Hitler Lives (also known as Hitler Lives?) is a 1945 American short documentary film directed by Don Siegel, who was uncredited. The film won an Oscar at the 18th Academy Awards in 1946 for Documentary Short Subject.[1][2] The film's copyright was renewed.[3]
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| Directed by | Don Siegel (uncredited) |
| Written by | Saul Elkins |
| Produced by | Gordon Hollingshead |
| Narrated by | Knox Manning |
| Cinematography | De Leon Anthony |
| Edited by | Harry Komer |
| Music by | William Lava |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Earlier the same year, Siegel made his directorial debut on another short film Star in the Night (1945), which also won an Academy Award.
Production
editHitler Lives is based on the film Your Job in Germany, which was produced shortly before the end of World War II in Europe and written by Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss).[4]
While retaining some of the original film footage, Hitler Lives was written by Saul Elkins. The film warns that the defeated German population still contains Nazi supporters and that the world must stay ever vigilant against the prospect that a new Hitler will arise within Germany. The film combines dramatized content mixed with archive footage. The crematoriums of a concentration camp are shown, only using "victims" to describe those murdered (without mentioning that they were Jewish). Finally, the film warns against fascism in the United States.
Cast
edit- Knox Manning as narrator (voice)
- Joseph Goebbels as himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Adolf Hitler as himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Joseph Stalin as himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Harry S. Truman as himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legacy
editIn 1947, Rosalie Allen released a single, Hitler Lives, with The Black River Riders on RCA Victor.[5]
References
edit- ^ "New York Times: Hitler Lives". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
- ^ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries 3D Ser Vol 27 PTS 12-13". U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1973.
- ^ "Oscar's Docs, 1941–45: Bravery and Bias". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
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- Rosalie Allen discography at Discogs
- The Black River Riders discography at Discogs
- "Hitler Lives" at Discogs
- Rosalie Allen - Hitler Lives on YouTube
- Rosalie Allen And The Black River Riders. "Hitler Lives / I Can't Tell That Lie To My Heart". eBay. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
1947 RCA Victor – 20-2237 (325533260653)
- Rosalie Allen And The Black River Riders. "Hitler Lives / I Can't Tell That Lie To My Heart". eBay. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
1947 RCA Victor – 20-2237 (393788095234)
External links
edit- Hitler Lives at IMDb
- Hitler Lives at AllMovie
- Hitler Lives at the TCM Movie Database
- The short film Hitler Lives (1945) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.