SKU 1004 Availability HITLERs CHILDREN (1943) *with English and Spanish audio tracks* Tim Holt, Bonita Granville and Kent Smith , Edward Dmytryk Be the first to review this product $13.99 Qty: Add to cart Email a friend Question about product? Add to wishlist DetailsExisting reviews This modestly produced film version of Gregor Ziemmer's book Education for Death surprised everyone at RKO --and in the film industry-- by becoming one the biggest hits of 1943. The "children" invoked in the title are borne on behalf of Adolf Hitler; according to the film, it is standard operating procedure in Nazi Germany for young girls to willingly submit to being impregnated by Aryan men (with or without the benefit of clergy) in order to sustain the "Master Race." Those who refuse are ticketed for sterilization, or worse. One of the holdouts is Bonita Granville, a German girl raised and educated in America whose taste of democracy has made her utterly resistant to Nazism. In the film's key scene, the near-naked Bonita is publicly flogged for her defiance, whereupon Bonita's lover, "good Nazi" Tim Holt, suddenly has an awakening of conscience and stops the whipping. This act of courage results in the executions of both Holt and Granville, but they willingly go to their deaths rather than accede to Hitler's demands. It is true enough that many people flocked to see Hitler's Children because of the sensational, censor-provoking aspects of the film; but an equal numbers of filmgoers and critics also recognized the above-average artistic contributions of director Edward Dmytryk and scriptwriter Emmet Lavery (both of whom received substantial cash bonuses for their work on this film). Hitler's Children was the second biggest moneymaker of RKO's 1943-44 season, only slightly behind the Cary Grant vehicle Mr. Lucky. THERE IS A NEWSREEL PREVIEW BEFORE THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released). DVD-R HAS BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AUDIO TRACKS WITH NO SUBTITLES. APPROX. 92 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL. EXCELLENT FILM QUALITY OVERALL Be the first to review this product Related products NONE SHALL ESCAPE (1944) $9.99 SÄISON IN KAIRO (Cairo Season) (1933) * with i... $13.99 EHESTREIK (1935) $9.99 LEICHTE KAVALLERIE (1935) $9.99 DURCH DIE WÜSTE (Across the Desert) (1935) (Kar... $13.99 A FOREIGN AFFAIR (1948) * with or without har... $13.99 ACTION IN ARABIA (1944) $10.99 APPOINTMENT IN BERLIN (1943) $10.99 DARK STREETS OF CAIRO (1940) $9.99 DIE GEZEICHNETEN (The Search) (1948) * with... $13.99 FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (1943) $13.99 HANGMEN ALSO DIE (1943) $13.99 ADDRESS UNKNOWN (1944) + ALS ICH TOT WAR (1... $14.99 JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1943) + SAHARA (1943) $11.99 THE STRANGE DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER (1943) $9.99 PARIS AFTER DARK (1943) $9.99 NAZI AGENT (1942) + THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS (1956) $10.99 TOMORROW THE WORLD (1944) $13.99 SKI PATROL (1940) + RESISTING ENEMY INTERROG... $13.99 < > Customers who bought this item also bought DANTON (1931) * with switchable English subti... $13.99 LA MAIN DU DIABLE (1943) / WITCHES HAMMER (... $13.99 2 DVD SET: THE RUSSIAN FRONT, 1941 - 1945 *w... $24.99 EL VAMPIRO NEGRO (The Black Vampire) (1953)... $9.99 SHORT FILMS FROM AND ABOUT THE THIRD REICH - PA... $11.29 KOZIJAT ROG (The Goat Horn) (1972) * with sw... $13.99 SHORT FILMS FROM AND ABOUT THE THIRD REICH - PA... $11.29 THE END OF THE WAR IN WESTERN GERMANY, 1945 $9.99 5 DVD SET: THE WAR TO END ALL WARS $49.99 TWO FILM DVD: AELITA - THE QUEEN OF MARS (192... $16.99 GROSSE FREIHEIT NR. 7 (Port of Freedom) (1943)... $13.99 SHORT FILMS FROM AND ABOUT THE THIRD REICH - PA... $11.29 ADMIRAL CANARIS - A LIFE FOR GERMANY (1954) *... $13.99 THE ALLIES IN AUSTRIA 1945 - 1949 $9.99 THE WAR IN THE ARCTIC $9.99 DAS BLAUE LICHT (The Blue Light) (1932) * with... $13.99 THE DACIANS (DACII) (1967) * with switchable En... $13.99 THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT THROUGH GERMAN EYES $9.99 THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT THROUGH GERMAN EYE... $9.99 WESTERPLATTE (1967) *improved video and impr... $13.99 BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ $9.99 WWII GERMANY IN COLOR + MÄNNER IM HINTERGRUND... $9.99 WUNSCHKONZERT (Request Concert) (1940) * with... $14.99 TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (TRIUMPH OF THE WILL) (19... $14.99 THE BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD *in English or German* $13.99 < >