Plan for Destruction

Plan for Destruction

22 mins | Documentary, History | April 22, 1943

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.

Plan for Destruction

22 mins | Documentary, History | April 22, 1943

Plan for Destruction
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Plan for Destruction
Directors Edward L. Cahn
Writers Karl Kamb, John C. Higgins

Cast

Lewis Stone

as Commentator

Frank Reicher

as Karl Ernst Haushofer

George Lynn

as Rudolf Hess

Frederick Giermann

as Nazi Radio Announcer