EDIT: Austria was annexed in 1938, not 1935.
Taika Waititi won the 2019 Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for his work on Jojo Rabbit, adapting it from the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens. But the journey from to the satirical screen version from the decidedly darker pages of Caging Skies wasn’t just about casting himself as an imaginary Hitler friend. So just how did Waititi craft a heartfelt tale of a budding Nazi’s relationship with a Jewish girl hiding in his home during the waning days of World War 2? It’s time to ask, What’s the Difference?