Blitz Wolf
Blitz Wolf
| 22 August 1942 (USA)
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Yet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.

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FeistyUpper

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Claysaba

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Matrixiole

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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Bob

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Tad Pole

. . . is Adolph Hitler, the star of BLITZ WOLF. Running on a platform to "Make Germany Great Again," that country's fed up farmers swept the respected author of MEIN KAMPF (or, roughly translated, "The Art of the Steal") into the Octagon Office of the German President during a democratic election in the early 1930s (with a victory margin so large in the Popular Vote that the Electoral College became irrelevant!). "Addie," as his close friends called him, made no bones about his "Germany First" policies during his Inaugural Address. He'd pledged to tear up the "Disastrous" Treaty of Versailles on Day One, and he made good on his promise by signing his first Executive Order doing just that at his Inaugural Ball in Berlin. Addie had frequently quoted the rantings and ravings documenting questionable personal hygiene practices on the part of Anne Frank during his Nuremberg Rallies, to which his enthusiastic fans responded with chants of "Lock her up! Lock her up!" In making good on this and the many other demands of his supporters (in order to prove that elections have consequences), Addie earned the fervent love of his people, as well as the "Man of the Year" Award from Time Magazine. MGM cartoonist Tex Avery adds to Mr. Hitler's accolades with this tongue-in-cheek contemporary homage, BLITZ WOLF.

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MartinHafer

This MGM cartoon isn't shown today--and much of it is because the film was very timely during WWII but the significance of many of the references would simply be lost on today's audience. The other reason is that many people just don't care about history or have no desire to learn from it. And this is a real shame, as this movie would be a wonderful and simple way to explain the steps leading to WWII to kids. I am a history teacher and I plan on using it.In this re-telling of The Three Little Pigs, the setting is just before WWII. The wolf represents Hitler and the Three Pigs represent the nations of Europe and/or the USA. Two of the three pigs take no efforts to protect themselves from the wolf--having signed non-aggression pacts with the wolf in which he guarantees not to harm them. The third doesn't trust the wolf and not only builds a brick house, but arms himself with a massive arsenal! And, naturally, the wolf easily destroys the two pigs' homes and is only stopped thanks to the third pig.The cartoon is well-written, funny in places and easy watching. In other words, it's very watchable and tells an excellent message--one that might just be applicable to today as well.PS--It's hard to find this cartoon today. I saw it on youtube.com by typing "banned cartoons" and then watching it. There is nothing objectionable about the toon. Perhaps it was shelved because people objected to the images of a Hitler-like wolf!! People this overly sensitive are doomed to a fate much like the first two piggies! People you study your history to learn not to make the same mistakes again and again.

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TheOtherFool

Very well done propaganda piece from the WWII era has the famous story of the three little pigs told with Hitler as the wolf. He's huffing and puffing away the straw and wood houses but then finds himself at war with the third piggies house, a bunker with hundreds of canons in it.Amusing tale is well told, only to be slowed down by some silly gags with little posts here and there throughout the movie. For instance: when the first pig flees from his blown away house, it says 'gone with the wind', only to be followed by another sign: 'Corny gag, isn't it'. Yes, it sure is!But overall this short is loads of fun and way better than comparable ones from that time, so if you have a chance of catching this: please do!7/10.

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scgary66

I was amused by the way some of the humor was aimed clearly over the heads of the younger end of the audience - and maybe some of the not-so-young-anymore realized they understood some of the humor, but knew better than to spoil their younger friends' innocence. It was fun watching the two naive piggies taunting their more serious kin, "You're diggin' a ditch - " and then freezing for a couple of seconds as they let the audience fill in the rest of the ditty in their heads.All in all, another excellent (and enjoyably over-the-top) Tex Avery creation. Though the wolf isn't as top-notch an incarnation of the enemy as some of the other war cartoons employed, it's well in keeping with the tone and background of this entry.

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