The Hitler Gang
| The Hitler Gang | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Farrow |
| Produced by |
Buddy G. DeSylva Joseph Sistrom |
| Written by |
Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett Kurt Neumann |
| Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Hitler Gang is a 1944 American pseudo-documentary film which traces Adolf Hitler's political rise, purportedly based only on documentary fact. The filmmakers chose to avoid casting stars in the lead roles,[1] assembling instead a remarkable company of lookalikes to play Hitler, Goebbels, Hess and other leading Nazis.
Plot
In 1918 a young soldier called Adolf Hitler recovers from being gassed during World War I. At the behest of the German army, he joins German nationalistic parties, espousing theories that Germany lost the war because they were stabbed in the back. He rises to become dictator of Germany.
Cast
- Bobby Watson as Adolf Hitler
- Roman Bohnen as Captain Ernst Röhm
- Martin Kosleck as Joseph Goebbels
- Victor Varconi as Rudolph Hess
- Luis Van Rooten as Heinrich Himmler
- Alex Pope as Hermann Göring
- Ivan Triesault as Pastor Niemöller
- Poldi Dur as Geli Raubal
- Helene Thimig as Angela Raubal
- Reinhold Schünzel as General Ludendorff
- Sig Ruman as General von Hindenburg
- Alexander Granach as Julius Streicher
- Fritz Kortner as Gregor Strasser
- Tonio Selwart as Alfred Rosenberg
- Richard Ryen as Adolf Wagner
- Albert Dekker (narrator)
Production
Buddy De Sylva says he got the idea to make the movie after seeing the German propaganda film Ohm Paul Kruger and he had the idea of making a movie about Germany only "telling the truth".[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "THE INCREDIBLE DUPLICATE.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 8 January 1944. p. 7. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ↑ Buddy the Beach Boy' Clicks as Film Big Shot: Tinpan Thumper Making Good as Movie Executive Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 16 July 1944: C1.
External links
- The Hitler Gang at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Hitler Gang at the Internet Movie Database
- The Hitler Gang at TCMDB
- The Hitler Gang at New York Times