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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 WORLD WAR II.
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 NUTZI 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 FUHRER'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 NAZISM
TO SLAPSTICK ABSURDITIES.
AND IT GAVE AUDIENCES A CHANCE TO THINK,
AS DONALD DOES, ABOUT THE FREEDOMS
THEY MIGHT HAVE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
AM I GLAD TO BE A CITIZEN
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
DER FUHRER'S FACE, DIRECTED BY JACK KINNEY
WON THE ACADEMY AWARD
AS BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT OF 1943.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Officer: ♪ WHEN DER FUEHRER SAYS ♪
♪ WE IS THE MASTER RACE ♪
♪ WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
♪
♪ NOT TO LOVE DER FUEHRER ♪
♪ IS A GREAT DISGRACE ♪
♪ SO WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
♪ RIGHT IN THE FUEHRER'S FACE ♪
♪ WHEN HERR GOEBBELS SAYS ♪
♪ WE OWN THE WORLD AND SPACE ♪
♪ WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
♪ RIGHT IN HERR GOEBBELS' FACE ♪
♪ WHEN HERR GOERING SAYS ♪
♪ THEY'LL NEVER BOMB THIS PLACE ♪
♪ WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
♪ RIGHT IN HERR GOERING'S FACE ♪
♪ IS WE NOT THE SUPERMEN? ♪
♪ *** PURE SUPERMEN ♪
♪ JA, WE IS THE SUPERMEN ♪
All: ♪ SUPER-DUPER SUPERMEN ♪
♪ IS THIS NUTZI LAND SO GOOD? ♪
♪♪ WOULD YOU LEAVE IT IF YOU COULD? ♪
♪ JA, THIS NUTZI LAND IS GOOD ♪
♪ WE WOULDN'T LEAVE IT IF WE COULD ♪
♪ WE BRING THE WORLD TO ORDER ♪
[TWITTERS]
♪ HEIL HITLER'S NEW WORLD ORDER ♪
♪ EVERYONE OF FOREIGN RACE ♪
♪ WILL LOVE DER FUEHRER'S FACE ♪
♪ WHEN WE BRING TO THE WORLD DISORDER ♪♪
[SNORING]
♪ WHEN DER FUEHRER SAYS WE IS THE MASTER RACE ♪
♪ WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
[WHISPERS] HEIL HITLER. HEIL HITLER.
[RINGS]
[BOI-OI-OING]
♪ SO WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
HEIL! HEIL!
[CROWS] HEIL HITLER!
SHUT UP!
[OFFICER SCREAMS IN GERMAN]
HEIL HITLER!
HEIL HIROHITO!
HEIL MUSSOLINI!
OHH, HEIL.
[MUMBLES]
[OFFICER SCREAMS IN GERMAN]
[MUTTERING]
[FWEE]
OH, BOY, OH, BOY. AM I HUNGRY.
OH, BOY, OH, BOY. I'M SO HUNGRY.
[FWEE, FWEE, FWEE, FWEE]
[SMACKING]
AHH.
[THUD]
[CRUNCHING]
[GULP]
[HICCUP]
Officer: HERE! IMPROVE THE MIND!
HEIL HITLER!
[PLAYING THEME]
[DONALD QUACKING ANGRILY]
♪ WHEN DER FUEHRER SAYS WE IS THE MASTER RACE ♪
♪ WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH! HEIL!
KEEP STOMPING!
Officer: WELCOME, WORKERS OF NUTZI LAND!
WHAT A GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE IS YOURS
TO BE A NUTZI,
TO WORK 48 HOURS A DAY FOR THE FUEHRER.
♪ WHEN THE 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!
[WHISTLING] HEIL HIT
Officer: GET TO WORK!
HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER!
HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER!
HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER!
[MUTTERS]
HEIL HITLER!
[OFFICER SCREAMS IN GERMAN]
♪ 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-- ♪
[DING]
♪ WE'LL HEIL! HEIL! ♪
♪♪ AND WOULDN'T THAT BE SWELL?
HEIL HITLER!
[MUTTERING ANGRILY]
[CLANG]
[VIBRATING QUACKING]
HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER!
HEIL HITLER!
Officer: IS THIS NOT WONDERFUL?
IS NOT OUR FUEHRER GLORIOUS?
[CLANG]
HEIL HITLER!
HEIL HITLER!
[MUTTERING]
WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY, SCHWEINHUND?!
[GULP]
HEIL HITLER!
HEIL HITLER.
OHHHH.
Officer: ATTENTION, WORK
KINDNESS
NOW COMES THE VACATION MIT PAY!
ACH, THE BEAUTIFUL ALPS
MIT THE BIRDS
UND THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
NOT FORGETTING TO BUILD UP THE BODY
SO WE CAN WORK HARDER FOR DER FUEHRER!
HEIL HITLER.
1, 2, 3, HEIL! 1, 2, 3, HEIL!
1, 2, 3, HEIL! 1, 2, 3, HEIL!
AND NOW THE VACATION IS OVER,
BY SPECIAL DECREE OF DER FUEHRER.
HEIL HITLER!
YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO WORK...OVERTIME!
OHHHH.
HEY! WE NEED MORE SHELLS!
FASTER! FASTER! SHELLS! SHELLS!
MORE SHELLS! FASTER! FASTER!
WE NEED MORE SHELLS!
FASTER! FASTER! FASTER!
[ALL SCREAMING]
[CUCKOO]
[GRUNTING]
I CAN'T STAND IT!
I CAN'T STAND IT!
I'M GOING MAD!
STOP! STOP! STOP!
UHH! BLBLBLBL!
BLBLBLBLBLBL!
[SNAKE CHARMING MUSIC PLAYING]
All: HEIL!
[WHISTLES]
[PLAYING THEME]
♪ 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 ♪
CE ♪
[MUSIC STOPS]
[GROANS]
HEIL HIT--
OH, BOY!
[SMOOCH]
AM I GLAD TO BE A CITIZEN
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
OHH!
Officer: ♪ NOT TO LOVE DER FUEHRER ♪
RACE ♪
♪ SO WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
♪ RIGHT IN DER FUEHRER'S FACE ♪
♪ SO WE HEIL! HEIL! ♪
♪ RIGHT IN DER FUEHRER'S FACE ♪