Saturday, September 26, 2009

Hitler's Children (1943)

Directed by Edward Dmytryk
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, Nostalgia Merchant)

Anna is the sweet American girl studying in Germany, while Karl is next door at the Hitler youth school. They fall in love despite their deep political differences, a sort of Romeo and Juliet. They get separated, only to frequently run into each other once Karl moves up in the Gestapo. It comes to a head when Anna gets a public lashing for covert political ideas. It's completely exaggerated and manipulative wartime propaganda that somehow succeeds despite those intentions.


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