Underplayed Gems

Hitler Lives (1945)

Hitler Lives poster
Directed by
Don Siegel
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
17 min
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This short documentary from 1945 asks whether the ideas behind Nazism are truly gone after Hitler's defeat. It uses newsreel footage to warn that the threat remains after World War Two ends.

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What happens

Hitler Lives, also known as Hitler Lives?, is a 1945 American short documentary film directed by Don Siegel, who was uncredited, and written by Saul Elkins. It won an Oscar at the 18th Academy Awards in 1946 for Documentary Short Subject. The film's copyright was renewed in 1973. Earlier in 1945, Siegel made his directorial debut on another short film Star in the Night, which also won an Academy Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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