{"id":2840,"date":"2007-03-27T19:51:48","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T02:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:40:46","slug":"they-saved-hitlers-brain-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2840","title":{"rendered":"They Saved Hitler&#8217;s Brain (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Hitler, alive? It&#8217;s &#8212; it&#8217;s incredible!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-Poster-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-Poster-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe daughter (Audrey Caire) of a scientist discovers that her father has been taken to the South American country of Mendora by Neo-Nazis, who are following the orders of Hitler&#8217;s preserved head and plan to take over the world.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disembodied Parts<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>World Domination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;mangled mix&#8221; of footage from two separate projects &#8212; an unreleased sci-fi exploitation flick called <em>Madmen of Mandoras<\/em>, and additional amateur filler from years later &#8212; is quite the mess, and definitely a candidate for &#8220;Worst Film Ever Made&#8221;. However, I disagree with Peary that it&#8217;s difficult to understand what&#8217;s going on; the plot may be convoluted, but it actually makes sense in a warped way, <em>if<\/em> you&#8217;re paying close attention. Then again, every aspect of <em>They Saved Hitler&#8217;s Brain<\/em> &#8212; from the atrocious acting (especially in the added-on segments) to the unbelievably egregious continuity problems &#8212; is so bad that, cumulatively, they overshadow the story itself. Unfortunately, as is often the case with oddly-named films, the title here is ultimately more intriguing than the plot; plus, as many have pointed out, it&#8217;s incredibly frustrating that Hitler&#8217;s &#8220;brain&#8221; doesn&#8217;t show up until halfway through the film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> As Peary notes, it&#8217;s &#8220;too bad Woody Allen didn&#8217;t use [the] film&#8217;s visuals for <em>What&#8217;s Up Tiger Lily? II<\/em>;&#8221; in fact, I&#8217;m surprised MST3K never lampooned this one, given its potential for unending mockery. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Freed&#8217;s campy portrayal as Hitler&#8217;s head<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-1024x799.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-1024x799.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain-346x270.png 346w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/They-Saved-Hitlers-Brain.png 1185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; save yourself the grief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0265870\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/they-saved-hitlers-brain-1964.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=496&#038;aff=13\">The Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hitler, alive? It&#8217;s &#8212; it&#8217;s incredible!&#8221; Synopsis: The daughter (Audrey Caire) of a scientist discovers that her father has been taken to the South American country of Mendora by Neo-Nazis, who are following the orders of Hitler&#8217;s preserved head and plan to take over the world. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Disembodied Parts Kidnapping Nazis Science Fiction World Domination Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;mangled mix&#8221; of footage from two separate projects &#8212; an unreleased sci-fi exploitation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2840\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69016,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions\/69016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}