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We've all heard the ol' wish about -- if you had a time machine -- would you go back in time and kill Adolf Hitler? Well, a few merry yucksters took the idea a bit differently in Raising Hitler, a streaming program that suggested maybe going back to kill the li'l scamp might have you changing one's tactics to a more humane course of action. The Comedy premiered on the Information Superhighway (in France) on this day in 2017. According to our friends at Google.com, here's the series' premise:
"Raising Hitler (2017) is a dark, satirical comedy series about two Jewish slacker best friends, Mickey Applebaum and Jesse Wagnon, who use a time machine to travel back to 1900s Austria with the intention of killing a young, 10-year-old Adolf Hitler."
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In 2026, I received an all new home video release of Raising Hitler (2017) from a distributor in exchange for review coverage on SciFiHistory.Net. Interested readers can find my review of the whole season right here.
-- EZ
From Google.com:
Raising Hitler is a 2017 dark comedy web series (released around November 2017) directed by Louis Farge and produced in France/by Blackpills.
Premise & Plot
- The Setup: The story follows two slackers and best friends—Mickey Applebaum (played by Ziad El May) and Jesse Wagnon (played by Lucas Englander)—who believe Adolf Hitler is to blame for their personal failures and troubled family history.
- The Time Travel Plan: Jesse invents a time machine, and the duo travels back to the late 19th century with the original intention of drowning or killing a young, 10-year-old Adolf Hitler (played by Moritz Hoyer) to prevent future atrocities.
- The Twist: Upon meeting the young boy and seeing him as a victim of an overbearing father, Mickey has a change of heart. Instead of killing him, they decide to kidnap and raise young Hitler themselves, hoping that love, modern behaviors, and good parenting can rewrite history and strip away future malice.
Key Details
- Cast: Features Ziad El May (Mickey), Lucas Englander (Jesse), Moritz Hoyer (Young Hitler), Christian Erickson, Victoria Cyr, and Joel Wood.
- Format: It spans 1 season (roughly 8 short episodes / around 1 hour and 6 minutes total runtime depending on the platform cut).