Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW000114 Fiction |
Country / Year |
USA, 1942-1943 |
Original Title |
HITLER'S CHILDREN |
Directed by |
Edward Dmytryk, Irving Reis (ohne credit) |
Produced by |
RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum) Radio Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Edward A. Golden; Associate producer: Robert S. Golden; Assistent director: Sam Ruman; Script: Emmet Lavery, Sr.; Based on: Gregor Ziemer ("Education for Death" / Roman); Camera: Russel Metty; Special optical effects: Vernon L. Walker; Editing: Joseph Noriega; Sound: Roy Meadows; Art direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Technical consultant: Eugen Sharin; Set decoration: Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller; Costumes: Renie; Music: Roy Webb; Musical direction: Constantin Bakaleinikoff; Narration: Kent Smith |
Cast |
Tim Holt (Lieutenant Karl Bruner); Bonita Granville (Anna Muller); Kent Smith (Professor Nichols); Otto Kruger (Colonel Henkel); H.B. Warner (The Bishop); Lloyd Corrigan (Franz Erhart); Erford Gage (Dr. Schmidt); Hans Conried (Dr. Graf); Gavin Muir (Nazi Major); Nancy Gates (Brenda); Frank Eldredge (Gestapo Man); Nicholas Vehr (Gestapo Man); Richard Martin (Gestapo Man); Bill Burrud (Murph, Prof. Nichols' Student); Jimmy Zaner (Irwin, Prof. Nichols' Student); Peter Van Eyck (als: Goetz Van Eyck) (Arresting Sergeant); John Arthur Stockton (Gestapo Officer); John Merton (Gestapo Officer); Max Lucke (Plane Dispatcher, Voice); Anna Loos (N.S.V. Worker); Bessie Wade (Mother); Harry McKim (Boy); Orley Lindgren (Boy); Billy Brow (Boy); Chris Wren (Boy); Egon Brecher (Mr. Muller); Elsa Janssen (Mrs. Muller); William Forrest (American Vice-Consul); Rita Corday (Young Matron); Ariel Heath (Young Matron); Roland Varno (SA Lieutenant); Crane Whitley (Whipping Sergeant); Edward Van Sloan (Chief Trial Judge); Frank O'Connor (Tribunal Judge); Douglas Evans (Radio Announcer); Carla Boehm (Magda, a Camp Girl); Bruce Cameron (Storm Trooper); Betty Roadman (1st Matron); Kathleen Wilson (Chief Matron); Joe Ray (Man in labor camp); Ann Summers; Mary Stuard; Frances Brown |
Length |
2335,3 m / 85'21'' oder 2249 m / 82'12'' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Dates |
- 18 Dec 1942: Preview, New York, NY (RKO) |
Further Remarks |
- Tonsystem: RCA |
Abstract |
Karl Bruner is brought up in the Nazi spirit, growing up to be a Gestapo officer. Karl is in love with Anna Muller with whom he was friends as a child and who now suffers under Nazi rule. Although born and bred in Germany, Anna is an American. She stubbornly resists every attempt made to get her to join the Nazis. Since she is considered unsuitable for providing the Führer with offspring, she is to be sterilized. Bruner`s superiors, who gradually comes to doubt their own convictions, put him to the test by putting him on the case of the woman he loves. When he wants to warn Anna of being publically whipped, he ends up in court. During the trial he does not shy from his actions and denjounces the Nazis. Karl and Anna are shot dead. |
Subject Terms |
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Holdings |
- Kinemathek Hamburg, Hamburg; 16mm |
Distributor |
RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum) Radio Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY (initially) |
Bibliography |
- Ziemer, Gregor: Education for Death. The Making of the Nazi. New York, NY / Toronto / London, 1941 |
Credits |
- 1. An RKO / Radio Picture |