The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (film)
Appearance
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Directed by | James P. Hogan |
Written by | Fritz Kortner Joe May |
Produced by | Ben Pivar Joseph Gershenson |
Starring | Ludwig Donath Gale Sondergaard George Dolenz |
Cinematography | Jerome Ash |
Edited by | Milton Carruth |
Music by | Hans J. Salter |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler is a 1943 American war film directed by James P. Hogan.[1] The film follows a man who plans to murder Adolf Hitler and steal his identity.
Plot
Franz Huber (Ludwig Donath), an Austrian actor known for his impersonations of celebrities, is captured by the Gestapo and forced to undergo plastic surgery to become a stand-in for Adolf Hitler. The conspirators are planning to poison Hitler and put Huber in his place – and under their control. Huber is able to foil the Gestapo and strike a blow for democracy; but his life is put in danger because his wife (Gale Sondergaard), who is also an anti-Nazi, doesn't know that her missing husband has become a Hitler look-alike.
Cast
- Ludwig Donath ... Franz Huber/Adolf Hitler
- Gale Sondergaard ... Anna Huber
- George Dolenz ... Herman Marbach
- Fritz Kortner ... Bauer
- Ludwig Stössel ... Graub
- William Trenk ... Colonel Von Zechwitz
- Joan Blair ... Duchess Eugenie
- Ivan Triesault ... Prince Hohenberg
- Rudolph Anders ... Major Mampe
- Ernő Verebes ... Count Godeck
- Merrill Rodin ... Hans Huber
- Charles Bates ... Viki Huber
- Kurt Katch ... Colonel Karl Frobe
- Hans Schumm ... Major Profe
- Frederick Giermann ... Heinrich Himmler
- Richard Ryen ... General Palzer
- John Mylong ... General Halder
- Kurt Kreuger ... Nazi leader
- Lester Sharpe ... Dr. Kaltenbach
- Trude Berliner ... Frau Reitler
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski ... Judge
- Wolfgang Zilzer ... Attorney
See also
- Hitler's Children
- Hitler – Dead or Alive
- The Hitler Gang
- Look-alike
- The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
References
External links
- The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler at IMDb
- The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler at the TCM Movie Database
Categories:
- 1943 films
- Universal Pictures films
- Films about Nazi Germany
- Films directed by James Patrick Hogan
- American black-and-white films
- World War II films made in wartime
- Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler
- American war films
- 1943 war films
- Films scored by Hans J. Salter
- 1940s English-language films
- World War II film stubs