Blitz Wolf

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Blitz Wolf is a 1942 Tex Avery-directed animated World War II propaganda short that parodies the Three Little Pigs while satirizing Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II propaganda film
animated short film
propaganda film
aimedAtInfluencing public opinion against Nazi Germany
animationStudio MGM cartoon studio NERFINISHED
associatedWith MGM cartoons
Tex Avery filmography
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts military conflict between pigs and wolf
director Tex Avery NERFINISHED
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
era Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterBasedOn Adolf Wolf NERFINISHED
Three Little Pigs NERFINISHED
genre animated comedy
satirical film
war comedy
hasCensorshipStatus sometimes edited on television for wartime content
hasFormat theatrical short subject
hasHumorStyle black comedy
political satire
slapstick
historicalContext produced shortly after U.S. entry into World War II
language English
medium traditional hand-drawn animation
narrativeTheme allied resistance to fascism
anti-Nazi propaganda
military preparedness
notableFor Tex Avery’s first MGM cartoon
early wartime cartoon directly attacking Hitler
parodies The Three Little Pigs NERFINISHED
partOf American World War II propaganda cartoons
portrays Axis powers as villainous wolf
pigs as Allied forces stand-ins
producedDuring World War II NERFINISHED
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1942-08-22
releaseYear 1942
runningTime approximately 9 minutes
satirizes Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
setDuring World War II NERFINISHED
targetAudience American wartime home front
uses caricature of Adolf Hitler as wolf
usesPropagandaTechnique demonization of enemy
humor and ridicule
patriotic appeals

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Tex Avery notableWork Blitz Wolf