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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II propaganda film
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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
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Three Little Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
animated comedy
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satirical film ⓘ war comedy ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipStatus | sometimes edited on television for wartime content ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical short subject ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
black comedy
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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
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anti-Nazi propaganda ⓘ military preparedness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Tex Avery’s first MGM cartoon
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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
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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
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humor and ridicule ⓘ patriotic appeals ⓘ |
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