It shouldn't take long to figure out this film is a satire, but of the cruelest kind: Juvenalian. I always thought Dr. Strangelove would be the satire against which all other satiric films would be judged. Now, not so sure. This film has moments of hilarity that just slap you in the face when you realize what your laughing at. Then thoses moments of cruelity are not just cruel, but cringworthy cruel. Many of us have enough knowledge of WW II to know how this will play out: we are watching an execution but can't look away. I would like to believe that watching and talking about this film might enlighten a few minds, I really would like to believe that.