Can we laugh at Hitler and the Nazis? Jean-Marie Poiré and Rudolph Herzog have their own opinions: one directed the cult comedy Papy fait de la résistance, the other wrote the fascinating Dead Funny: Humour in Hitler's Germany. Together, they will explore a delicate and fascinating subject: the treatment of history through humour. While Jean-Marie Poiré's comedies use laughter to revisit troubled times, Herzog is interested in a little-known phenomenon: jokes about Hitler and the Nazis, told in Germany during the Third Reich, often at the peril of those who dared to utter them. Together, they will discuss the limits of humour in the face of historical horrors, the parallels between contemporary parodies and those born under the Nazi regime, and the capacity of laughter to resist tyranny. Can humour denounce, subvert or, on the contrary, risk trivialising the darkest events of our past? The masterclass will be followed by a screening of Papy fait de la Résistance, providing an opportunity to relive this comedy through the prism of the preceding discussions.