Hitler's Madman
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Hitler's Madman insert poster.
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| Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
| Produced by | Seymour Nebenzal |
| Written by | Bart Lytton (novel) Edna St. Vincent Millay (poem) Albrecht Joseph (story) Emil Ludwig (story) Peretz Hirschbein Melvin Levy Doris Malloy Edgar G. Ulmer (uncredited) |
| Starring | Patricia Morison John Carradine Alan Curtis |
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Hitler's Madman is a 1943 World War II film about the assassination of Nazi Reinhard Heydrich and the revenge taken by the Germans. The picture was produced by Seymour Nebenzal for PRC[1] and Angelus Pictures, Inc.[2] The shooting of Hitler's Madman took place late in 1942 and early 1943.[2] Sirk hired German cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan to shoot the film, but since he was not allowed in the United States at the time, the credit was instead given to Jack Greenhalgh.[1]
When Hitler's Madman was finished, MGM's Louis B. Mayer bought the production (reshoots were made in MGM's own studios), making it one of the few, and possibly the first film originally from another company to be distributed by MGM.[1]
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Cast
- Patricia Morison as Jarmilla Hanka
- John Carradine as Reinhard Heydrich
- Alan Curtis as Karel Vavra
- Howard Freeman as Heinrich Himmler
- Ralph Morgan as Jan Hanka
- Edgar Kennedy as Nepomuk
- Ludwig Stössel as Herman Bauer
- Al Shean as Father Cemlanek
- Elizabeth Russell as Maria Bartonek
- Jimmy Conlin as Dvorak
- Louis V. Arco as German Sergeant
- Richard Ryen as Gestapo
Reception
Paul Mavis, of DVD Drive-In, reviewing the Warner Archive Collection 2015 DVD release of Hitler's Madman, wrote, "Hitler's Madman mixes director Sirk’s complex subtextual concerns with straight-ahead (for its time) horror, in a B shocker that still packs a considerable punch."[3]
See also
Other films on the same subject:
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
- The Silent Village (1943)
- Atentát (1964)
- Operation Daybreak (1975)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hitler's Madman, Turner Classic Movies page
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hitler's Madman, TCM overview page
- ↑ http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/e-h/hitlersmadman43.htm
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- Hitler's Madman at the TCM Movie Database
- Hitler's Madman at AllMovie
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