The Third Reich is in a bad way in December 1944: the Allies are advancing and the war is in danger of being totally lost. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels knows the answer: Adolf Hitler must give a rousing speech on New Year's Day to inspire the masses once again. The only problem is that the depressed Führer does not want to go public. So the Jew Adolf Grünbaum, his former drama teacher, is brought out of the concentration camp to get the unruly Gröfaz in top form within five days.