Mark Strong
- Gemma Jones
- Anastasia Hille
- Ruth Gemmell
- Ralph Riach
- Steven Elder
- Kevin Doyle
- David de Keyser
- Guy Henry
- Adrian Schiller
- Rick Warden
- Charlie Condou
- Tallulah Bond
- Ben Segal
- Kelly Wenham
- Declan Hannigan
- Anna Marie Cseh
- Paul Brennan
- Matt Devere
- Mike Kelly
- Attila Szatmari
- Peter Linka
- László Görög
- Anthony Barclay
Plots
John Halder, a German literature professor in the 1930s, is initially reluctant to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party. He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, mother, mistress and Jewish friend.
John Halder is a 'good' and decent individual with family problems: a neurotic wife, two demanding children and a mother suffering from senile dementia. A literary professor, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Seemingly inconsequential decisions lead to choices, which lead to more choices... with eventually devastating effect.