Sheet music for the title song.

Always salute the Führer.

Der Führer's Face is a 1942 animated cartoon by Walt Disney Studios starring Donald Duck, as well as a song from that short. Both mock Adolf Hitler. Download high resolution version (492x656, 41 KB)Film poster for Der Fuehrers Face, from 1943. ... Download high resolution version (492x656, 41 KB)Film poster for Der Fuehrers Face, from 1943. ... Image File history File links Screenshot from Der Fuehrers Face, wartime propaganda cartoon by Disney. ... Image File history File links Screenshot from Der Fuehrers Face, wartime propaganda cartoon by Disney. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ... An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn) film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one). ... Disney redirects here. ... Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... Hitler redirects here. ...

It was directed by Jack Kinney and released on January 1, 1943 as an anti-Nazi propaganda piece for the American war effort. It won the 1943 Academy Award for Animated Short Film and was voted #22 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. Jack Kinney (March 29, 1909 - February 9, 1992) was an animator, director and producer of animated shorts. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... For other uses, see Propaganda (disambiguation). ... In military affairs, the war effort refers to the harnessing of economic and human resources towards support of a military force. ... // The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year since the 5th Academy Awards, covering the year 1931-32, to the present. ... The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals was a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck that compiled a list of the 50 greatest animated cartoons of all-time as voted upon by those in the animation industry. ...

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Plot

A brass band (including Hirohito on sousaphone and Mussolini on bass drum) marches through a small German town (where everything, including the clouds and trees, is decorated with the Nazi swastika), singing the virtues of the Nazi doctrine. Passing Donald's house, they poke him out of bed with a bayonet to get ready for work. Because of wartime rationing, his breakfast consists of stale bread (hard enough that it requires a saw to cut), coffee brewed from a single hoarded coffee bean, and a spray that tastes like bacon and eggs, and his uniform (with hat) is made completely out of paper; it also appears that he is hiding his food from the Nazi marching band as well. The band shows a copy of Mein Kampf in front of him for a moment of reading, then marches into his house and escorts him to a factory. In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... Emperor Shōwa ) (April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from December 25, 1926 until his death in 1989. ... Sousaphone player in Washington Square, New York City The sousaphone is a type of tuba often used in a marching band. ... Mussolini redirects here. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... This article is about the symbol. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... For other uses, see bayonet (disambiguation). ... Gas ration stamps being printed as a result of the 1973 oil crisis Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or services: it restricts how much people are allowed to buy or consume. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mein Kampf (English translation: My Struggle) is a book by the German-Austrian politician Adolf Hitler, which combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers National Socialist political ideology. ...

Upon arriving at the factory (at bayonet-point), Donald starts his 48-hour daily shift screwing caps onto artillery shells in an assembly line. Mixed in with the shells are portraits of the Fuehrer, so he must interrupt his work to do a Hitler salute every time a portrait appears. The pace of the assembly line intensifies, and Donald finds it increasingly hard to complete all the tasks. At the same time, he is bombarded with propaganda messages about the superiority of the Aryan race and the glory of working for The Führer. A shell is a projectile, which, as opposed to a bullet, is not solid but contains an explosive or other filling. ... Modern car assembly line. ... Adolf Hitler and others at a Nazi party rally, Nuremberg, Germany, performing the salute. ... The Aryan race is a concept in European culture that was influential in the period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... Hitler redirects here. ...

After a "paid vacation" that consists of exercising for a few seconds in front of a painted backdrop of the Alps, Donald is ordered to work overtime. He has a nervous breakdown with hallucinations of artillery shells everywhere. When the hallucinations clear, he finds himself in his bed—in the United States—and realizes the whole experience was a nightmare. The short ends with Donald embracing a miniature Statue of Liberty, thankful for his American citizenship. Kraft durch Freude (abbreviated KdF and meaning strength through joy), was a large state-controlled leisure organization in Nazi Germany, a part of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), the national German labour organization. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A hallucination is a perception in the absence of a stimulus that the person may or may not believe is real. ... The current usage of the term nightmare refers to a dream which causes the sleeper a strong unpleasant emotional response. ... For other monuments to freedom, see Monument of Liberty. ...

History

Before the film's release, the popular band Spike Jones and His City Slickers, noted for their parodies of hot songs of the time, released a version of Oliver Wallace's theme song, "Der Fuehrer's Face" (also known informally as "The Nazi Song"). Unlike the version in the cartoon, some Spike Jones versions contain the rude sound effect of an instrument he called the "birdaphone", a rubber razzer (aka the Bronx Cheer) with each "HEIL!" to show contempt for Hitler. The underlying implication of passing gas in Hitler's face, a very vulgar theme for that time period, illustrates how normal censorship of the public media tends to be relaxed when the subject is an enemy. Jones recorded two versions of the song at the request of RCA Victor Records which released the song on the Bluebird label - one with a trombone note after each "HEIL!" and the other with a razzer called a 'birdaphone'. The birdaphone version was the one released. The success of Jones' record prompted Disney to change the short's title, originally Donald Duck In Nutzi Land, to match the song. Spike Jones For the music video and film director, see Spike Jonze. ... Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. ... Bronx cheer - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... Bluebird Records was a sub-label of RCA Victor created to counter ARC Records on the 3 records for a dollar market. ...

Due to the propagandistic nature of the short, and the depiction of Donald Duck as a Nazi, Disney has kept it out of general circulation since its original release. Der Führer's Face finally received an official U.S. video release in 2004, when it was included in the Walt Disney Treasures limited edition DVD set Walt Disney: On the Front Lines. It also appeared on another Walt Disney Treasures set: The Chronological Donald Volume Two, released in December 2005. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Walt Disney Treasures are two disc DVD sets of classic Disney works, covering work from the studios earliest days to more recent work. ... Reefer Madness was issued in a Special Addiction as a reference to the cult films ironic appeal. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

Other versions

• Harry Turtledove adapted the song in one of his Colonization novels, in tune with the novels' theme. See the page on the Race for the lyrics.
• Spike sings a short version of the song in the comic book Spike vs. Dracula #3.
• In one M*A*S*H episode, Hawkeye Pierce goes insane from lack of sleep and sings part of the song to Radar. This is the Spike Jones version, with the raspberries included.
• In the movie Hart's War, a group of American POWs are seen playing the song and dancing to it in elaborate costumes.
• Herman Wouk built a scene around the song in his novel War and Remembrance.

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See also

• Education for Death

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney and released on January 15, 1943 by RKO Radio Pictures. ...

External links

• Der Fuehrer's Face at the Internet Movie Database
• Disney Archives: Donald Duck Character History
• Der Fuehrer's Face at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
• Walt Disney Home Video: Walt Disney: On the Front Lines
• Banned Cartoons, including Fuehrer

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Further reading

Young, Jordan R. (2005). Spike Jones Off the Record: The Man Who Murdered Music. Albany: BearManor Media ISBN 1-59393-012-7 3rd edition.