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Feature film — 1943

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)

5.21h 13mDrama — War — Thriller

Austrian actor Franz Huber, known for his impressions, is captured by the Gestapo and forced into plastic surgery to become Hitler's body double. Their plan is to poison Hitler and use Huber to take control of the Reich. Meanwhile, Huber's wife Anna sees her life coming undone as her husband has disappeared and her two sons are indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth.

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Director: James P. Hogan

On screen

Cast & crew

Ludwig Donath as Adolf Hitler / Franz Huber

Ludwig Donath

Adolf Hitler / Franz Huber

Gale Sondergaard as Anna Huber

Gale Sondergaard

Anna Huber

George Dolenz as Herman Marbach

George Dolenz

Herman Marbach

Fritz Kortner as Bauer

Fritz Kortner

Bauer

Ludwig Stössel as Graub

Ludwig Stössel

Graub

W

Willy Trenk-Trebitsch

Co. Von Zechwitz

Richard Ryen as Gen. Palzer

Richard Ryen

Gen. Palzer

Joan Blair as Duchess Eugenie

Joan Blair

Duchess Eugenie

Ernö Verebes as Count Godeck

Ernö Verebes

Count Godeck

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