The Devil with Hitler

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The Devil with Hitler
other titles:
The Furious Phony, The Devil Checks Up
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44 min. , black/white
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USA: 18 October 1942 (New York City)
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Reminiscent of the Three Stooges and their slapstick, the trio infernale of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and japanese Suki Yaski are exposed to higher powers: the council of hell has decided that Hitler is much more evil than Satan himself and should replace him. The devil is granted two days to prove that Hitler is not all that bad and travels to Nazi-Germany as Gesatan and works for Hitler. But poor devil: all his attempts fail miserably for Hitler truly seems to be personified evil. Gesatan mimics Hitler and grants two prisoners freedom, but Hitler hears of it and forbids it. Gesatan tries to persuade Hitler to get a life insurance, but again the dictator messes with his plans, shorthandedly changing the life insurance to Suki Yaki and then attempts to murder him. Satan has to force Hitler with bombs to perform a good deed, so that he will remain Lord of hell and Hitler soon will be punished in hell for all eternity.
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