How About Adolf?
A dinner party in Bonn becomes a ferocious verbal battleground when expecting parents announce their startling choice of baby name.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- sardonic
- awkward
- group movie night
- theater comedy night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Bonn dinner shifts from a planned cozy gathering into increasingly heated confrontations after the proposed baby name is announced.
The choice of Adolf for an unborn child triggers a scandal rooted in the cultural and historical associations of the name.
Stephan, Elisabeth, René, Thomas, and Anna move from social courtesy toward open personal conflict during the dinner.
The film centers its action on a house dinner in Bonn, relying on interpersonal exchanges rather than expansive locations or physical action.
Films like How About Adolf?, and why
Carnage
contained ensemble comedy driven by escalating dinner-party conflict and sharp social satire
The Dinner Game
single-location dinner comedy where politeness collapses into personal accusations and ideological friction
Le prénom
talkative domestic farce using a provocative subject to expose family tensions and hypocrisy
Movie Details
- Director
- Sönke Wortmann
- Release Date
- 2018-10-18
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (299)
Cast
- Christoph Maria Herbst
- Florian David Fitz
- Caroline Peters
- Justus von Dohnányi
- Janina Uhse
- Iris Berben
- Serkan Kaya
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Chai Flicks
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is How About Adolf? about?
- A dinner party in Bonn becomes a ferocious verbal battleground when expecting parents announce their startling choice of baby name.
- What is How About Adolf? like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of How About Adolf? as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is How About Adolf? violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in How About Adolf?.
- Which films are like How About Adolf??
- Films with a similar feel include Carnage, The Dinner Game, and Le prénom.
- How long is How About Adolf??
- How About Adolf? runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch How About Adolf??
- In United States, How About Adolf? streams on Chai Flicks.
