Prelude to war
| Movie | |
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| German title | Prelude to war Prelude to war |
| Original title | Prelude to War |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1942 |
| length | 52 minutes |
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| Director |
Frank Capra Anatole Litvak (anonymous) |
| script |
Albert Maltz Elliot Paul (anonymous) |
| production |
Frank Capra Anatole Litvak (anonymous) |
| camera | Robert J. Flaherty (anonymous) |
| cut | William Hornbeck (anonymous) |
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Prelude to War or Prelude to War is a 1942 American propaganda film about the entry of the United States into World War II .
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The film was first used as an information film for the US Army and later also for the American public in order to counteract the isolationism that was still widespread among the American population at the time . It was supposed to show the American public the reasons for the US involvement in World War II and the answer to the question "Why we fight". A distinction is made between the two warring parties in that the Allies are referred to as the so-called "Free World" ( USA , British Empire , Soviet Union ) and the Axis powers as the "World of Slaves" ( Germany , Italy , Japan ). The film claims that the isolationism practiced by America after World War I was a mistake. Furthermore, it was a mistake that the USA never joined the League of Nations . Because the USA stayed out of world events, dictatorships could have formed in Germany, Italy and Japan. This "world of slaves" has now triggered the Second World War to conquer the entire world, including America. That is why it is now the task of the “free world” to prevent them from doing so. The film promotes interventionism as the new basis of US foreign policy .
The film thus also formed the prelude to Capra's Why-We-Fight film series.
The depicted enemy images include the Italian Benito Mussolini , the Germans Adolf Hitler , Joseph Goebbels , Hermann Göring , Rudolf Heß , Robert Ley , Walter Darré , Otto Dietrich , Hans Frank and the Japanese Matsuoka Yōsuke .
Awards
At the 1943 Academy Awards, the film received three other films, the Oscar for best documentary and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best documentary.
Web links
- Prelude to War in the Internet Movie Database (English)