The Nazi Strike

original title:
The Nazi Strike
other titles:
Why We Fight 2, The Nazi Strike: Blitzkrieg!, Why we fight: The Nazi Strike
country / year of production:
USA / 1943
original length:
41 min. , black/white
premiere:
genre:
Propaganda film
based on:
director:
Frank Capra , Anatole Litvak
film script:
Julius J. Epstein , Philip G. Epstein
producer:
Frank Capra
cinematographer:
editor:
William Hornbeck
composer:
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin , Leigh Harline , John Leipold , Anthony V. Collins , Louis Gruenberg , Roy Webb
cast (role):
more:
plot synopsis:
Second of the seven-part series "Why we fight", describing Germany`s diplomatic and military preperation to war, the ineffective allied appeasement policy und eventually the invasion of Poland.
keywords:
propaganda
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Thomas Bohn. An Historical and Descriptive Analysis of the `Why we fight´-series. New York: Arno Press. 1977. 258 p.

David Culbert. „`Why We Fight´. Social Engineering for a Democratic Society at War“. In: K.R.M. Short (ed.). Film and Radio Propaganda in World War II. London, Canberra. 1983. 173-191.

William Thomas Murphy. „The Method of `Why We Fight´. In: Journal of Popular Film 1 (1972), 3, 185-196.
remarks:
The film was produced by the US War Department.
availability:
Video VHS NTSC, DVD