Körpertausch (2021 Film)



Körpertausch is a 2021 German-American WW2-comedy film directed by Wolfgang Becker.

The movie tells the story of a German Nazi Officer who swap bodies with a joung Jewish girl...

Synopsis
1944, Germany

Nazi Officer Ludwig von Aschenputtel secretely dreams to be an actor but his mentor Klaus Dussander warns him that the Fuhrer's plans to kill every men who refuses to obey him.

Meanwhile, 20 years old Jewish girl Franca Anstein and her family attemps to escape nazis and antisemitic people, in an attempt to reach Switzerland, Franca's family car crashes Ludwig's Schwimmwagen and a statue of Hitler buildt on a rock that contained an evil spirit who had been vanquished by Templars centuries ago...

Hours after the crash, Ludwig and Franca swapped bodies and both have to team up to avoid being killed until they get their bodies back...

Casting

 * Daniel Brühl as Ludwig von Aschenputtel/Franca Anstein, a Nazi Officer who swap bodies with Franca
 * Aiko Beemsterboer as Franca Anstein/Ludwig von Aschenputtel, a Jewish young girl who swap bodies with Ludwig
 * Ian McKellen as Klaus Dussander, a nazi officer and Ludwig's mentor and best friend
 * Thomas Kretschmann as Otto Anstein, Franca's overprotective dad and a Zundapp motorcycle dealership owner
 * Daniel Radcliffe as Jimmy Michaels, a British Soldier who has landed in the Anstein's hideout and who has a one sided crush on Franca (Ludwig)
 * Victoire Du Bois as Zoé Renault, a French-german nurse and the only person who knows about the swap
 * Ulrich Matthes as Joseph Goebbels, one of Hitler's lackeys who both Ludwig and Franca (in Ludwig's body) slaps...
 * Kurtwood Smith as Henrich Himmler, a nazi officer who mistakes Otto for Fegelein...
 * Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth aka "The Butcher of Płaszów", a nazi defeated by both Franca and Ludwig (in Franca's body) with karate moves near Aushwitz
 * Uwe Boll as movie director (uncredited cameo)