Overview:
Plan for Destruction is a 1943 American short propaganda film directed by Edward Cahn. It looks at the Geopolitik ideas of the ex-World War I professor, General Karl Haushofer, who is portrayed as the head of a huge organization for gathering information of strategic value and the mastermind behind Adolf Hitler's wars and plans to enslave the world. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.| Status: | Released (1943-04-22) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Karl Kamb, John C. Higgins |
| Productions: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 29259: Lewis Stone - Commentator
- 3245: Frank Reicher - Karl Ernst Haushofer
- 31263: George Lynn - Rudolf Hess
- 112356: Frederick Giermann - Nazi Radio Announcer
Crews
- 31764: Edward L. Cahn - Director - Directing
- 52589: John C. Higgins - Story - Writing
- 109842: Karl Kamb - Story - Writing
- 31767: Jackson Rose - Director of Photography - Camera
- 109842: Karl Kamb - Screenplay - Writing
- 103365: Harry Komer - Editor - Editing
- 52589: John C. Higgins - Screenplay - Writing
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I didn’t love Lewis Stone’s narration here, not least because he kept referring to Britain/British and England/English which always strikes me as lazy writing. That said, though, it’s still quite an interesting assessment of the forward-planning skills of former Imperial general Karl ....
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