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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 organisation for gathering information of strategic value and the mastermind behind Hitler's wars and plans to enslave the world. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Original Release
04/22/1943
US Release
04/22/1943
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lewis Stone | Self - Commentator / Commentator |
Frank Reicher | Karl Ernst Haushofer |
George Lynn | Rudolf Hess |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self |
Frederick Giermann | Nazi Radio Announcer |
Adolf Hitler | Self |
George Hoagland | German |
Otto Reichow | German |
Ray Spiker | German |
Wilhelm von Brincken | General von Kettelmanm |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lewis Stone | Self - Commentator / Commentator |
Frank Reicher | Karl Ernst Haushofer |
George Lynn | Rudolf Hess |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self |
Frederick Giermann | Nazi Radio Announcer |
Adolf Hitler | Self |
George Hoagland | German |
Otto Reichow | German |
Ray Spiker | German |
Wilhelm von Brincken | General von Kettelmanm |
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | German |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1944 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Short Subjects | Nominated |