The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)

Directors

James P. Hogan

Cast

Ludwig Donath, Gale Sondergaard, George Dolenz, Fritz Kortner, Ludwig Stössel, William Trenk, Joan Blair, Ivan Triesault, Rudolph Anders, Ernö Verebes

The story

Franz Huber (Ludwig Donath), an Austrian actor known for his impersonations of celebrities, is captured by the Gestapo and forced to undergo plastic surgery to become a stand-in for Adolf Hitler. The conspirators are planning to poison Hitler and put Huber in his place – and under their control. Huber foils the Gestapo and strikes a blow for democracy; but his life is put in danger because his wife (Gale Sondergaard), who is also an anti-Nazi, doesn't know that her missing husband has become a Hitler look-alike.

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