June 1, 2007
Release Date

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A Kitten For Hitler (2007)

Name: A Kitten For Hitler
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2007-06-01

Running Time

June 1, 2007
Release Date

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Plot.

The result of a challenge from Melvyn Bragg to write a film that Ken Russell himself would be eager to see banned, was A Kitten For Hitler – a 10-minute short in which a plucky young Jewish boy traverses the globe on a quest to warm the Führer's heart with the gift of a cuddly feline.

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Cast & Crew.

Rusty Goffe

Lenny

Lisi Tribble

Rachel, Lenny's Mom

Philip Pritchard

Adolph Hitler

Rosie Thewlis

Eva Braun

Rufus Graham

President Truman

Steve Mullins

Storm Trooper 1

Paul O'Shea

Storm Trooper 2

Ken Russell

Santa / Director / Writer

Emma Millions

Producer

Hugo Wassermann

Composer

Michael Bradsell

Editor

James Merifield

ProductionDesigner

Details.

Release Date
June 1, 2007

Status
Released

Running Time
8m

Genres
Comedy

Wiki.

A Kitten for Hitler, also known as Ein Kitten für Hitler, is a 2007 short film directed by British director Ken Russell. Russell created it intending to be offensive. This caused casting problems, so he decided to cast an adult with dwarfism instead of a young child for the lead role. Russell thus cast Rusty Goffe, who played an Oompa-Loompa in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, to play the lead role of Lenny, an American Jewish boy who aims to inspire a change of heart in Hitler.