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8 October 1939 (USA) moreTagline:
WRITTEN WITH THE HEART'S BLOOD OF INNOCENT PEOPLE - UNCENSORED morePlot:
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Early Propaganda moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Roland Drew | ... | Hans Memling |
| Steffi Duna | ... | Elsa Memling |
| Greta Granstedt | ... | Anna Wahl |
 | Alan Ladd | ... | Karl Bach (as Allan Ladd) |
| Lucien Prival | ... | Sachs |
| Vernon Dent | ... | Lustig (beer garden bartender) |
| John Ellis | ... | Gustav Schultz |
| George Rosener | ... | Wunderlich |
| Bodil Rosing | ... | Frau Kohler |
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | ... | Storm Trooper Albert Stalhelm (as Hans von Twardowski) |
| Willy Kaufman | ... | Herr Kohler (as Willie Kaufman) |
| Hans Joby | ... | Kruger (as John Peters) |
| Frederick Giermann | ... | Father Pommer |
| Crane Whitley | ... | Klee (as Clem Wilenchick) |
| Henry Zynda | ... | Erlich (as Henry von Zynda) |
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Beasts of Berlin (USA) (working title)Goose Step (USA) (working title)
Hell's Devils (USA) (working title)
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Producer Ben Judell bet the farm on this film. His desire for sensationalism to generate profits blew up in his face. He spent 1939 organizing Producer's Distributing Corporation (what would be a precursor to a Judell-less PRC) around this film, it's first release, but thanks to various pro-German censorship boards, especially in big markets, he was unable to get it inside critically important theaters. Unable to generate cash flow from this film, his dream to create a new independent studio died and creditors forced him out. moreFAQ
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Although there had been anti-Nazi propaganda films released before this, all the way back to LITTLE MAN WHAT NOW, this set new records for anti-Nazi propaganda, so much so that it was banned in New York and recut.
How is it as a movie? Well, it's a PRC production, which means that it's done on the cheap and lacks any signs of subtlety. It's of interest these days as an early example of propaganda and an early credited role for Alan Ladd.