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Plan for Destruction

1943

22 minutes

DocumentaryHistory

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Lewis Stone headshot

Lewis Stone

Commentator

Frank Reicher headshot

Frank Reicher

Karl Ernst Haushofer

George Lynn headshot

George Lynn

Rudolf Hess

Frederick Giermann headshot

Frederick Giermann

Nazi Radio Announcer