The Hitler Gang

The Hitler Gang is a 1944 American pseudo-documentary film directed by John Farrow, which traces the political rise of Adolf Hitler. Described as a "documentary-propaganda" film by its studio, Paramount Pictures, the historical drama is based on documented fact and marks the first serious effort to portray Hitler in film. The filmmakers chose to avoid casting stars in the lead roles, assembling instead a remarkable company of lookalikes to play Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, Göring, and other leading Nazis. Plot In 1918 a young soldier called Adolf Hitler recovers from being gassed during World War I. At the behest of the German Army, he joins German nationalistic parties, espousing theories that Germany lost the war because they were stabbed in the back. He rises to become dictator of Germany. Cast Walter Abel and Albert Dekker narrate The Hitler Gang. Robert Watson as Adolf Hitler Roman Bohnen as Captain Ernst Röhm Martin Kosleck as Joseph Goebbels Victor Varconi as Rudolf Hess Luis van Rooten as Heinrich Himmler Alexander Pope as Hermann Göring Ivan Triesault as Pastor Niemöller Poldi Dur as Geli Raubal Helene Thimig as Angela Raubal Reinhold Schünzel as General Erich Ludendorff Sig Ruman as General Paul von Hindenburg Alexander Granach as Julius Streicher Fritz Kortner as Gregor Strasser Tonio Selwart as Alfred Rosenberg Richard Ryen as Adolf Wagner Ray Collins as Cardinal Faulhaber Ludwig Donath as Gustav von Kahr Ernő Verebes as Anton Drexler Walter Kingsford as Franz von Papen Fred Nurney as General von Epp Arthur Loft as Colonel von Reichenau Lionel Royce as Fritz Thyssen