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Plan for Destruction
Plan for Destruction
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Plan for Destruction

1943
22m
Documentary
History

Status

Released

Release

1943

Runtime

22m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
22m
Apr 22, 1943
Languages
English
Director
Edward L. Cahn
Edward L. Cahn
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

4 Cast Members

Lewis Stone

Lewis Stone

Commentator

Frank Reicher

Frank Reicher

Karl Ernst Haushofer

George Lynn

George Lynn

Rudolf Hess

Frederick Giermann

Nazi Radio Announcer

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