Nazi Germany's 15-minute fever dream where Lady Liberty literally turns her back on America.
Nazi propaganda film “exposes” the United States and its plans against Germany and the German people. Shows so-called signs of decay, gang-wars, slums, riots of blacks, etc. Small wonder, the comment is, that the Statue of Liberty turns it back on America.
Editing
Violent juxtaposition of poverty footage with triumphant Nazi imagery.
Direction
Hippler pioneered techniques later studied at Nuremberg trials.
Director
Fritz Hippler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fritz Hippler later claimed he was 'forced' to direct this, but archival evidence shows him enthusiastically pitching the project to Goebbels.
The 'Statue of Liberty turns her back' shot was achieved by simply filming from the rear angle—no special effects, just deliberate misdirection that audiences accepted as symbolic truth.
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