The Mad Dog of Europe

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  • a man with a movie camera next to Adolph Hitler
  • a man looking at the camera with an Oscar statuett

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Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sat, Nov 21 4:30 PM
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Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sun, Dec 27 1:00 PM
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Film Info
Copyright:2026
Country Listing:France
Germany
Runtime:80
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Rubika Shah

Description

In 1932, Herman J. Mankiewicz—who would become famous 10 years later for writing the screenplay of Citizen Kane—wrote The Mad Dog of Europe, an anti-Nazi film project depicting the implosion of a German-Jewish family at the dawn of Hitler’s rise to power. This visionary script was ultimately buried by Hollywood studios, caught between diplomatic pressure and economic interests, and was never produced. Its story resonates powerfully with the increasingly dangerous ideological fractures of our own time.



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