I've been watching this old 50s movie about a Polish jew escaping from Paris along with (of all unlikely partners) an anti-semitic colonel - http://youtu.be/HLa7VoqMZ0U
This is the only comic take I've seen on the Nazis. Here are some funny lines from the movie:
German officer: The efficiency of our army takes all the joy out of life.
German officer: We can't help our militarism (even if we lose). But we always almost win!
Colonel from time to time: In the cathedral of my heart, a candle was always burning for you.
Jacobowsky: That must be the best-lit cathedral in Europe.
Jacobowsky to Colonel: There is no doubt that you have one of the best minds of the twelfth century.
A jewish friend once told me that the two Rs that are the essence of the Jewish spririt are resignation and resourcefulness. The film shows this wonderfully.
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