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Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk
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Wikipedia article
'Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk' is a 1942 short propaganda film by Charles A. Ridley of the UK Ministry of Information. It consists of edited existing footage taken from Leni Riefenstahl's 'Triumph of the Will' to make it appear as if they were dancing to the dance style The Lambeth Walk.
The film was distributed uncredited to newsreel companies.
Alternative titles
The film has many alternative titles:
* 'Hoch der Lambeth Valk'
* 'Germany Calling'
* 'Hitler Assumes Command'
* 'Lambeth Walk'
* 'Hoch Der Lambeth Walk'
* 'Hoch der Lambeth Valk: A Laugh-Time Interlude'
* 'Lambeth Walk Nazi Style'
* 'Hitler Doing the Lambeth Walk'
* 'Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk'
* 'Gen. Adolf Takes Over'
*'Panzer Ballet'
Background
The Lambeth Walk was becoming popular in Berlin. In a speech that achieved attention in 1939, a speech about "revolution of private life" (one of the next big tasks of National Socialism in Germany), a member of the Nazi Party declared it "Jewish mischief and animalistic hopping".
The name "Schichlegruber" derives from Adolf Hitler's father Alois Hitler, who was illegitimate and originally named Alois Schicklgruber after his mother, Maria Schicklgruber.
Reception
The film reportedly enraged Joseph Goebbels to the degree that he ran out of the screening room kicking chairs and screaming profanities. Members of the Danish resistance would raid theatres and force the projectionists to show the film, among others.
References
Adam Green. "[https://planet.okfn.org/category/charles-a-ridley/ Lambeth Walk Nazi Style (1942)]", Open Knowledge Foundation, 20 June 2012.
"[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3553300/releaseinfo Schichlegruber - Doing the Lambeth Walk (1941) Release Info]", imdb.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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