The Hitler Gang
Poster
1944 (made)
1944 (made)
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This Paramount Pictures film, released in 1944, depicts Hitler's rise to power from a radical politician on society's fringes to the leader of Germany's Third Reich. The story is told in the way of a traditional American gangster film.
Object details
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| Title | The Hitler Gang (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | "The Hitler Gang" Poster for Paramount Pictures film directed by John Farrow. USA, 1944. |
| Physical description | Cubist composition of Adolf Hitler, barbed wire, a hanged woman, prison bars and various suspicious figures lurking in the shadows, one with a smoking gun. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
| Production | for posting in American movie cinemas |
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| Summary | This Paramount Pictures film, released in 1944, depicts Hitler's rise to power from a radical politician on society's fringes to the leader of Germany's Third Reich. The story is told in the way of a traditional American gangster film. |
| Other number | LS.2401 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.978-2004 |
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| Record created | October 18, 2004 |
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