In the tradition of Chaplin's THE GREAT DICTATOR and Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE, this British television film is a brilliant example of "black humor." With riveting performances by Robert Lindsay as a former Nazi officer - now a police chief in 1958 - and Antony Sher playing the ghost of a Jewish comedian he killed in a concentration camp, the film offers provocative reflections. In the capable hands of director Elijah Moshinsky, it's a fascinating cinematic treatment of guilt, repentance and identity transfer. While the source is Romain Gary's 1968 novel, "The Dance of Genghis Cohn," the captivating opening sequence invokes Bob Fosse's "Cabaret."
Review of Genghis Cohn
