Plan for Destruction

22m
DocumentaryHistory
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Plan for Destruction is a 1943 American short propaganda film directed by Edward Cahn. It looks at the Geopolitik ideas of the ex-World War I professor, General Karl Haushofer, who is portrayed as the head of a huge organization for gathering information of strategic value and the mastermind behind Adolf Hitler's wars and plans to enslave the world. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Cast

Lewis Stone
Commentator
Frank Reicher
Karl Ernst Haushofer
George Lynn
Rudolf Hess
Frederick Giermann
Nazi Radio Announcer

Crew

Edward L. Cahn
Director
Karl Kamb
Screenplay, Story
John C. Higgins
Screenplay, Story
Harry Komer
Editor
Jackson Rose
Director of Photography
Richard Duce
Art Direction

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