举起手来，拉斯尼基先生

A cautionary tale about the myriad shades and shapes of totalitarianism in an irreverent, surreal 1960s mix of styles featuring acerbic Austrian cabaret icon Helmut Qualtinger speaking in tongues. An exemplary, at the time widely lauded work of West German animation in a splendid new restoration.Hal CLAY (1927, USA − 2015, Germany) was an animator, producer and director. Together with painter, illustrator and director Florenz Fuchs Von Nordhoff, he directed the short animation films HANDS UP MR. RASNICHI and VINCENT VAN GO-GO in 1967. He worked as an animator on several projects, including the animated TV series PIPPI LONGSTOCKING in 1998. Clay died in 2015 at the age of 88.Florenz Fuchs von NordhoffFlorenz FUCHS VON NORDHOFF, alias Flo Nordhoff, was born into an aristocratic family in Tyrol, Austria-Hungary in 1914. He was a successful painter, graphic artist and stage designer before entering service in World War II. After the war, he worked as an illustrator and designed books. From the mid-1950s, Nordhoff devoted himself to film. Together with Karl-Ludwig Ruppel, he designed the special effects for the biographical fighter-pilot drama THE STAR OF AFRICA (1957) by director Alfred Weidenmann. In 1959, Nordhoff made his directorial debut with the short prize-winning animation film DIE PURPURLINIE. Together with Hal Clay, he directed HANDS UP MR. RASNICHI and VINCENT VAN GO-GO in 1967. Nordhoff, who was also a well-respected painter, died in 1987.