A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier.
Direction
Geronimi weaponizes fairy tale aesthetics for horror.

Director
Clyde Geronimi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Disney's WWII propaganda unit that produced 32 shorts for the government, essentially becoming a wartime animation studio.
The 'Sleeping Beauty' book-burning deliberately mirrors Nazi censorship while using the same exaggerated visual language—propaganda commenting on propaganda.
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