Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
	DVD cover
Directed by	Louis Clyde Stoumen
Written by	Louis Clyde Stoumen; Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Produced by	Louis Clyde Stoumen; Don Devlin
Narrated by	Marlene Dietrich
Edited by	Kenn Collins; Richard Kaplan; Mark Wortreich
Music by	Ezra Laderman
Distributed by	Capri Films; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	1962;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated April 19, 2025

Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler is a 1962 documentary directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen.^[1]

Summary

Depicting through archival footage and photographs the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, using Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1794 version of Reynard the Fox as a parallel.^[2]

Release

Black Fox was originally scheduled to be released by Astor Pictures. After Astor's bankruptcy, Black Fox was released by the newly-formed Capri Films.^[3]

Accolades

It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1962.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ MUBI
↑ "Deal Man Produces Oscar-Winning Film" . Asbury Park Press. 1963-05-19. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Producer of 'Black Fox' Plans More Documentaries". Boxoffice. 1963-05-20. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-04-12– via Lantern.
↑ "NY Times: Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
↑ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

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[1] MUBI

[2] "Deal Man Produces Oscar-Winning Film" . Asbury Park Press. 1963-05-19. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Producer of 'Black Fox' Plans More Documentaries". Boxoffice. 1963-05-20. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-04-12– via Lantern.

[NY_Times-4] "NY Times: Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

[Oscars1963-5] "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

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