The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
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.
Director:
James P. Hogan
Writer:
Fritz Kortner
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Ludwig Donath as Adolf Hitler / Franz Huber |
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Gale Sondergaard as Anna Huber |
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George Dolenz as Herman Marbach |
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Fritz Kortner as Bauer |
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Ludwig Stössel as Graub |
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Willy Trenk-Trebitsch as Co. Von Zechwitz |
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Richard Ryen as Gen. Palzer |
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Joan Blair as Duchess Eugenie |
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Ernö Verebes as Count Godeck |
| Writing | Fritz Kortner | Screenplay |
| Directing | James P. Hogan | Director |
| Writing | Joe May | Story |
| Editing | Milton Carruth | Editor |