Russian Rhapsody

Russian Rhapsody (1944)

As Adolf Hitler personally flies a bomber on a mission to the Soviet Union, the gremlins from the Kremlin set about to stop him.

Date of release
1944-05-20
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (20)
Runtime
7m
Genres
Animation, Comedy
Director
Robert Clampett

Casting

Interesting facts

Russian Rhapsody is a 1944 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on May 20, 1944.

Production

Many of the gremlins are caricatures of the Warner Bros. animation department staff. The style is reminiscent of a 1936 Christmas card showcasing the staff as drawn by T. Hee. Among the recognizable gremlins are Leon Schlesinger (who is shown tapping the heads off of rivets with a hammer as he is being raised by a rope), Bob Clampett (shown nude with a pickaxe), Friz Freleng (the little green gremlin sawing), Chuck Jones (the fat blonde haired gr…

The lyrics reference the 1942 Disney cartoon and the 1942 song (composed by Oliver Wallace and recorded by Spike Jones) both titled Der Fuhrer's Face.

The gag showing a gremlin swapping windshield stickers is a reference to wartime U.S. gasoline rationing.

Initially, this short was to be titled "Gremlins from the Kremlin", but Walt Disney was already in production of an adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Gremlins, which ended up never getting made.

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