---
title: 'The Hitler Gang (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Farrow'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hitler-gang-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036921/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hitler Gang (1944)

1944 · 101 min · Documentary, Drama, War, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Hitler Gang is a 1944 American pseudo-documentary film directed by John Farrow, which traces the political rise of Adolf Hitler. Described as a "documentary-propaganda" film by its studio, Paramount Pictures, the historical drama is based on documented fact and marks the first serious effort to portray Hitler in film. The filmmakers chose to avoid casting stars in the lead roles, assembling instead a remarkable company of lookalikes to play Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, Göring, and other leading Nazis.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-farrow)
- **Screenplay:** [Frances Goodrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-goodrich), [Albert Hackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-hackett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Buttolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-buttolph)
- **Producer:** [Buddy DeSylva](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-desylva)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Laszlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-laszlo)
- **Editor:** [Eda Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/eda-warren)

## Cast

- [Roman Bohnen](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-bohnen)
- [Walter Kingsford](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-kingsford)
- [Reinhold Schünzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-schunzel)
- [Felix Basch](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-basch)
- [Bobby Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-watson)
- [Hans Heinrich von Twardowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-heinrich-von-twardowski)
- [Gene Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-roth)
- [George Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lynn)
- [Ray Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-collins)
- [Richard Ryen](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ryen)
- [Philip Van Zandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-van-zandt)
- [Kurt Kreuger](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-kreuger)
- [Martin Kosleck](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-kosleck)
- [Lotte Palfi-Andor](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotte-palfi-andor)
- [Helene Thimig](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-thimig)

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