Plan for Destruction (1943)

Plan for Destruction

1943

Documentary History

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Edward L. Cahn

Cast

Frank Reicher as Karl Ernst Haushofer

Frederick Giermann as Nazi Radio Announcer

George Lynn as Rudolf Hess

Lewis Stone as Commentator

Crew

Richard Duce (Art Direction)

Jackson Rose (Director of Photography)

Harry Komer (Editor)