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The American Führer (2022)
44 min | Documentary

The American Führer (2022)

44 min | Documentary

Fritz Julius Kuhn was a German emigrant who stylised himself as Hitler's deputy in America in the 1930s. Neither Hitler nor the FBI could stop him. In the end, a love affair brought him down - but how?

Director

Annette Baumeister

Writer

Eric Friedler (based on an original idea by)

Producer

Jan Bullerdieck

Composer

Mathias Rehfeldt

Cinematographer

Johannes Straub

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Updated Apr 9, 2022

Release date

Apr 9, 2022 (Germany)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Angelika Bender Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Inki (1974)
Fritz Kuhn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Volks-Deutsche/Jungen in USA (1937)
Bradley W. Hart Self, author of 'Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States' Self, author of 'Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States' See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Arnie Bernstein Self, author of 'Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund' Self, author of 'Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund' See fewer	Swastika Nation
John C. Metcalfe Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Howard H. Metcalfe Self, John C. Metcalfe's son Self, John C. Metcalfe's son See fewer	The American Führer (2022)
Cornelia Wilhelm Self, author of 'Das Bund-Movement in den USA 1924-1941' Self, author of 'Das Bund-Movement in den USA 1924-1941' See fewer	Glücksrad (1988)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
James Calaski Self, historian Self, historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Isadore Greenbaum Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer