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The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)

Drama Thriller War

Is he dead?

Release Date: 1943, September 10
Directors: James P. Hogan
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures
Cast: Joan Blair, Richard Ryen, Ludwig Stössel, Ludwig Donath, Ernö Verebes, Gale Sondergaard, Fritz Kortner, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, George Dolenz

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

1940s nazi coup d'etat vienna, austria plastic surgery hitler youth body double