Opération Luchador

2021
1h 25min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAt the dawn of World War II, Nazism was arriving in South America. The Golden Angel, a masked Mexican wrestler, is recruited by the Americans to uncover Third Reich spies and thwart their sc... Tout lireAt the dawn of World War II, Nazism was arriving in South America. The Golden Angel, a masked Mexican wrestler, is recruited by the Americans to uncover Third Reich spies and thwart their schemes.At the dawn of World War II, Nazism was arriving in South America. The Golden Angel, a masked Mexican wrestler, is recruited by the Americans to uncover Third Reich spies and thwart their schemes.

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- 1 victoire au total

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Anecdotes
The film takes place in the same universe as the 2018 short feature "TERROR ON CAMPUS". The main character, the Golden Angel, is the grandfather of the character of the same name featured in TERROR ON CAMPUS.

Crédits fous
After listing the cast, the end credits mention that the film was made "with the kind participation of Adolf Hitler".

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Features Les dieux du stade, la fête des peuples (1938)

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7/10

Wrestlers and Nazis and Bombs! Oh my!

As mockumentaries go, it's not as laugh-out-loud funny as Spinal Tap or the brilliant handful made by Chris Guest, Fred Willard and their repertory band of co-conspirators that started with Waiting for Guffman. It's more tongue-in-cheek, in the fashion of a Mondo Cane; or the recent El Conde, which "revealed" that Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was actually a vampire.

This one sells its unlikely premise of a masked Mexican wrestler (Luchador) foiling several of Hitler's plots and turning the tide of World War II. The production blends b&w footage from newsreels and old movies with newly-staged "historical" scenes to tell the outrageous tale finally emerging from secret documents and classified files. Those are interspersed with with interview snippets from historians or those with personal connections to this unheralded heroic figure.

The narrator's dry tone makes it seem like a real doc, or college lecture with visual aids, enhanced by incorporation of actual players and events. It's a fun watch with a few surprising turns.