The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

James P. Hogan

Writers:

Fritz Kortner (screenplay)
Fritz Kortner (story)

Release Date:

10 September 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

A man who is a dead ringer for Adolf Hitler plans to murder him and take over his identity. |

Plot Keywords:

Hitler | Nazi | Plot To Kill Hitler | WWII | Character Name In Title

Cast

Ludwig Donath	...	Adolf Hitler / Franz Huber
Gale Sondergaard	...	Anna Huber
George Dolenz	...	Herman Marbach
Fritz Kortner	...	Bauer
Ludwig Stössel	...	Graub
William Trenk	...	Col. Von Zechwitz
Joan Blair	...	Countess Eugenie
Ivan Triesault	...	Prince Hohenberg
Rudolph Anders	...	Maj. Mampe
Ernö Verebes	...	Count Godeck
Merrill Rodin	...	Hans Huber
Charles Bates	...	Viki Huber
Kurt Katch	...	Karl
Hans Schumm	...	Maj. Profe
Frederick Giermann	...	Heinrich Himmler (as Fred Giermann)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Universal Pictures

A strange but very interesting film

I will not add anything much to the previous comments for this feature. I just discovered it today. I had heard of it, but not more. I first thought I already saw it, but I confound with MAGIC FACE, starring Luther Adler, who plays in the Frank Tuttle's film an actor who looks like Hitler and decides to impersonate him against the Nazis will, of course. In this very film, STRANGE DEATH OF ADOLF Hitler, the main character is forced by the German to impersonate the Führer, a ringer, to protect him against a criminal attempt.

I won't tell you the climax, another user already had, unfortunately.

But it's rather a very good propaganda film for this time.