Some questions just need to be posed: Does God exist? Are we alone in the universe? Will Lindsay Lohan ever pass a drug test? Yes, these are the conundrums that puzzle mankind. Still, perhaps no query is more urgent than this one: What would have transpired if the Nazis had invaded England and occupied Buckingham Palace? Fortunately, this audacious puppet farce—made in glorious Panzervision—has arrived to satisfy our burning curiosity. Puppet incarnations of towering figures from the WWII era—Himmler, Goering, Goebbels, Churchill and, oh yes, Hitler—are all on hand to lend this highly imaginative film an air of authenticity. Voiced by notables such as Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming, Richard E. Grant and Tom Wilkinson and employing a painstaking fusion of puppetry and CGI, Jackboots on Whitehall goes a very long way to make a very absurd statement, and we are all the better for it.


North American premiere. Written by Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry. Photographed by Michael Connor. With Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson, Alan Cumming, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant. (78 min, Media 8 Entertainment)