The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
Is he dead?
74 min
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.
- Release date
- September 10, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Hans J. Salter
Cast
- Ludwig Donath as Adolf Hitler
- Ludwig Donath as Franz Huber
- Gale Sondergaard as Anna Huber
- George Dolenz as Herman Marbach
- Fritz Kortner as Bauer
- Ludwig Stössel as Graub
- William Trenk as Col. Von Zechwitz
- Joan Blair as Duchess Eugenie
- Ivan Triesault as Prince Hohenberg
- Rudolph Anders as Maj. Mampe
- Ernö Verebes as Count Godeck
Crew
- James P. Hogan · Director
- Fritz Kortner · Writer
- Joe May · Writer
- Hans J. Salter · Composer
- Jerome Ash · Cinematographer
- Milton Carruth · Editor