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The American Führer

  • 2022
  • 44m
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The American Führer (2022)
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Fritz Julius Kuhn was a German emigrant who stylised himself as Hitler's deputy in America in the 1930s. Neither Hitler nor the FBI could stop him. In the end, a love affair brought him down... Read allFritz Julius Kuhn was a German emigrant who stylised himself as Hitler's deputy in America in the 1930s. Neither Hitler nor the FBI could stop him. In the end, a love affair brought him down - but how?Fritz Julius Kuhn was a German emigrant who stylised himself as Hitler's deputy in America in the 1930s. Neither Hitler nor the FBI could stop him. In the end, a love affair brought him down - but how?

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    • Annette Baumeister
  • Writer
    • Eric Friedler
  • Stars
    • Angelika Bender
    • Fritz Kuhn
    • Bradley W. Hart
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    • Director
      • Annette Baumeister
    • Writer
      • Eric Friedler
    • Stars
      • Angelika Bender
      • Fritz Kuhn
      • Bradley W. Hart
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    Angelika Bender
    Angelika Bender
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Fritz Kuhn
    Fritz Kuhn
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Bradley W. Hart
    • Self, author of 'Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States'
    Arnie Bernstein
    • Self, author of 'Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund'
    John C. Metcalfe
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Howard H. Metcalfe
    • Self, John C. Metcalfe's son
    Cornelia Wilhelm
    • Self, author of 'Das Bund-Movement in den USA 1924-1941'
    Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    James Calaski
    • Self, historian
    Isadore Greenbaum
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Annette Baumeister
    • Writer
      • Eric Friedler
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    • Release date
      • April 9, 2022 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
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    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Den amerikanske führern
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      • TANGRAM
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