In time of war, it's typical, sometimes even useful,
to demonize your enemy.
We still see this today, whenever a dictator or
despot comes to power anywhere in the world.
Caricatures and jokes, not always in the best of taste,
rise to the forefront because it's our way of relieving aggression.
So it was in WWII.
Some people feared Adolf Hitler; others mocked him.
The Disney staff came up with the idea for a cartoon to be titled,
"Donald Duck in Nazi-Land," giving the all-American duck a nightmare
that he was living in a country run by Nazis.
The title changed, when a song written for the cartoon by Oliver Wallace,
became a runaway hit In a now-classic recording by Spike Jones.
It then became essential to change the name of the cartoon to,
"Der Fuehrer's Face."
It's easy to see why the film was so popular -
It's very, very funny
reducing the serious tenets of Hitler's Naziism to slapstick absurdities.
And, it gave audiences a chance to think, as Donald does, about
the freedoms they might have taken for granted.
[Donald] "Am I glad to be a citizen of the United States of America!"
Der Fuehrer's Face, directed by Jack Kinney, won the Academy Award
as "best animated short subject of 1943."
♪ [Fanfare/brass intro music] ♪
♪ [Der Fuehrer's Face begins] ♪
LYRICS: When Der Fuehrer says, "we is the master race,"
we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face!
Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace! So we HEIL! HEIL!
Right in Der Fuehrer's face!
When herr Goebbels says, "we own the world and space,"
We HEIL! HEIL! Right in herr Goebbels' face!
When herr Goring says, "they'll never bomb this place!"
We HEIL! HEIL! Right in herr Goring's face!
Is we not the supermen?
Aryan, pure supermen?
Ja, we is the supermen!
Super-duper supermen!
Is this Nazi-land so good? Would you leave it if you could?
Ja, this Nazi-land is good!
We would-a leave it if-a we could!
We bring the world new order!
Heil Hitler's world to order!
Everyone of foreign race will love Der Fuehrer's face,
When we bring to the world disorder!
[Donald Duck snoring]
When Der Fuehrer says, "we is the master race,"
we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face!
Not to love Der Fuehrer(alarm/bell) is a great disgrace!
So, we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face!
[Chicken] HEIL HITLER!
[Donald] Shut up!
[Nazi outside window] Heraus, schweinehund!
Heil Hitler!
Heil Hirohito!
Heil Mussolini!
[Nazi] Nix! Komm heraus! Into the clothes get!
[Donald] mumbling
(music)
squeak
(sawing )
(crunching )
squish, squish
( crunching)
[Nazi] here, improve the mind. heil Hitler
band playing
When Der Fuehrer says, "we is the master race,"
we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face!
As to love Der Fuehrer.....
Welcome workers of Nazi Land
What a glorious privilege is yours
to be a Nazi
to work 48 hours a day for Der Fuehrer.
When Der Fuehrer says "We never will be slaves"
we Heil! Heil! but still we work like slaves
While Der Fuehrer brags
and lies and rants and raves
we Heil! Heil! and work into our graves.
Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!
Get to work!
(music)
[Donald Duck]Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!
(unintelligible Donald Duck talk)
Heil Hitler!
(song) When Der Fuehrer yells "I got to have more shells"
we HEIL! HEIL! for him we make more shells
if one little shell should blow him right to (sound of clang)
we HEIL! HEIL! and wouldn't that be swell
[Donald Duck] Heil Hitler!
(music)
(Donald Duck mumbling)
[Donald Duck] Heil Hitler!
(Nazi)Is this not wonderful?
Is not Der Fuehrer glorious?
Heil Hitler!
[Donald Duck] Heil Hitler!
(unintelligible Donald Duck talk)
(Nazi)What's that you say?
[Donald Duck] Heil Hitler!
(music)
[ Donald noise ]
Attention workers!
Through the kindness of Der Fuehrer
Now comes the vacation with pay
Ach...the beautiful Alps
with the birds,
and the beautiful scenery
not forgetting to build up the body
so we can work hard for the Fuehrer
Heil Hitler!
One two three Heil!
And now, vacation is over
by special delivery of the Fuehrer
Heil Hitler!
You have been chosen to work overtime
(sad sound)
(music) we need more shells!
shells! shells! more shells!
faster, faster, more shells!
(unintelligible Donald Duck talk)
Brrrrrrrbbbbbrrrrbbbrrrr
(spinning music)
(music sounds)
(brass music)
(music faster and faster)
(sound of explosion)
(quiet)
[Donald Duck] Heil Hit - (music)
Oh boy! (kiss) am I glad to be a citizen of the United States of America.
(music) Not to love the Fuehrer is a great disgrace
so we Heil! Heil! right in the Fuehrer's face!