The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (film)
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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. 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, who is a good anti-Nazi, 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
External links[]
- The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler at IMDb
- The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler at the TCM Movie Database
Categories:
- 1943 films
- English-language films
- Universal Pictures films
- Films about Nazi Germany
- Films directed by James Patrick Hogan
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- World War II films made in wartime
- Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler
- American war films
- 1940s war films
- Films scored by Hans J. Salter
- World War II film stubs