A young German boy is indoctrinated into conforming with the Nazi social mindset.A young German boy is indoctrinated into conforming with the Nazi social mindset.A young German boy is indoctrinated into conforming with the Nazi social mindset.
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- Germania
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- Father
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- German Mother
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- Adolf Hitler
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- Democracy the Witch
- (archive sound)
- (uncredited)
- German Boy
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- German Boy
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- German Boy
- (uncredited)
- Little Hans
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- German Boy
- (uncredited)
- Magistrate
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Clyde Geronimi(uncredited)
- Writers
- Gregor Ziemer
- Joe Grant(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlong with Der Fuehrer's Face (1942) Disney once said that this film will never be released again in any format. However, both films have been released on a DVD set chronicling the studio's WWII films in 2004.
- Quotes
[last lines]
[the Hitler Youth boys march in formation]
Narrator: Marching and heiling, heiling and marching, Hans grows up. In him is planted no seed of hope, laughter, tolerance or mercy.
[the boys morph into teenage brown-shirts]
Narrator: For him, only marching and heiling, heiling and marching as the years grind on.
[the brown-shirts become armed German soldiers]
Narrator: Manhood finds him still heiling and marching. But the grim years of regimentation have done their work; now he's a good Nazi. He sees nothing but what the party wants him to see, he says nothing but what the party wants him to say, and he does no more than the party wants him to do. And so, he marches on with his millions of comrades, trampling on the rights of others... for now his education is complete. His education... for death.
[the soldiers change into a row of graves]
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian DVD edition of this movie, distributed by DNA Srl. The movie was re-edited with the contribution of the film history scholar Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available in streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Disney Family Album: Milt Kahl (1984)
The parents must choose a name for the child but can only take what is not already chosen from 'the list'. They choose Hans, which ends up being okay. Soon the child is in school and is taught warped versions of typical values. Hans is told of a fox hunting a rabbit. He takes sympathy on the poor rabbit and is ridiculed and tormented by his teacher and classmates. The lesson of 'only the strong survive' is brutally hammered into him.
And when Hans gets sick his parents are warned to cease all 'mollycoddling' and he better get well quickly. Hitler's children do no get sick and those who do are taken away and never heard from again.
More and more evil lesson and hailing the Fuehrer follow. Soon Hans is a grown man, marching in line with all the other soldiers. Neither of them are individuals. They are robots believing what Hitler wants them to believe. Doing what Hitler wants them to do. Saying what Hitler wants them to say. None of them know joy, happiness or laughter.
And soon Hans is dead. Sympathy is felt for the child within who died a long time ago.
It's alarming when you consider that this may feel far-fetched yet in today's society we are still reared and duped by lying world leaders. We still believe nonsense we read in tabloids and fear and xenophobia still overpower common sense.
A very chilling cartoon.
- CuriosityKilledShawn
- Jul 25, 2004
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- Also known as
- The Story of One of Hitler's Children as Adapted from: Education for Death - The Making of the Nazi
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- Runtime10 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1