Release Date
📅
Original Release
May 27, 1942
0h 53m
Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942)
⭐ 6.553 min
Overview
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
Director
Frank Capra
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.7
Cast
Walter Huston
Self - Narrator (voice)
⭐0.7
Max Schmeling
Self - German paratrooper (archive footage)
⭐0.1
Adolf Hitler
Self
⭐1.3
Genres
DocumentaryWar
Production Companies
War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures IndustryU.S. War Department
