Russian Rhapsody

1944
7| 0h7m| NR| en
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As Adolf Hitler personally flies a bomber on a mission to the Soviet Union, the gremlins from the Kremlin set about to stop him.

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Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Thanosied790870 It seems that too many Messershmits aren't reaching Moscow. Naturaly, Adolf isn't too happy, and after a hilarious speech (shouting into a mike with "PU" written on it and standing behind a banner of the Swazi labeled "New Odor") He announces that he himself will fly and bomb Russia. As soon as he crosses the border, gremlins get on to the plane, and start playing pranks on the unsuspecting Fuher. after a while, Hitler catches on, and tries to kill the little trouble makers, but ends up being electrocuted and pushed out of the plane. This cartoon is full of references to Radio shows and comedians of the time. Another thing worth noting is that to my knowledge, it is the ONLY ww2 American cartoon to feature Russians as the protagonists.
theowinthrop This was the second of three Warner Brothers, anti-Hitler cartoons that were broadcast yesterday on the Turner Classic Film Network's "Cartoon Alley".Hitler is upset that all attempts to bomb Moscow have met with disaster, so he announces at the start that he will fly a special plane to hit the city. He announces that the flight will be by the greatest Nazi superman in history. When he is asked if will be flown by him, he answers "Mm, COULD BE!!", which was a radio comedy catchphrase of the day (I think from Jack Benny's program).So he sets off, and for most of the cartoon we just watch him flying. But we see these cartoon gremlins (who this thread explains were caricatures of Fritz Freleng, Chuck Jones, and others, and they proceed to destroy the airplane (while singing a song to the tune of OY CHICHOINYA" - "We're all gremlins, from the Kremlin"). In the end they cause Hitler to crash, and he is so confused by the whole adventure he turns into a caricature of Lew Lehr, who did comic travelogues for the movies. His catch phrase was "Monkeys is the Cwaziest peoples." The cartoon is funny, and one can see some past influences, When the gremlins are trying a variety of things to do to Hitler, the cartoonist orchestrates them to just miss hitting each other. A cartoon about the building of the world's tallest skyscraper had a sequence when about five or six different construction workers tried to hammer nails in different corners of the structure as planned, but all fail to notice that their nails, if driven up , down, or sideways, will end up nailing some co-worker in his rear.This was also the second Warner's cartoon where the fictitious "Gremlins" popped up to destroy aircraft - the other was a Bugs Bunny cartoon where he is outsmarted by the Gremlins who are trying to destroy the U.S. Air Force plane Bugs is on. That cartoon only had one Gremlin on it, and it also had a joke at the end dealing with gasoline rationing.One of the highlights here was the mask of Joseph Stalin, used to frighten Hitler who was trying to kill some of the Russian Gremlins before that. Stalin also appears in the last of the three Warner cartoons I saw this morning, "Herr Meets HARE", but was rarely in any of the Warner cartoons made after the "Cold War" began to heat up in the late 1940s.
Erich Young (erichyoung) This cartoon answers the question of what Hitler would order at a deli. In fact, Hitler's entire speech centers on the subject! Very funny! What an outstanding cartoon, with many references which people of my age won't understand. (I need to ask my dad about these things). Highly recommended.
Calvin_C This cartoon is a real classic. Hitler is made into a literal jack-ass in the film. For those who don't know, Hitler isn't an Oriental in the end..."Nutzis are da cwaziest peoples" is a Lew Lhler impression. Watch for this gag in countless other cartoons like Porky's Snooze Reel (1942) and Scaredy Cat (1948).