Top billed cast

1. 

   Marlene Dietrich

   Narrator (voice)

2. 

   Adolf Hitler

   Self (archive footage)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-04-25

Using the legendary tale of the manipulative "Reynard the Fox", this archive packed documentary tells us something of the rise to, and fall from, power of Adolf Hitler in Germany. It is a surprisingly effective parallel to draw as the cunning fox comes from nowhere to outmanourvre those further up the physical and political food chain. By allying himself with equally focussed and often unscrupulous characters - in this case, Göring, Goebbels et al; by some judicious lying and by shrewdly playing the game he quite swiftly ends up at the top of the heap. What is a bit more uniquely potent here ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• nazi
• world war i
• mass murder
• vichy regime
• nationalism
• inhumanity
• political history
• political allegory
• adolf hitler
• war crime
• classical allegory