Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler explained

Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
Director:	Louis Clyde Stoumen
Producer:	Louis Clyde Stoumen Don Devlin
Narrator:	Marlene Dietrich
Music:	Ezra Laderman
Editing:	Kenn Collins Richard Kaplan Mark Wortreich
Distributor:	Capri Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime:	89 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler is a 1962 documentary directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen.^[1]

Summary

Depicting through archival footage and photographs the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, using Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1794 version of Reynard the Fox as a parallel.^[2]

Release

Black Fox was originally scheduled to be released by Astor Pictures. After Astor's bankruptcy, Black Fox was released by the newly-formed Capri Films.^[3]

Accolades

It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1962.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of American films of 1962
• Le Roman de Renard - Ladislas Starevich's 1930 puppet-animated feature film version of Goethe's tale

External links

• • Available on Internet Archive

Notes and References

1. https://mubi.com/en/us/films/black-fox-the-true-story-of-adolf-hitler MUBI
2. News: 36. Deal Man Produces Oscar-Winning Film. Asbury Park Press. 1963-05-19. subscription. Newspapers.com.
3. News: 18. Producer of 'Black Fox' Plans More Documentaries. Boxoffice. 2020-04-12. 1963-05-20. Lantern.
4. Web site: NY Times: Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler . 2008-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521081152/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/5865/The-Black-Fox/details . 2011-05-21 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2011 . dead .
5. Web site: The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners . June 1, 2019. oscars.org.