Hitler's Children

Hitler's Children (1943)

Denial of motherhood...to all who do not conform to the monster-made laws of the land that's forgotten the meaning of love, marriage, home!

This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American woman declared legally German by the Nazi government.

Date of release
1943-01-06
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (26)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
War, Drama
Director
Edward Dmytryk

Casting

Interesting facts

Hitler's Children is a 1943 American black-and-white war film made by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Tim Holt, Bonita Granville and Kent Smith and was directed by Edward Dmytryk from an adaptation by Emmet Lavery of Gregor Ziemer's book Education for Death, which had previously been adapted as a Disney animated short film.

Production

Tim Holt was offered the lead role of Karl Bruner but when it seemed that he would be unavailable, Kent Smith was assigned. However, Holt ended up playing Karl and Smith moved to the supporting role of Professor Nichols. Originally Hitler's Children was directed by Irving Reis but he fought with producer Edward A. Golden early into filming and resigned.

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