"Filmaker Rudolph Herzog succeeds in putting across the full drama of this daring adventure [...] In the stillness of one's sitting-room, one is nothing short of amazed - and how often is one truly astonished in front of the television?"
BERLINER ZEITUNG

„a thrilling book and a lavish documentary“
- DER SPIEGEL

„breaking a long-standing taboo in Germany“
- THE TIMES

This show has a flavour of such movies as „The Lavender Hill Mob“, laced with contemporary excitement of „Mission Impossible“.
As hidden cameras followed the attempted theft, we can only hold our breath.
- THE OBSERVER

"intrguing...[a] fascinating study of jokes during the Third Reich...raises compelling questions"
-The Sunday Times