The American Führer

44min

Documentary

TV Movie

The story of the fascist conman Fritz Julius Kuhn is as unknown as it is terrifying: Kuhn is a German immigrant who pretends to be Hitler’s deputy in the USA during the 1930s. He is at the top of the German-American Bund, a fascist organization of Americans of German origin. The followers of this association march in goose-step with swastika flags and in Nazi-uniforms thru New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles. They gather in thousands in stadiums and sing the Horst-Wessel-song.

Production Companies

TANGRAM

NDR

BR

Cast

Angelika Bender

Angelika Bender

Narrator (voice)
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Release date

13th Jun 2022

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch, English