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Hitler's Children (1943)

APPROVED 82 min  -  Drama | Romance  -   6 January 1943 (USA)
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This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American girl declared legally German by the Nazi government.

Writers:

Emmet Lavery (screenplay), Gregor Ziemer (book)
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Cast

Cast overview:
Tim Holt Tim Holt ...
Lieutenant Karl Bruner
Bonita Granville ...
Anna Miller
Kent Smith Kent Smith ...
Professor Nichols
Otto Kruger ...
Colonel Henkel
H.B. Warner H.B. Warner ...
The Bishop
Lloyd Corrigan Lloyd Corrigan ...
Franz Erhart
Erford Gage Erford Gage ...
Dr. Schmidt
Hans Conried Hans Conried ...
Dr. Graf
Gavin Muir Gavin Muir ...
Nazi Major
Nancy Gates Nancy Gates ...
Brenda
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Storyline

This propaganda piece starts in 1933. Prof. Nichols' American school in Berlin is next door to a school for the Hitler Youth. Karl, from the latter, is attracted to German-American Anna, but events lead to their separation. Six years later, near the outbreak of war in Europe, Anna is removed from Nichols' school on presumption of German citizenship. Nichols becomes obsessed with finding her, as Anna undergoes a rather lurid odyssey through the Nazi nightmare. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

School | Nazi | German | Hitler Youth | Propaganda  | See more »

Taglines:

ALL BABIES BELONG TO THE STATE! (original print ad - all caps) See more »

Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Educação para a Morte See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$205,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$3,355,000 (USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

This movie's lead actress Bonita Granville said that this movie was her favorite film because it was one of the rare times that she got top billing and got to play an adult character. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: In the 1930s Lieutenant Karl Bruner would have never called Großdeutsches Reich Nazi-Germany. See more »

Quotes

Professor Nichols: [Narration] That was the last we saw of Carl for a long time. He was swept up in the storm - the storm that was sweeping through all of Germany.
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Crazy Credits

During opening credits, the camera zooms in on a German book burning, and the book on top of the pile is "Education for Death" by Gregor Ziemer. That was another book by the same author of the novel on which this film is based. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "The Cinema Snob: Hitler: Dead or Alive (#3.28)" (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"My Country 'Tis of Thee"
(uncredited)
Music by Muzio Clementi (Symphony #3)
Lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith (1831) See more »