Starring actors include Jon Rekdal, Jordi Almeida, Alexander Bareis, Lucy Bermingham, Jack Frankel and Andrea Sooch.
After gaining freedom in 1946 from captivity in a facility called Camp Rebecca located in the Great Basin Desert, Munchenhauser chose to remain in the United States.
Erik Eger, Magnus Oliv and Joacim Starander were inspired by films including Zelig by director Woody Allen and F for Fake by filmmaker Orson Welles.
[1] In a 2011 interview for the Fantasia International Film Festival, filmmaker Erik Eger observed, "The basis of the story is a bit about what's true in media and news today.
[3] The film received a positive review from Fangoria, "Going into One Hundred Years of Evil expecting a deadpan, seriously played piece of alternate history is a mistake, because Erik Eger and Magnus Oliv's movie is as comedic as faux journalism can get.
Made for next-to-no money, it accumulates goofy jokes and clever twists of historical revisionism, while succeeding in its concept with a sheer dose of inventiveness and enthusiasm.
"[12] Writing for Man, I Love Films, Thaddeus Zwolfe commented, "Erik Eger and Magnus Oliv direct a movie that plays its premise and thesis beautifully.
"[13] Serena Donadoni gave the film a grade of "B" in a review for IndieWire, writing, "Blurring the demarcations of reality and fiction, 'One Hundred Years of Evil' transforms established history into subjective truthiness.
[3] Liz Ferguson of Montreal Gazette called the film a "skilful mockumentary", and went on to note, "Directors Erik Eger and Magnus Oliv have a field day here.