Hitler's Children, airing on ABC March 21st at 1:30 AM.

[Ian David]

Doug Anderson, Reviewer March 19, 2007
An important work from a time when propaganda was often crude on both sides.

Made, as you can see, during World War II, this film differs from others of its time in that it doesn't try to dismiss Nazism as a ludicrous abomination but rather exposes it as a movement that could sway people.

The Nazis aren't glorified; director Edward Dmytryk was certainly no fan of der Fuhrer or right-wing politics (he was bashed during the McCarthy witch-hunts in the '50s), but the vigour of his film's anti- Hitler and Jugend sentiments are conveyed in halfway realistic, if somewhat melodramatic, situations.

It was drawn from a book by Gregor Ziemer, Education for Death, and its topicality may seem vague six decades on. It is, nonetheless, an important work from a time when propaganda (the vigorous work of Sefton Delmer aside) was often pretty crude on both sides.


A scene from director Edward Dmytryk's Hitler's Children

More:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv-reviews/hitlers-children/2007/03/19/1174152951879.html

[NYCGirl]

1. Dmytryk was more than bashed for his politics, he served time in prison

for refusing to name names to HUAC and then was blacklisted. He eventually was called again and testified.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist#The_Hollywood_Ten_and_other_1947_blacklistees

And, BTW, he's a remarkable filmmaker — his best film, I think, is "Crossfire".