A german oompah band composed of axis leaders joseph goebbels on trombone, heinrich himmler on snare drum, hirohito on sousaphone, hermann goring on piccolo, and benito mussolini on bass drum, sings the virtues of the nazi doctrine and marches noisily at four oclock in the morning through a small town where the. The cartoon, which features donald duck in a nightmare setting working at a factory in nazi germany, was made in an effort to sell war bonds and is an example of american propaganda during. It won the academy award for best animated short film. It was directed by jack kinney and released on january 1, 1943 as an antinazi propaganda movie for the american war effort. It was made in an effort to sell war bonds, and won an academy award for best animated short. The goal is to make the nazis look ridiculous and harmless, to strip away their menace while making the viewer appreciate their own freedoms. An instant hit on wartime radio broadcasts, it was written by walt disney studios composer oliver wallace. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. The cartoon, which features donald duck in a nightmare setting working at a factory in nazi germany, was made in an effort to sell war bonds and is an example of american propaganda. The cartoon had donald duck in a nightmare working in munitions plant, eating stale bread, and dunking a coffee bean into water once to conserve the taste all the while giving continuous heil hitler salutes.
I was researching disney and trying to figure out what their response was during world war ii when i came across nazi donald duck again. Disney released its animated film starring donald duck with the song in february 1943, along with the sheet music. Donald duck in nutzi land ep with disney prologue speech included. About finding it, you can download it off a few internet joke sites someone of an imdb thread for this movie posted a link from steak and cheese dot com, and it. The next episode of a pony perspective is in production. Donald ducks fall out fall in full episode duration. I say interesting because its hard to call it a great cartoon, by todays standards. May 01, 20 donald duck in nutzi land ep with disney prologue speech included. Aug 09, 2017 the goal is to make the nazis look ridiculous and harmless, to strip away their menace while making the viewer appreciate their own freedoms. You have to activate the subtitle first donald duck working in an amunition factory nazideutschland. The film won the 1943 academy award for best animated short film and was the only donald duck cartoon to win an oscar. As modern viewers, i can think of two reasons why those previous statements seem nothing short of absurd to us.
Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Propaganda film, comedy, satire, cartoon, animation. Donald duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting nazi food rations and then with his. Times, and donald finds it increasingly hard to complete all the tasks.
Donald has a nightmare that he is living in nazi germany. Donald duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a nazi artillery factory. Released theatrically in 1943, this powerful propaganda film has never been. The film won the 1943 academy award for animated short film, and was the only donald duck cartoon to win an oscar. It was released by rko radio pictures on january 1, 1943. I say interesting because it s hard to call it a great cartoon, by today s standards. The attached photo shows a case of walt disney s personal academy awards. Jan 04, 2011 you have to activate the subtitle first donald duck working in an amunition factory nazideutschland. The film was written by joe grant and dick huemer and directed by jack kinney. The film won the 1943 academy award for animated short film. The attached photo shows a case of walt disneys personal academy awards. If you want to start a disney derfuehrersface page, just click the edit button above.
Originally called donald duck in nutzi land, it was retitled when the theme song became a hit. Donald has a nightmare that he is living in nazi germany, envisioning bayonet discipline, starvation, hard work on the munitions assembly line, and heiling hitler. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. After a nervous breakdown, donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare. It was directed by jack kinney and released on january 1, 1943 as an antinazi propaganda film for the american war effort. I always loved this cartoon, and this song, but i could never find a full.
Shows the importance of propaganda even in cartoons for kids. Mickey mouse, donald duck, goofy mickeys trailer disney duration. To this all i can say is, i hope we can all agree that. It won the academy award for best animated short film in 1943. It was directed by jack kinney and released on january 1, 1943 as an anti nazi propaganda film for the american war effort. Most of the copies of this film are jumpy, but this one is the best copy out there. It was a 1943 production by walt disney productions and released in the same year by rko radio pictures. Donald ducks commando duck donald duck full episodes duration.
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