slymusic "Russian Rhapsody" is a most excellent World War II Warner Bros. cartoon directed by the wild & crazy Bob Clampett. It provides a wonderful opportunity to poke fun unmercifully at Adolph Hitler, which I'm quite sure helped to put a lot of Americans at ease about the outcome of the war.Here are my favorite sequences from "Russian Rhapsody" (please DO NOT read any further if you have not yet seen this film). I absolutely love Mel Blanc's hilarious vocal characterization of Hitler during his nonsensical opening speech; listen for all the various plays on words! Also watch Hitler's reaction upon spotting a face mask of Joseph Stalin. Hitler gets electrocuted to a wonderfully jazzy drum beat! One of the gremlins carries a box of "termiteskis" on the wing of Hitler's bomber, to a smooth swinging accompaniment of "Ochi Tchornya"; a termite then eats away at the wing (to a Russian kick dance) and burps. To a slower version of "Ochi Tchornya", a mustachioed gremlin sings "I'm a greeeeemlin, from the Kreeeeemlin" before he reacts hilariously to getting hit on the foot; this leads into the entire crew of gremlins busy at work in sabotaging the bomber to a fine jazzy accompaniment of the famous Song of the Volga Boatman.Carl W. Stalling did an outstanding job with his music score for "Russian Rhapsody". It seems a shame that he is such an underrated composer of the 20th Century, but for my money, he will always be ranked at the top.

mrdonleone yes I saw this one in the Film Museum of Brussels. it was a bit silly, I thought, but it fit right in the context: a lesson about communism in Hollywood. this cartoon contains of two parts: the first one was about how the situation was in those years of war and the second one was to ridicule it with lots of satire and parodies of existing political figures. the cartoon left me a bit unsatisfied, because I wondered the whole if Hitler would have seen this (because the 'main' character is a satire on him)? they couldn't tell me in the Film Museum, what was a pity. I do realize why this cartoon was banned (or should be banned at the time): it contains too much propaganda for political systems.

TheOtherFool Hitler is concerned about his aeroplanes towards Moskou, as they all somehow seem to be missing. He decides to go on the mission himself (as he's apparently the best pilot), but in the air he has to do battle with some strange small creatures, who call themselves 'The Gremlins From The Kremlin'.This short animation story is really silly and not that fun either. It's even pretty boring. I've seen so many better propaganda films from that era; you can stop your efforts to track this one down if you'd ask me: go for a movie like 'Education For Death' instead.4/10.

rbverhoef An animated short movie from Warner Brothers that mocks with Adolf Hitler must be funny. I was not disappointed, although it is not just funny, it is kind of creepy to see an animated Hitler on screen as well.Spoilers.Hitler wants to bomb Moscow and the only person suitable for the job, so he thinks, is Hitler himself. He flies a plane to Russia but on the way he has some trouble with the gremlins from the Kremlin. The way the little creatures mock with Hitler and send him to his grave is hilarious. There is also a short appearance by Stalin that is as funny as it is unexpected. A great short from Warner Brothers.