Drama ·War ·Thriller · United States of America · 1943 · 1h 13m

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

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Director
James P. Hogan
Cast
Ludwig Donath as Adolf Hitler / Franz Huber Gale Sondergaard as Anna Huber George Dolenz as Herman Marbach Fritz Kortner as Bauer Ludwig Stössel as Graub Willy Trenk-Trebitsch as Co. Von Zechwitz
Crew
Milton Carruth — Editor Fritz Kortner — Screenplay Joe May — Story
Tagline

Is he dead?

Synopsis

Austrian actor Franz Huber, known for his impressions, is captured by the Gestapo and forced into plastic surgery to become Hitler's body double. Their plan is to poison Hitler and use Huber to take control of the Reich. Meanwhile, Huber's wife Anna sees her life coming undone as her husband has disappeared and her two sons are indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth.

Mood & Themes
nazicoup d'etatplastic surgeryhitler youthbody doublevienna, austria1940s
Key Collaborators
James P. Hogan Director Milton Carruth Editor Fritz Kortner Screenplay Joe May Story
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