Why We Fight

Directed by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Not Rated
May 27, 1942    51mDocumentary, War
7.053%6.4
This famous propaganda piece, used as a U.S. Army training film in WWII before theatrical release, asks 'why we fight.' The answer compares the 'free' and 'slave' worlds. Included: development of dictatorships in Italy, Germany and Japan, while anti-militarism and isolationism rise in the USA; a look at enemy propaganda; and the first acts of aggression. Walter Huston narrates a combination of archival footage, maps, and other graphics.
  • Walter HustonSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Max SchmelingSelf - German paratrooper (archive footage)
  • Adolf HitlerSelf
  • Frank CapraDirector
  • Anatole LitvakDirector / Associate Producer
  • Robert FlahertyDirector Of Photography
  • William HornbeckEditor
  • Alfred NewmanMusic Director
  • Hugo FriedhoferMusic

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