Johannes "Jojo" Betzler

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Johannes "Jojo" Betzler is a young, Hitler Youth-obsessed German boy in World War II whose worldview is upended when he discovers a Jewish girl hiding in his home in the satirical film "Jojo Rabbit."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
protagonist
affiliation Hitler Youth NERFINISHED
age young boy
appearsIn Jojo Rabbit NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre black comedy film
satirical film
war film
basedOn Caging Skies (loosely) NERFINISHED
centralConflict confronting Nazi propaganda with reality
centralThemeRelation humanization of the enemy
loss of innocence
power of propaganda
characterArc from Nazi indoctrination to empathy
countryOfOriginOfWork Czech Republic NERFINISHED
New Zealand NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Taika Waititi NERFINISHED
discovers Elsa Korr NERFINISHED
Jewish girl hiding in his home
familyName Betzler NERFINISHED
father missing father
fictionalUniverse World War II-era Germany NERFINISHED
filmReleaseYear 2019
filmStudio Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED
friend Yorki NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Johannes NERFINISHED
ideologyAtStart Nazi fanaticism
imaginaryFriend Adolf Hitler (imaginary) NERFINISHED
initialAttitudeTowardJews hostile
languageSpoken German
medium live-action film
mother Rosie Betzler NERFINISHED
nationality German
nickname Jojo NERFINISHED
politicalContext Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Roman Griffin Davis NERFINISHED
relationshipWithElsaKorr from fear to friendship
residence Betzler family home NERFINISHED
roleInNarrative point-of-view character
timePeriod World War II
undergoes disillusionment with Nazism
moral awakening

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Jojo Rabbit mainCharacter Johannes "Jojo" Betzler