The Hitler Gang

original title:
The Hitler Gang
country / year of production:
USA / 1944
original length:
101 min. , black/white
premiere:
USA: 26 April 1944
genre:
drama
based on:
director:
John Farrow
film script:
Frances Goodrich , Albert Hackett , Kurt Neumann
producer:
Buddy G. DeSylva
cinematographer:
Ernest Laszlo1
editor:
Eda Warren
composer:
cast (role):
Bobby Watson (Adolf Hitler) , Roman Bohnen (Cpt. Ernst Röhm) , Martin Kosleck (Joseph Göbbels) , Victor Varconi (Rudolph Hess) , Luis Van Rooten (Heinrich Himmler) , Bobby Watson , Roman Bohnen , Martin Kosleck , Victor Varconi , Luis Van Rooten
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plot synopsis:
The movie traces the uprising of Adolf Hitler in Germany, starting with his being wounded in WW I and ending with the beginning of WW II. After WW I, Hitler joins the national socialist party and attempts to throw over the government, but fails. It is only in 1933 that he becomes chancellor of Germany and is able to bring up laws like the race laws of Nürnberg. The end of the film focuses mainly on propaganda until WW II begins.
keywords:
based on a true story , fascism , coup , women during wartime , captivity , propaganda
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
The film parallels the narrative, characters and pictures of the contemporary Gangster-movies, mentioning it itself with the word 'Gang' in its title.

Not everything about the Nazis was used in the movie, it lacks for example the concentration camps and Eva Braun, yet includes the very intimate relationship of Hitler and his niece, showing him as her murderer. This lack of details can be attributed to the film's being produced in 1944. The film was in parts classified as anti-nationalsocialist propaganda.
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