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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui " review by Lyn Gardner

Duchess, LondonHitler's rise to power is parodied in Brecht's allegorical satire with the Führer as scary as a tea cosy. But the finale is soberingThe American gangster movie meets Richard III in Bertolt Brecht's allegorical satire, in which Adolf Hitler's rise to power is filtered through the story of a bunch of hoodlums attempting to take over the cauliflower trade in 1930s Chicago. Eventually they annexe the mark…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22AM on September 29, 2016

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