Russian Rhapsody (1944) | |
| Director(s) | Robert Clampett |
| Producer(s) | Leon Schlesinger |
| Top Genres | Animation, Comedy, Family, War |
| Top Topics | Aviation, World War II |
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Russian Rhapsody (1944) was a Animation - Family Film directed by Robert Clampett and produced by Leon Schlesinger.
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Russian Rhapsody (1944, Robert Clampett)
By Andrew Wickliffe on May 31, 2014 From The Stop ButtonRussian Rhapsody is a strange–and very funny–cartoon. First, as a historical document, it's a Hollywood cartoon mocking Hitler (before the end of the war and the extent of his atrocities became clear). In Rhapsody, he's an obnoxious windbag and there are a bunch of good jokes a... Read full article
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Adolf Hitler:
[ala Lew Lehr] Nazis is the cwaziest peoples.
Adolf Hitler: [shouting] Stoupnegel Hamburger mit der Frankfurter und der Sauerkrauten
[long gasp]
Adolf Hitler: mit der Zoot Suit, mit der Reet Pleat, Zoot!
[long gasp]
Adolf Hitler: Schtunk Friz Freleng, mit der Heinrich Binder, und der What's Cookin' Doc!
[long gasp]
Adolf Hitler: Pumpernickel mit Sauerkrauten from der Delicatessen, mit Liverwurst, Hassenpfeffer, und der Chattanoga Choo-Choo! Gesundheit! Ve vill bomben der Moskau, bomben Schtalin, bomben that Irish general Tim O'Shenko!
[cries]
Adolf Hitler: That O'Shenko... To bomb Moscow, I will send the best pilot in the R-r-reich-ch-ch! The greatest superman of all time!
Man: Who's that? You, Fuhrer?
Adolf Hitler: Eh-h-h-h, who else?
Adolf Hitler: To bomb Moscow, I will send the best pilot in the Reich-ch-ch-ch! The greatest Superman of them all!
Man: Who's that? You, Führer?
Adolf Hitler: Eh, who else?
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Adolf Hitler: [shouting] Stoupnegel Hamburger mit der Frankfurter und der Sauerkrauten
[long gasp]
Adolf Hitler: mit der Zoot Suit, mit der Reet Pleat, Zoot!
[long gasp]
Adolf Hitler: Schtunk Friz Freleng, mit der Heinrich Binder, und der What's Cookin' Doc!
[long gasp]
Adolf Hitler: Pumpernickel mit Sauerkrauten from der Delicatessen, mit Liverwurst, Hassenpfeffer, und der Chattanoga Choo-Choo! Gesundheit! Ve vill bomben der Moskau, bomben Schtalin, bomben that Irish general Tim O'Shenko!
[cries]
Adolf Hitler: That O'Shenko... To bomb Moscow, I will send the best pilot in the R-r-reich-ch-ch! The greatest superman of all time!
Man: Who's that? You, Fuhrer?
Adolf Hitler: Eh-h-h-h, who else?
Adolf Hitler: To bomb Moscow, I will send the best pilot in the Reich-ch-ch-ch! The greatest Superman of them all!
Man: Who's that? You, Führer?
Adolf Hitler: Eh, who else?
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There are several current "pop culture" references in this cartoon, including: "I'm only three and a half years old" - radio catch phrase of Lou Costello; "How do you do?" - catch phrase of Bert Gordon's radio character, "The Mad Russian"; and "Nazis is the cwaziest people" - a rephrasing of Lew Lehr's Fox Movietone News catchphrase, "Monkeys is the cwaziest people."
Many of the gremlins are caricatures of Warner Brothers cartoon studios staff, including Leon Schlesinger, Mel Blanc, Michael Maltese, Rod Scribner, and Friz Freleng.
In the early 1940s Walt Disney was developing a feature film based on Roald Dahl's book "Gremlin Lore", and asked the other studios to refrain from producing Gremlin films. While most of the studios complied, Warner Bros. already had two cartoons too far into production - Falling Hare and this cartoon. As a compromise, Leon Schlesinger retitled the cartoons to remove any reference to gremlins. The original title was Gremlins From the Kremlin.
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Many of the gremlins are caricatures of Warner Brothers cartoon studios staff, including Leon Schlesinger, Mel Blanc, Michael Maltese, Rod Scribner, and Friz Freleng.
In the early 1940s Walt Disney was developing a feature film based on Roald Dahl's book "Gremlin Lore", and asked the other studios to refrain from producing Gremlin films. While most of the studios complied, Warner Bros. already had two cartoons too far into production - Falling Hare and this cartoon. As a compromise, Leon Schlesinger retitled the cartoons to remove any reference to gremlins. The original title was Gremlins From the Kremlin.
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