Hitler's Madman (1943)

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Hitler's Madman is based on an all-too-real wartime atrocity. John Carradine portrays Heydrich, the vicious SS officer put in charge of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Heydrich is killed by the Czech underground, prompting the Nazis to plan a horrible retaliation. The Gestapo selects the Czech village… More Hitler's Madman is based on an all-too-real wartime atrocity. John Carradine portrays Heydrich, the vicious SS officer put in charge of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Heydrich is killed by the Czech underground, prompting the Nazis to plan a horrible retaliation. The Gestapo selects the Czech village of Lidice for annihilation: They kill all the male villagers, throw the women and children into concentration camps, and torch Lidice into nonexistence. The victims of Nazi tyranny become martyrs to the underground cause, ending the film on a note of triumph. Based on a narrative poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Hitler's Madman was produced by the "poverty row" PRC studio, but was sold to MGM and given a class-A presentation at choice theatres throughout the U.S. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By: Douglas Sirk
Written By: Peretz Hirschbein, Albrecht Joseph
Genres: Drama

Critic Reviews

Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Intelligent, insightful, richly detailed anti-Nazi film, made by German refugees in Hollywood.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A powerful historical film based on a real wartime atrocity.

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Cast

            Patricia Morison as Jarmila

            John Carradine as Heydrich

            Alan Curtis as Karel

            Howard Freeman as Himmler

            Ralph Morgan as Hanka

            Edgar Kennedy as Nepomuk

            Ludwig Stossel as Mayor Bauer

            Al Shean as Priest

            Elizabeth Russell as Maria Bartonek

            Jimmy Conlin as Dvorak

            Blanche Yurka as Mrs. Hank

            Jorja Rollins as Clara Janek

            Victor Kilian as Janek

            Johanna Hofer as Mrs. Bauer

            Wolfgang Zilzer as Colonel

            Tully Marshall as Professor

            Budd Buster as Conductor

            Lester Dorr as Sergeant

            Ava Gardner as Katy Chotnik

            Betty Jaynes
            
            Dennis Moore as Orderly

            Frances Rafferty as Eliza Cormak

            Lionel Royce as Capt. Kleist

            Celia Travers as Nurse

            Richard Talmadge as Chauffeur

            Chet Brandenburg as Linesman

            Natalie Draper as Julia Petschek

            Ernst Hausman
            
            Sam Waagenaar as Sentry
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