{"id":4638,"date":"2007-10-26T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2007-10-26T22:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2020-12-11T17:33:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T00:33:16","slug":"hitlers-madman-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4638","title":{"rendered":"Hitler&#8217;s Madman (1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You think words will stop the Nazis?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-57101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Poster-665x1024.png 665w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Poster-175x270.png 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Poster.png 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring World War II, Czechoslovakian resistance fighters &#8212; led by paratrooper Karel Vavra (Alan Curtis) &#8212; plot to assassinate Nazi Commander Reinhard Heydrich (John Carradine), with devastating consequences.\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>Assassination<\/li>\n<li>Douglas Sirk Films<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Resistance Fighters<<\/li>\n<li>World War Two<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nNotorious as both Douglas Sirk&#8217;s American directorial debut, and perhaps the best film to come out of Poverty Row&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Producers_Releasing_Corporation\">Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)<\/a>, <em>Hitler&#8217;s Madman<\/em> has, unfortunately, not held up very well. Functioning largely as wartime propaganda, it does manage to effectively highlight the many atrocities carried out by Nazis in Czechoslovakia:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2-1024x621.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2-1024x621.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2-1536x931.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2-445x270.png 445w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Atrocities2.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(particularly the brutal finale &#8212; an infamous crime against humanity):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis-1024x622.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis-1536x933.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis-444x270.png 444w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madmen-Nazis.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire-1024x641.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire-1536x961.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire-431x270.png 431w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Fire.png 1625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but it suffers from trite dialogue (&#8220;Hope &#8212; I&#8217;d forgotten there was such a word&#8221;), wooden acting (particularly by Alan Curtis in the lead):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis-1024x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis-1536x954.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis-435x270.png 435w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Curtis.png 1657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and an overall production air of &#8220;Hollywood Studio as Europe&#8221;. Evidence of Sirk&#8217;s visual genius emerges every now and then (particularly in the use of extreme angles), and John Carradine is well-cast as villainous Heydrich (Peary nominates his performance for an <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=2606\">Alternate Oscar<\/a>!), but the limited script and cast prevent this from being anything more than simply dated entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Carradine as Heydrich<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2-1024x632.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2-438x270.png 438w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Carradine2.png 1649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Early evidence of Sirk&#8217;s talent with composition<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk-1536x959.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk-432x270.png 432w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk.png 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2-1024x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2-1536x955.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2-434x270.png 434w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Hitlers-Madman-Sirk2.png 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While it&#8217;s listed as a film with historical importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, I don&#8217;t think film fanatics need to see it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0036005\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1943\/08\/28\/archives\/at-the-rialto.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2014\/hitlers-madman#articles-reviews?articleId=325\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/hitlers-madman\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You think words will stop the Nazis?&#8221; Synopsis: During World War II, Czechoslovakian resistance fighters &#8212; led by paratrooper Karel Vavra (Alan Curtis) &#8212; plot to assassinate Nazi Commander Reinhard Heydrich (John Carradine), with devastating consequences. 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