Aug 09, 2017 the goal is to make the nazis look ridiculous and harmless, to strip away their menace while making the viewer appreciate their own freedoms. The purpose of this video was to display antinazi propaganda for the american war effort in wwii and was supported by the united states government. I think once upon a time disney had a vhs collection of wartime shorts. The cartoon, which features donald duck in a nightmare setting working at a factory in nazi germany, was made in an effort to sell war bonds and is an example of. The cartoon, which features donald duck in a nightmare setting working at a factory in nazi germany, was made in.
Also seen in the photo in the bottom middle shelf with the seven little oscars on the stairs, is the special oscar given to walt disney in recognition of snow white and. The film won the 1943 academy award for animated short film. The cartoon had donald duck in a nightmare working in munitions plant, eating stale bread, and dunking a coffee bean into water once to conserve the taste all the while giving continuous heil hitler salutes. This became one disney would make sparse over years until the disney treasures line was launched and all the world wartwo era shorts were recollected. A megjeleno oldalon lepj tovabb, majd vard meg a 10 masodpercet az oldalon, es a letoltes automatikusan elindul. Okkult motion pictures excerpts fuehrers face originally titled donald duck in nutzi land, a 1943 american animated propaganda short film produced by walt disney productions and released in 1943 by rko radio pictures.
The film won the 1943 academy award for animated short film, and was the only donald duck cartoon to win an oscar. It even won an academy award for being the best animated short of 1943. Hitlers children 1943 drama film eng sub ita edward dmytryk. The cartoon had donald duck in a nightmare working in munitions plant, eating stale bread, and dunking a coffee bean into water once to. Normally, i do not do short film on this blog, but because of the rich treasure of classic short films available at the internet archive, i have decided that october is short film month. Disneys oddest wartime project was victory through air power 1943, a live. Donald duck cartoon fuehrers face and lucky number. Oct 03, 2016 this film is best enjoyed if you like the disney shorts from the classic period. Donald duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting nazi. Animation silly symphony susie the little blue coupe disney movies movies for kids 6 duration. Gee but it s great to meet a friend from your home town. To this all i can say is, i hope we can all agree that there are appropriate artforms for analysing and understanding the barbarism of the holocaust and that.
Originally called donald duck in nutzi land, it was retitled when the theme song became a hit. Originally called donald duck in nutzi land, it was retitled when the theme. Propaganda film, comedy, satire, cartoon, animation. You have to activate the subtitle first donald duck working in an amunition factory nazideutschland.
A german oompah bandcomposed of axis leaders joseph. I say interesting because its hard to call it a great cartoon, by todays standards. This is one you may have missed if you relied on the official collections from disney. To this all i can say is, i hope we can all agree that. It was a 1943 production by walt disney productions and released in the same year by rko radio pictures. Ballads receiving the jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells and outlandish and comedic vocals. Most of the copies of this film are jumpy, but this one is the best copy out there.
The film was written by joe grant and dick huemer and directed by jack kinney. I say interesting because it s hard to call it a great cartoon, by today s standards. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. There are also pure propaganda films, like in the fuhrers face, which. The cartoon, which features donald duck in a nightmare setting working at a factory in nazi germany, was made in an effort to sell war bonds and is an example of american propaganda. Lindley armstrong jones december 14, 1911 may 1, 1965, known as spike jones, was an american musician and bandleader specializing in satirical arrangements of popular songs and classical music. After a nervous breakdown, donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare. In 1994, the film was voted number 22 of the 50 greatest cartoons of all time by members of the animation industry. Donald duck has a nightmare that he lives in germany slaving under the nazi regime. Shows the importance of propaganda even in cartoons for kids.
Donald has a nightmare that he is living in nazi germany, envisioning bayonet discipline, starvation, hard work on the munitions assembly line, and heiling hitler. Oliver wallace notes the recording on the other side of this disc. It was the only donald duck movie ever to receive an oscar. Donald duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting nazi food rations and then with his day. The cartoon, which features donald duck in a nightmare setting working at a factory in nazi germany, was made in an.