A Kitten for Hitler (2007)

Directed by

Ken Russell

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

8 min

Rated

18

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American Jewish boy tries to get Hitler to change his ways. The film was deliberately made to be shocking and cast a dwarf actor in the child role.

offensiveabsurdisttransgressivesatiricaldarkly comicprovocativeunsettlingcampy

What happens

A Kitten for Hitler, also known as Ein Kitten für Hitler, is a 2007 British short film directed by Ken Russell. Russell created it intending to be offensive, which caused casting problems, so he decided to cast an adult with dwarfism instead of a young child for the lead role. Russell thus cast Rusty Goffe, who played an Oompa-Loompa in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, to play the lead role of Lenny, an American Jewish boy who aims to inspire a change of heart in Hitler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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