The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
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Synopsis of The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
This curious bit of wartime wish-fulfillment stars Ludwig Donath as Franz Huber, a famed Austrian actor known for his impersonations of celebrities. Captured by the Gestapo, Huber is ordered to undergo plastic surgery. When he emerges from the gauze, Huber is the living image of Adolf Hitler! It's all part of a Gestapo plot to assassinate the troublesome Fuehrer and put the ostensibly more pliable Huber in his place. The anti-Nazi Huber is able to foil the Gestapo and strike a blow for Democracy, but he meets his Waterloo at the hands of his own wife (Gale Sondergaard), who has no way of knowing that he isn't Hitler. The labyrinthine screenplay was cowritten by Fritz Kortner, who also plays one of the villains. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
- Ludwig Donath - Franz Huber
- Fritz Kortner - Bauer
- William Trenk - Col. von Zechwitz
- Ivan Triesault - Hohenberg
- Erno Verebes - Godeck
- Charley Bates - Viki Huber
- Hans Schumm - Profe
- John Mylong - Gen. Halder
- Lester Sharpe - Dr. Kaltenbruch
- Ludwig Donath - Adolf Hitler
- Hans Heinrich Von Twardowski - Judge
- George Sorel
- Dick Ryan - Palzer
- George Dolenz - Herman Marbach
- Ludwig Stossel - Graub
- Joan Blair - Duchess Eugenie
- Rudolph Anders - Mampe
- Merrill Rodin - Hansl Huber
- Kurt Katch - Karl
- Frederick Giermann - Heinrich Himmler
- Kurt Kreuger - Youth Leader
- Wolfgang Zilzer - Attorney
- Gale Sondergaard - Anna Huber
- Hans Von Morhart
- Gene Roth
- Director(s):
- James Hogan
- Writer(s):
- Fritz Kortner
- Producer(s):
- Ben Pivar
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