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A Kitten for Hitler is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Ken Russell with Rusty Goffe
A Kitten for Hitler (2007)
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Add to a movie listLength 8minutes
Directed by Ken Russell
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about cats, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Rating55%
A Kitten for Hitler, also known as Ein Kitten fur Hitler, is a 2007 short film directed by British director Ken Russell. It was created by Russell with the intention of it being offensive. Due to the nature of the film there were some problems with casting, resulting in a dwarf actor appearing in the lead role of a Jewish child. It was released on Comedybox.tv on 1 July 2007.
Synopsis
In 1941, a Jewish boy named Lenny is watching a newsreel at a theatre in Brooklyn with his mother when one featuring Adolf Hitler appears. The crowd boos. The child questions why no one likes him and wonders what Santa will give him for Christmas. His mother tells him that no one will get Hitler anything for Christmas. The boy travels to Germany to give Hitler a kitten for Christmas. Once he arrives, he presents the boxed gift to Hitler, who initially thinks it is a bomb, and throws it to Eva Braun. She opens it and gives the kitten to Hitler, who is apparently deeply moved. Hitler's mood changes when he discovers that the child is Jewish and has a swastika-shaped birthmark on his stomach. Hitler orders Eva to kill the child and make his skin into a lampshade, which the couple then have on their bedside table lamp. Following the war, the lamp is returned to the boy's mother who keeps it as a memento. When she touches it, it supernaturally lights up of its own accord and the swastika magically transforms into a Star of David. A miracle is proclaimed. The president awards the Purple Heart to the lampshade.Actors
Rusty Goffe
(Lenny)
Ken Russell
(Santa)
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