Plan for Destruction

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Plan for Destruction
Directed by Edward Cahn
Written byKarl Kamb
John C. Higgins
Narrated by Lewis Stone
CinematographyJackson Rose
Edited byHarry Komer
Music by Nathaniel Shilkret
Distributed by MGM
Release date
  • April 22, 1943 (1943-04-22)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 Adolf Hitler's wars and plans to enslave the world. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [1]

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References

  1. "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved January 21, 2014.