The Ducktators (1942)

Directed by

Norman McCabe

Genre

propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short animated film is a wartime parody that uses caricatures of animal dictators to mock the leaders of the Axis powers during World War II. It follows the antics of these characters on a farm to deliver a pro-Allied message.

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What happens

The Ducktators is a 1942 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes propaganda animated short directed by Norman McCabe. The short was released on August 1, 1942, and satirizes events of World War II. The title is a pun on dictator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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